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One Way Compassion Helps Those We Love

When Emily was in high school, she was active in the swimming team, she was hanging out with friends on a regular basis, and she had her family with her no matter what. When she moved to college, she had to start over. Emily and her fiancee Her roommates started to notice that Emily wasn't …

What Is Love?

What is love? The first thing to come to your mind may be a popular song that was made in the '90s, but its a topic that has been debated. Some may think that it is just some form of attraction, attachment, or passion. For most of my life, I didn't know what love was. …

4 Things I Learned Last Year

It has crossed my mind many times just how much each topic I have written about in the past five months have related to each other. As I considered this, I often wondered if connecting the topics together would result in a bigger learning opportunity and teach me more about each topic. Photo by Negative …

How to Create Change

I am an introvert. That means that I get most of my energy from being alone and that when I spend time with people I tend to get tired. This doesn't mean that I don't like people, I do, I just want to be alone more often then I want to be with others. Charles …

The Secret of Succesful Change

Have you ever played a sport? One that required teamwork and perseverance in order to do well.  When playing on that team, did you ever take over for a more experienced player?  That change is exactly what Jarod felt when he moved from junior varsity to varsity for lacrosse. At the same time, he replaced …