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First, a definition: dis·en·cour·age transitive verb \dis-in-ˈkər-ij, -ˈkə-rij, dis-en-\ dis·en·cour·ageden·dis·cour·ag·ing Definition of DIS-ENCOURAGE 1) a : to ATTEMPT TO inspire with courage, spirit, or hope BUT FAIL:...
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In trying to find a way to encourage my wife through bizarre multiple cancers, I realized fairly early that there was no book on how to do it. So I began to look to other people facing extreme situations to find out what worked...
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A change in perspective is a magical thing. It can stand your world on its head in an instant. Nothing at all has changed, except the way you think. Still, everything has changed. But you can’t keep perspective. Your brain...
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There are three rough stages to a crisis: encouragement, resilience and recovery. Life is never so neat as to organize itself into perfect stages but this is my general experience. On Thursday we experienced a compressed version...
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So, the point of all of this was reflection and analysis. How did I really do? First of all, Suzie did great. She kept a terrific attitude throughout, even while facing her worst teenage nightmare from the other side. Billy,...
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