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I wear my Living To Hear Six rubber band bracelet every day. Inside the bracelet it says, “Because it’s not about me.”  I need a reminder that this life is not about me.  Not about what I’ve accomplished, it’s about how well I’ve pointed to Jesus.  By my love, my kindness, my words, my caring, my forgiveness.  It’s not a scorecard.  It’s a Hallmark card.  I want my card to be sweet with a lot of humor.  One that most likely makes you roll your eyes.  Like this story on kindness, I found online when I was researching todays blog:

There’s a bird this morning that’s trying it’s best to come inside my house.  I think it sees its own reflection in the window and wants to spend more time with that beautiful bird it sees.  Unfortunately, it’s himself.  So, he flies up and down the window trying to get closer to what he thinks is another bird.  He’ll stop for a minute and sing to his reflection and then try to meet up again.  It’s a beautiful song but for nobody but himself.  How much time have you spent on something that simply isn’t going anywhere? Is this really

What Season Are You In? I saw a birthday card today. The outside of the card read, “As we get older, we lose our youth but gain invaluable insight and wisdom.  The inside read, “Lousy trade if you ask me!!”  Of course, I bought it!  It’s the perfect birthday card!  It’s hilariously and ironically true and as I move from the summer to the fall of my life this card is more and more appropriate!  They say, “Hindsight is 20/20” but without the ability to live our mistakes and walk through the “valleys”, we would never have the insight and

Every April fools day our son put a rubber band around the sprayer at the kitchen sink.  As soon as someone unexpectedly turns on the water faucet, they get sprayed with water from the sprayer.  It’s a good prank.  Harmless in the most part and even if you’re dressed for work…it’s just water.  It took me 3 years to catch on that this was his yearly prank on April Fools Day.  (probably says something about who the real “fool” is)  Our son has been out of the house for many years now but I’m told the people at his office