Em's Gems
Scheduling Appointments
Don't schedule appointments on Mondays or Fridays. At the beginning of the week, people are still getting into the groove, usually busy, and sometimes emotional. On Fridays, they're…
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I collect clever ideas, useful discoveries, fascinating facts, and the occasional opinion. Some might change your perspective. Others might just improve your afternoon. I consider both worthwhile.
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Quotes
You Need The Help Of The Lord
Never assume you can make it alone. You need the help of The Lord. ~ Gordon B. Hinckley
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Quotes
It Is Our Choices That Show Us What We Truly Are
It is our choices that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ~ Albus Dumbledore (J. K. Rowling)
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Quotes
Everything Connects
Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci
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Podcast
Ep 66. Misunderstood
Teenagers complain that no one understands them. But we all feel misunderstood at times. As we age we realize that being misunderstood isn't such a big deal. It's…
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Quotes
Happiness Is A Choice
Happiness is a choice. You grieve, you stomp your feet, you pick yourself up, and choose to be happy. ~ Lucy Lawless
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Quotes
Once We Believe
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ~ e. e. cummings
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Quotes
Two Sides
No matter how thin you slice it there always will be two sides. ~ Baruch Spinoza
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Quotes
Virtually Nothing Is Impossible
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude. ~ Lou Holtz
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Em's Gems
Five Minutes Of Exercise
Remember that five minutes of daily exercise is infinitely better than zero minutes.
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Poetry
The Oak Tree
At my childhood church, an oak tree stands, With branches extended toward heaven. At a hundred years old at least I'd guess, What secrets it must hold in…
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Quotes
What God Chose To Make Me
I'd rather be what God chose to make than the most glorious creature I could think of; for to be thought about, born in God's thought, & made…
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