tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64869686918479093192023-11-16T13:14:59.994-05:00at water's edge -- from ministry to mortgageGeorge Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.comBlogger365125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-75717909242102396172023-10-19T16:02:00.001-04:002023-10-19T16:02:12.792-04:00Mortgages That Mean More / www.georgelinney.com<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/gtb_nht3fE0?si=lvmMm1VsEQiBaaoe" frameborder="0"></iframe>George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-32991186246061606602022-02-03T18:38:00.010-05:002022-02-03T18:38:00.258-05:00Reflections on a lending fail - 2021<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was reflecting on a client from 2021 – one of the greatest
years in mortgage lending history, but a very difficult year to win purchase
offers if participants stubbornly believed that they should be able to pay less
and purchase a home. Homes in 2021 weren't on sale as if it were a yard sale and you could get a deal because the seller was desperate. Sellers had the upper hand and if you wanted their home, you had to submit a competitive offer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I worked all year with clients who were supported by a realtor that I adore.
I wrote 12 pre-approval letters and finally the realtor and I decided it was
time to move on. The clients simply would not take the realtors advice on what it would take to purchase a home.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The client said curtly as the relationship was dismantling, with a somewhat accusatory and entitled tone, <i>George, I thought we could do this
indefinitely?</i> (meaning keep making offers and have me keep producing pre-approval letters). In theory, that's true, we could keep going forever, but who was winning in the deal? The clients weren't getting a home because they would never offer at a competitive price. The professionals in the relationship were spending countless hours with no success. We sort of all fired each other. It hurt. The realtor and I still work together and commiserated on this one for many a phone call.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I felt part of the blame directed at me. <i>George, I thought we could do this indefinitely</i>. Most of those letters were prepared on weekends, time spent away from family. That's okay, but I wish the effort had been acknowledged. The realtor spent far more time than I did and had nothing to show for it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But you know what? We all want work validated that will mostly go unnoticed. It's called work for a reason and it's toil and some of it does not bear fruit.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Keep rolling the ball forward.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While this was an opportunity missed, 2021 was the best working and earning year of my nearly 30 years of receiving a paycheck. All will be well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are those pre-approval letters that never ended in a contract:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjVmPHHGkPCgojIzXjSRnQy7Y5GjSVH77WKIFW9QnaNsqlnp4VsgJSsyjGUbvcnvlhnk-2SyCfB5kFFU1AOIYg7ce1xO6pHWCHr_Zyxrq37C5uXuEHKgDfJufPHjQWpjjsg-9zWwd8_rGHjqovjSzdxOyDGCXxfAF06obdFpkVkw1BZmhp6aXXze9JJg=s589" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="191" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjVmPHHGkPCgojIzXjSRnQy7Y5GjSVH77WKIFW9QnaNsqlnp4VsgJSsyjGUbvcnvlhnk-2SyCfB5kFFU1AOIYg7ce1xO6pHWCHr_Zyxrq37C5uXuEHKgDfJufPHjQWpjjsg-9zWwd8_rGHjqovjSzdxOyDGCXxfAF06obdFpkVkw1BZmhp6aXXze9JJg=w190-h584" width="190" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-64847987689282320162022-01-30T08:00:00.002-05:002022-05-25T06:27:02.638-04:00begin again<p>I still t<span style="text-align: justify;">hink often of my first two closings. I started a career in lending in March of 2018. I needed something riskier and that played more to my skill set. I needed something more entrepreneurial. I approached a friend that had a career in the business and I found a way into the industry. Most of 2018 was spent training and learning. I only closed two loans in 2018. One in Durham in October. One in Garner in November. The first has turned out to be a top referral partner (it was their personal residence). The second is highlighted in the photograph below.</span> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">There is no way to go back to the beginning. I was so proud of these first two deals. I was at both signings. This was pre-covid and you could sit alongside the borrowers and the realtor and the lawyers. I was ecstatic to collect my very first commission checks. So many people helped me make those first deals go through when I had no idea how to make the process go. Even now, so many people help from start to finish. I depend on a team, some of whom I never even meet.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now, I am cynical and greedy and dissatisfied with a month with less than 10 closings. Gratitude and deep-breathing is a daily discipline.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">You can't go home. You can't go back to the beginning. 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<br />George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-65143681244036074562018-12-10T10:18:00.000-05:002018-12-10T10:18:32.213-05:00Listening for snow falling on snowThe last two days in Durham, North Carolina have produced roughly a foot of snow. That is a lot in any NC winter storm. That's a whole lot in early December.<br />
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Today, the second day of flakes falling from the sky, had me pulling from the shelf Robert J. Wicks excellent book on Spiritual Landscape, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Falling-Themes-Spiritual-Landscape/dp/0809146932"><i>Snow Falling on Snow</i></a>.<br />
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Wicks writes: "One of the reasons listening is a rare gift today is that so many of us (possibly because of our anxiety) strive too hard to do something useful or to be immediately helpful in some tangible way. The problem is that in the process of doing this we fail to really listen to a person's pain. In becoming stressed out ourselves over what we need to do to be "successful" with someone in need, we often fail to realize the pure value that is listening, in and of itself. Furthermore, when we're not observing the situation for what it really is, we not only miss a chance for understanding, but occasionally may even make the situation worse by acting too impulsively."</div>
