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Did you ever have a time in your life when you felt overwhelmed and didn’t know where to turn for help? Are you curious about seeing your life through the four systems of a ship? Have you ever wanted to help make the world a better place? If you answered yes to any of these questions, I’m delighted you’re here because I have, too. Adjusting my rudder In 2008, I was freaking out over homeschooling my son and moving our family to Brazil when I had a spiritual awakening. It came in the form of an analogy inspired when I asked no one in particular,Read More →

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This post is part of my cornerstone content, written years ago, updated for today, and still inspiring wisdom and deep understanding. Back a few years ago I was inspired by watching my son, Garrett, play a video game. (Pretty amazing, right?!) It’s an online game called Rune-scape in which players have to collect valuables, mine precious metals, meet characters, and kill zombies to move up to the next level. While all valuables, metals, and people will give you gold coins, killing zombies does not. Looking over his shoulder one afternoon, I asked my son what he got by killing the zombies, and he told me,Read More →

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This post is part of my cornerstone content, written years ago, updated for today and still inspiring wisdom and deep understanding. For the past 20 years, right after Thanksgiving, I start making about 50 eight-ounce boxes of English toffee and peanut brittle to send out to family and friends. Using fresh ingredients and sticking to a well-practiced process, I sing along to Christmas music while standing in front of the oven and stirring for hours. The most important ingredient I add is love. Yes, that’s right, I stir in love.  You see, the English Toffee takes 15 minutes of constant stirring and must be pulledRead More →