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Monthly Archives: January 2013

Stricken

January 31, 2013

When experience with uncontrollable events leads to the expectation that future events will elude control, disruptions in motivation, emotion, and …

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Reflecting

January 28, 2013

Rich, a reader, writes — I remember as a child, walking with my parents, how the world seemed to be …

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Take Your Time

January 24, 2013

Who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have …

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Second Class

January 21, 2013

A 50- something year old white woman arrived at her seat on a crowded flight and immediately didn’t want the …

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I Have Leemers

January 17, 2013

Navy aviators often talk about “leemers,” a gut feeling that something isn’t right. A pilot feels puzzled, agitated, or anxious. …

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Tracking

January 14, 2013

Between Austria and Italy, there is a section of the Alps called the Semmering. It is an impossibly steep, very …

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Just a Note; Just a Phone Call

January 10, 2013

It was a business trip like so many others. I was a regional operations manager at that time, making a …

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Outside, Beyond

January 7, 2013

Outside, beyond what is right and what is wrong, there is a huge field. We will meet there. – Mevlana …

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Out of My Mind

January 3, 2013

If it’s still in your mind, it is worth taking the risk. – Paulo Coelho Several years ago my end-of-year …

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Begin Today

January 1, 2013

Dream not too much of what you’ll do tomorrow, How well you’ll work perhaps another year; Tomorrow’s chance you do …

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