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<span lang="EN">No matter how hopeless you may feel, overcoming substance abuse is possible. One of the hardest steps is already over once you’ve recognized that you have a problem and expressed a desire to change. However, it can be daunting to think about getting through life without the aid of substances. Kicking addiction for good involves caring for your mind and body like you never have before. You'll need patience, support, and motivation to change. But eventually, you'll be able to feel in control of your life again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">How you treat your physical body plays a very important role in how you feel emotionally. If you’re prone to stress, anxiety, or depression, you may benefit from making some key lifestyle changes. Eating well and exercising regularly can help<a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/5-benefits-healthy-habits#combats-diseases"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"></span></a><u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/5-benefits-healthy-habits#combats-diseases"><span style="color: #1155cc;">balance your mood</span></a></span></u>and provide a motivating energy boost. For example, getting active results in a release of endorphins in your body, reducing your perceptions of pain in a similar way to opiates. This is why professionals often recommend that people in addiction recovery engage in regular physical activity. Getting enough sleep can also help settle problems with anxiety and promote healing in your brain. Try to stick to a regular sleep schedule and adopt good<a href="https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/sleep-hygiene"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"></span></a><u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/sleep-hygiene"><span style="color: #1155cc;">sleep hygiene habits</span></a></span></u>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">For example, if you also suffer from mental health problems like anxiety and depression, you may benefit from treatments focused on mental therapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or<a href="https://www.anxiety.org/dbt-dialectical-behavior-therapy-compared-to-cbt"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"></span></a><u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://www.anxiety.org/dbt-dialectical-behavior-therapy-compared-to-cbt"><span style="color: #1155cc;">dialectical behavior therapy</span></a></span></u>(DBT) are effective in treating these mental disorders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Other options for substance abuse treatment include group therapy sessions, holistic therapy, religious programs, gender-specific programs, and programs catered specifically to professionals and executives. These treatments can better meet the needs of individuals in different situations, such as professionals who need to remain discreet about their treatment. Similarly,<a href="https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/holistic-psychotherapy"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"></span></a><u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/holistic-psychotherapy"><span style="color: #1155cc;">holistic therapies</span></a></span></u>may better suit people who value spirituality and whole-body healing. <u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://www.drugrehab.org/inpatient-drug-rehab/#program-types"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Inpatient rehabs</span></a></span></u>are also valuable to people who need additional structure and support. This is a great way to completely remove yourself from temptation and triggering environments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Stopping addiction and changing bad habits is almost impossible with simple willpower. In fact, according to<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/where-science-meets-the-steps/201211/does-willpower-play-role-in-addiction-recovery"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"></span></a><u><span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/where-science-meets-the-steps/201211/does-willpower-play-role-in-addiction-recovery"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Psychology Today</span></a></span></u>, addiction is caused by chemical changes in the brain, not simply a weakness of the mind. Although willpower can help you make the initial leap of discarding your abused substances and declaring your intentions to quit, it might not hold up well to withdrawal symptoms and cravings later on. A strong support network can help you when your own motivations fall short. Find friends, family, and peers who can be there to keep you on track throughout your treatment. On top of this, you'll need to make some lifestyle changes and develop new coping systems to avoid relapse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-2908300666919155952018-07-13T09:22:00.001-04:002018-07-13T09:22:34.680-04:00MissionMan--2 Revs and an IronmanI'm competing in a triathlon on July 28 where my performance could raise as much as $500 for Girls on the Run. My overall campaign goal is $2350.<br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the Tennessee River. Last night, we camped along the river left bank amidst our only tumult of rain. The previous five days were sunny and clear in the Tennessee River Valley floating just over 20 miles on the French Broad (FB) River toward Knoxville, passing the Holston River as it merged with the FB. From this photo the merger is just upstream, a ways around that corner and this piece of water becomes the Tennessee River after two rivers become one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This morning we have just a mile or two to float and paddle to the takeout in downtown Knoxville and a Noon pickup, then back to 43 Hart Road and Eagle’s Nest Camp. Our home, our final destination in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, must be 200 river miles upstream. It is very near the headwaters of the French Broad. I have paddled those headwaters many times. Near camp. Near Brevard. Even the North Fork of the FB after a hard rain, one mile of fast and furious creek boating. It’s a good circle, this river that runs through so much of our lives. And yes, that’s a metaphor. No, the river does not actually run in a circle. Though, this one does cut against the grain, running kinda North and kinda back West, because this river came before the mountains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Eleven of us, eight about 12 yrs old and three about adult age floated, played, paddled, frolicked, cried a little, ate a lot, slept some, laughed often, saw the countryside, met her people, tanned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have you ever dreamed of floating down a mighty river on a tiny self-built raft and experiencing Huck’s great adventure? Do you like telling tall tales and making mischief? On this adventure, campers venture into Mark Twain’s novel as Jim, the Duke, and Huck, floating down the French Broad River. Navigate by the river banks and stars as you make your way west. Participants prepare the rafts and learn from communities along the river!