The Victory Letter

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The Choice is Yours

Do you ever feel the nudges from the universe telling you that one decision is much better over another. Perhaps you have even come to know it as a gut instinct. Remembering that not making a decision is actually making a decision.

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Remain Curious

I never understood the idea that you’re supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn’t something I relate to at all. The goal is to continue in good and bad, all of it.” — Diane Keaton

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Gone Exploring

Before leaving, I did a little tour with Ed behind the camera to share how our garden is faring about now. The garden has done well again this year producing so much and still going strong. The nights are getting colder to be sure but no frost as of yet!

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Getting Your Attention

Here we go heading into the first full week of October 2025. My question for you today is… What in your life is currently getting your full attention?

And when I ask about attention, I want to emphasize on the idea of your FULL attention. Keeping in mind the meaning of the word attention which is the act or power of carefully thinking about, listening to, engaging with or watching someone or something.

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Shifting Soil

And with that I begin to wonder how I will change and what needs transplanting within me from a human perspective. How about you?

What in your life would benefit from a little bit of transplanting?

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Lead with Love

Division can be a horrible thing be it in your family, personal relationships, business relationships and what we are all feeling right now, our country. The biggest cure is forgiveness. Just like forgiving the seasons for changing when I was happy with how it was.

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Morning Rituals

Life can sure jiggle us around in ways we don’t always expect or appreciate. But the beauty in the quiet of the early morning even before the sun rises honestly can’t be beat. The best part, after hopefully a good night’s sleep, is the quiet of the morning lets us get into our head and heart before the rest of the world gets ahold of us.

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Well Intended Human

Remember it doesn’t take much time to reach out to someone in your life who makes your life better with a simple thank you or acknowledgement for something they have done not only for you but the world at large.

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Unplugged Joy

I am back! Not that I went anywhere, only in my mind. Over the course of the past several weeks I did that necessary thing to keep ones’ sanity, I unplugged. I stepped away from the chatter of the world, from technology, to be just in my world. And I do believe I recovered some brain cells in the process.

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