Posted on Saturday, March 29 , 2008 by rtmims
Many of my generation have lost one or both of their parents. I fall into the latter category. The 3rd anniversary of my mother’s passing is coming up on May the 30th. I got to thinking about how much we Boomers and Sandwich Generationers have in common after reading Ronni Bennett’s series on her Mom’s [...]
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Posted on Sunday, March 23 , 2008 by rtmims
The church we are currently attending has a contemporary service in an auxiliary room in the church complex. Usually there’s not more than a 100 people there. The Pastor is in his 30s, sings and plays guitar and is one fantastic preacher.
My wife and I enjoy the regular services very much and love the music, [...]
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Posted on Monday, March 17 , 2008 by rtmims
I am not the most romantic of men. I’m trying though and anyway I figured I had my sense of humor to fall back on. At least I once thought myself to be funny, witty and that was why my wife loved me. In a recent poll on another blog I found out different. When she was [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, March 12 , 2008 by rtmims
You just have to mean it. Simple sincerity is the key and nothing else is necessary.
Of course a little humor doesn’t hurt as long as you’re making fun of yourself. Most people will, when apologized to and made to understand your contriteness of spirit and willingness to make it up, accept an apology for some wrong you [...]
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Posted on Sunday, March 9 , 2008 by rtmims
A few years ago, when still at work in a turnaround endeavor, I was sent to a school. This school was a “bootcamp for the brain.” The name of the company that does this training is Rapport Leadership International. The course was “Leadership Breakthrough 1″ and I came back a different person, a better workmate, [...]
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