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have known about Huck Finn happenings for more than 30 years. Never partook until this July. About broke my 43 year old body, but I am makin’ it, maybe even stronger. Will tell you next week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As for the others, best I can say they enjoyed it quite a bit. Many planning to springboard to Hante’s all over. <a href="https://www.enf.org/hante-adventures/">Hante</a> is an extended version of this type of trip and more intense with rocks to climb and faster rivers to navigate and longer paths to walk. But this was no easy trip, lest you be thinkin’ we had not a care in the world. Lots of gear on and off a heavy raft, day after day. Lots of exposure. Lots of downtime which is hard for young ones in 2018 in the age of constant blips and bleeps. But good for young ones in every year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Learn more about life outside at <a href="http://enf.org/">enf.org</a> | Eagle's Nest Foundation.</span></div>
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George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-76146441826510961172018-04-18T15:52:00.000-04:002018-04-18T15:52:57.243-04:00LAKE RABUN ANGELS<br />
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That old border of GA and SC that Ron Rash writes about—a
time when a little girl got drowned way on down<o:p></o:p></div>
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Happy endings and everyone safe, eddy hopping and ferrying,
some surfing in open boats and kayaks<o:p></o:p></div>
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Many rapids<o:p></o:p></div>
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Many flats<o:p></o:p></div>
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leaving us boaters with tired triceps and worn out abs and
sun-burnt forearms and scalded necks even on already weathered and chiseled
bodies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We played in the surf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We joked with ‘twerry about it,” which thanks to Nathan I still share
with friends today like Angel and TT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
ever some friends needed to ‘twerry about it’, but another story for another
day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dinner was a welcome treat of burritos and guac, sour cream
and salsa<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not enough food to suffice, but I don’t think there could
have been enough on counselor budgets, hungry stomachs,<o:p></o:p></div>
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And Roark guidance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
taught me frugality—a lesson I rarely follow, but still good to know.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We headed down the stone steps, hundreds of them<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wood paneled and mildewed<o:p></o:p></div>
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A setting so different from the jostling water of the
Chattooga where we had played in the afternoon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now it was nearing midnight and<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hilltops, mountaintops surrounded us in an amphitheater where
we were the stars and the moon up above lit up the lake bright<o:p></o:p></div>
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River and Anne, the latter later known as Enna Deer, broke
into a harmonized duet that would have made Bonnie and John proud.<o:p></o:p></div>
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buzzin’<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But I ain’t done
nothin’ since I woke up today<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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River, with her beautiful long hair and her New England hard
edges being softened by a summer in Appalachia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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lived in the Clayton vicinity for a half century or more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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This paddler, ironically and beautifully, named after the
streams and tributaries and fjords where she took comfort and solace and made a
summer paycheck,<o:p></o:p></div>
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master picking up the slack and making the song really come to life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I could see in the face of the professional that they were
not perfect, but she let it go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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It wasn’t a night for perfection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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It was a night for improvisation and relaxation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friends of friends all becoming fast
compadres by the miraculous beauty of the surroundings and the trust that these
acquaintances were trusted by others near by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Those who found themselves in such a place on a June evening, they had
to be friends, long time friends, even if some of them met in the back of a
shuttle pick-up truck eight hours before.<o:p></o:p></div>
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gritty<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Make me an Angel<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Make me a poster of an
old rodeo<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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livin’<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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go<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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The two sounded like angels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I believed the song and that its' lyrical dreams, Make Me An Angel, were
coming true because the long blond curls of River and the sharp features of
Anne which I had for so long thought beautiful yet intimidating, they were
softening and I was seeing her in her element, making magic with her
voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I barely knew River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never saw her again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was Nathan's college friend and I have
