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Instant Gratification…We Need To Slow Down

There’s no doubt that the pace of life has been speeding up as time marches on. Compare today’s lifestyle with that of someone from the 18th century and you won’t see very many similarities. We are increasingly finding the need for instant gratification…we need our food now, our news now, faster internet…we need it now!!! Interestingly enough, as we keep
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Ten Things To Do Today And Every Day

Hello my fellow Wax Porhetoricians (Hm, I still need to think of a good name for us, don’t I? Feel free to leave some suggestions). A few days ago I was rearin’ to write as my mind was spinning with all sorts of goodness. Then, as things tend to happen in our crazy modern lifestyle, I let time pass as
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Almost Six Months

Almost Six Months It’s been almost six months since my mother passed away. I can honestly say this is by far the hardest thing that I have ever gone through. I’m coping, I’m managing, but understandably I still have my moments. I feel very fortunate to have a very loving family and a very great group of supportive friends that
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Never Give Up Hope

Hello again loyal readers of Wax Porhetoric (has anyone else ever enjoyed the play on words here or have I just been in a happy little world since I thought it up?). Today’s topic…Never give up hope. Why? Well why not? If you give up hope even momentarily you might as well just throw in the towel with life in
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Starting 2009 on a Positive Note

It’s 2009 now just in case you’ve all been sleeping for the past couple weeks. I pondered writing something right around the New Year but why let my message get lost in the jumble of a bazillion people rambling on about New Year’s resolutions (half of which are probably already broken by now)? Nahhhh…I decided to wait it out a
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Finding Inspiration In Those Around You

It’s been an interesting couple of months as most of my life revolved around looking for new work (ah, the joys of being a contractor…blehhhhh). One forgets how sucky it is looking for a new gig until they’re thrown in it and realize they have no time to do anything else in life. But alas…every now and then I’ve been
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