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𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐊𝐧𝐞𝐰 — 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞

“𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑… 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑜 — 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒.” — Mary Oliver, The Journey That line above from the great Mary Oliver lands …

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𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫

“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒚.” — 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒘 𝟐:𝟏𝟎 Winter in New Jersey has been brutal these past few weeks—temperatures in the low 20s have driven this cyclist indoors. So, on Sunday after Mass, I hopped on my Peloton, and as often happens when my body is moving, …

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𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 “𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀” 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆

“𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝… 𝙒𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙃𝙞𝙢.” 𝘾.𝙎. 𝙇𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙨, 𝙇𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙢: 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 (𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟰) I was supposed to be walking the Camino Portuguese these past few weeks but had to reschedule …

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𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵: 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲

Last week, I was getting ready to depart for my second Camino pilgrimage — the Camino Portugués — by walking the so-called Central Route from Porto, Portugal to Santiago de Compostela and then on to Finisterre, Spain, a place often referred to as “the end of the world”. I had spent months training for this …

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The Giving Tree and the Gift of Grandparenting

Once there was a tree….and she loved a little boy…The boy loved the tree and the tree was very happy”, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Yesterday was Grandparents Day and an opportunity to celebrate one of the great blessings in my life: the gift of becoming “Papa Bear” to my four grandchildren — Aurora, Redding, …

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𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱: 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲?

One of the most effective things you can do during a major life or career transition is an exercise to help you develop a Personal Advisory Board. Ideally, your Advisory Board is a carefully chosen group of individuals who you trust and who know you well. Each Advisor should bring something different to your Board, …

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Navigating the Bargaining Stage of Grief in Job Loss

“All I can think of is what happened? I want my life, my job, my paycheck back, Lord. My daily routine is gone! Is this really Your plan for my life?” From the book, “A Spiritual Guide for the Unemployed”, Timothy Mullner, DVM (2011) The Bargaining Stage of Grieving a Job Loss Grieving job loss …

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𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓.” 𝑨 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎, “𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔” (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵) A few weeks ago, my wife, son, and I attended a short film festival in Manasquan, NJ called Asbury Shorts which has …

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Planting New Seeds of Hope This Spring

“Yes, there will be growth in the spring”, the character Chauncey Gardner in the movie, Being There (1979) That quote above by the late Peter Sellers from the movie 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 is one of my favorite movies of all time where he plays a reclusive gardener named Chance and is thrust into the world of …

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Turning 70 in the 4th Quarter of Life

“You know how it is: you’re twenty-one or twenty-two and you make some decisions; then whisssh! you’re seventy.” A line spoken by the Stage Manager in the play, Our Town by Thornton Wilder (1938) Every new year is an opportunity to self-assess where we made some progress in the year just ended and where we …