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What to Make of a Life
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What to Make of a Life

By Jim Collins

June 26, 2026

Editor’s note:  In addition to encoding, described in this month’s blog, Collins’ research found key phases of lives well lived: “cliff moments” (life-altering events), “fog” (navigating periods of confusion, often...
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You Were On My Mind
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You Were On My Mind

By We Five

June 26, 2026

by We Five Editor’s Note: My sister, Mary, is my guiding light for resilience. In my mid-teens, she lived and worked in Washington, DC, and my parents let me visit...
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Happiness Comes Sideways
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Happiness Comes Sideways

By Jim Collins, What to Make of a Life

June 26, 2026

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What Is Your Encoding?
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What Is Your Encoding?

By Tim McCarthy

June 26, 2026

“As you discover something you are encoded for and you love doing it, then you can’t help but want to do it more, which means you can’t help but get...
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Truly Funny | Houston, We Have a Sandwich
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Truly Funny | Houston, We Have a Sandwich

By Tim McCarthy

June 26, 2026

Truly Funny :  Of the many short videos I have of our grandchildren, one is of our Stella, dressed in a space suit, helmet on, when she was three or...
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Life is Good
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Life is Good

By Livingston Taylor

June 1, 2026

by Livingston Taylor Editor’s Note: I had coffee this week with a fellow searcher, Marianne Gaydos, and she reminded me of this upbeat, and very true song. It came up...
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Theo of Golden
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Theo of Golden

By Allen Levi

June 1, 2026

Editor’s note:  Beautifully written, this fable of an 87-year-old man spending a year in a town in Georgia (feels like Savannah) pulled at my heart and faith strings.  The most...
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What Does Wealth Mean?
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What Does Wealth Mean?

By Garth Brooks

June 1, 2026

“You aren’t wealthy until you have something money can’t buy”.   - Garth Brooks
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Are You an Investor or a Sucker?
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Are You an Investor or a Sucker?

By Tim McCarthy

June 1, 2026

PT Barnum famously said, “there is a sucker born every minute”.  If he were still around, he would love the new investment “products” that have become multi-billion-dollar business categories since...
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Truly Funny | Kid Tough
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Truly Funny | Kid Tough

By Tim McCarthy

June 1, 2026

Truly Funny :  We no longer wonder who our daughter’s 15-month-old girl, Isla Maeve, will be like when she grows up.  Recently she was sitting on the grass at the...
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Truly Funny | Cat Tales
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Truly Funny | Cat Tales

By Tim McCarthy

May 4, 2026

My Uncle John was a prominent physician in Lakewood, Ohio, practicing from the 1930s through the 1970s. His wife Ruth was a sociable woman who loved entertaining. One afternoon, she...
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Capitalism for All
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Capitalism for All

By John Hoyt Bryant

May 4, 2026

Editor’s Note:  Like my quote of the month, this book leans a bit too left for me and yet, for the same reason it resonates.  Our society is currently strained...
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In an Age of Hyperconnectivity
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In an Age of Hyperconnectivity

By Gordon LaForge

May 4, 2026

Editor’s note: A little liberal for my moderate tastes but our society will do better once we realize that the old “world order” is not coming back. “In an age...
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The Politics of the Rare
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The Politics of the Rare

By Tim McCarthy

May 4, 2026

This morning I sat in a training room preparing for my tenth year as a precinct election official — my fifteenth election day, give or take. Somewhere between the review...
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Is There a Message in Your Struggle?
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Is There a Message in Your Struggle?

By Tim McCarthy

April 7, 2026

Every Sunday morning I settle in with a cup of coffee and read  Dr. Mardy Groethe  — a writer who has a gift for finding the quote that names what...
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Where There is No Struggle
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Where There is No Struggle

By Dr Mardy Groethe

April 6, 2026

“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. But when the struggle becomes overwhelming, strength also means knowing when to get help.”
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The Things I Wish I'd Done
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The Things I Wish I'd Done

By Keywest

April 6, 2026

Editor’s note:   This song, sent to me by my new son-in-law, Michael, will become an all-time favorite for me. The band itself is a great story, two childhood friends...
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Glad You Came
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Glad You Came

By Dalton Day

March 5, 2026

Editor’s note:   At our daughter’s wedding, Kevin, our Musician, and his girlfriend Jessica sang “Glad You Came,” and it stopped us in our tracks. Its humble, wholehearted promise of loving...
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 To Be Present
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 To Be Present

By Jennifer Schramm

March 5, 2026

After failed attempts to control them [horses] led to frustration and anxiety, Jennifer realized the horses were mirroring her feelings. She did not need to change the horse’s behavior. She...
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The Cost of Discipleship
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The Cost of Discipleship

By Dietrich Bonhoeffer

March 2, 2026

The Christian theology of this book is important to me but for those of any faith, its deeper message is: “Faith and action are inseparable, especially when faced with injustice”....
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Truly Funny |  Sports Talk
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Truly Funny |  Sports Talk

By Tim McCarthy

March 2, 2026

 Heard on a sports talk show recently when the host was asked why he doesn’t talk about soccer more often. “Look, if I wanted to watch a bunch of guys...
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