always loved her—inner beauty, outer beauty, whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s the difference?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was beautiful and I loved her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Classics that I thought came straight out of the Eagle’s Nest<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span>Thanks to John and Bonnie on the iPod I can get at all the vision and
the dreams, the images and the symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Start the morning at Mad Hatter’s.<br />
I look out on the morning and the morning looks back on me. Some say it’s cold, but it’s not, not really.<br />
Today I look for change. In the flowers, in me, in others, in you, God.<br />
If all are steady, and there is sameness, that is okay. The world needs steadiness, seeks it, is comforted by it. But change is what I am looking for. Silently.<br />
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Runners<br />
They move by in awkward flurries<br />
The trees are not gangly<br />
The cars have a predictable smoothness<br />
But rare is the runner who gives much thought to how they move across the ground. Most are awkward. But they are are out there and I am not.<br />
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I give thanks.</div>
George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-42876409354632645912018-03-24T11:33:00.000-04:002018-03-24T11:47:27.109-04:00Coaching Together...Coaching Individually<i>Sometimes when a couple is working on a relationship together, an individual coaching session can help one or both individuals make progress. It takes more time, investment, and patience. It may be scary to work without the other, but it often produces clarifying results.</i><br />
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I remember one relationship I heard about many years ago. It was not a marriage per se, but it was a very important and loving relationship between two people. They were both committed to making it work. They sometimes yelled. Sometimes even hit. They really felt strongly about the other person in the relationship and most of the strong feelings were love.<br />
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One participant kept talking to the counselor about the problems of the other person. How much he wished the other person would change his behavior. The client in the session said, "Should we go ahead and get him in here? How do we change his behavior?"<br />
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The counselor said, "I just want to talk to you for a while. I think everything we need to make things a little better starts with a change in you."<br />
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This was difficult and unexpected news for the client, but he really wanted the relationship to improve, and it did. Some of what worked were practicing meditation, getting alone during times of stress, and very clear and calm statements of expectation for the other person in the relationship.<br />
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While this example of coaching did not begin with the couple in a session together, it was about the couple, and as it turns out, the couple never saw the coach together. Sometimes the best person to change is yourself.<br />
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Work that starts with me will fix a lot of life's so called problems.<br />
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More coaching advice on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/georgelinneydotcom/">Facebook</a> from Be Married and at <a href="http://georgelinney.com/">georgelinney.com</a>.George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-65224120555185866452018-03-12T10:52:00.001-04:002018-03-12T10:52:32.234-04:00Do You Think I'll Make A Soldier by Tod Haskins Fredericks | The Black Art Depot<a href="https://www.blackartdepot.com/products/do-you-think-ill-make-a-soldier-by-tod-haskins-fredericks#.WqaUJB67fZQ.blogger">Do You Think I'll Make A Soldier by Tod Haskins Fredericks | The Black Art Depot</a>George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-71276635420881561772017-12-03T14:50:00.000-05:002017-12-03T14:50:02.377-05:00Travelers, a brief announcementOver the loudspeaker at the airport you might hear, <i>Your attention please, Flight 312 arriving from Amsterdam will no longer be arriving at Gate 30, but will now be arriving at Gate 33. I repeat, Flight 312 from Amsterdam will now be arriving at Gate 33.</i><br />
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This type of announcement is expected, common, borderline mundane if you are familiar with airline travel. For a vast number of reasons, gates get changed, we are not typically told why on the ground, but we are basically told, <i>Move! You are in the wrong spot. Your expected guest is arriving somewhere different than where you thought.</i> This sort of announcement at the airport is strictly informational and not meant to startle or surprise or incite a riot or change the world. It simply tells family and friends that there expected travelers will be showing up at a particular time and particular location and it has changed. Go over there and they will meet you at the end of the hallway. Stay here and you are going to miss them.<br />
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Sort of like Jesus? You know the whole world was waiting for Jesus. At least the whole world that we study in Scripture. That whole world in scripture is Isreal and they were waiting for the Messiah. Waiting for a gate change. I imagine they were waiting for someone like David, or someone from a past war. Maybe a prophet like Elijah or Elisha. Maybe they were waiting for Moses.<br />
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A baby? Not a baby. In Bethlehem? Not in Bethlehem. In a Virgin's Womb? Beyond imaginable. Way beyond a simple gate change.<br />
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As the <a href="http://tobaccotrailchurch.com/">Tobacco Trail Church</a> prepares to celebrate Christmas, we might start with this announcement over the loudspeaker at the airport:<br />
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The angel Gabriel has the mic, and says to Mary (I guess she represents the friends and family who wait at the wrong gate), <i>Do not fear, Mary, you shall conceive and bear a son and give him the name Jesus. Great will be his dignity and he will be called Son of the Most High...</i> Lk. 1<br />
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There were others at Gate 30, moving toward Gate 33. You and I, we are like shepherds, bumbling down a path, traveling from Gate 30 to Gate 33 in hopes that we will see him.<br />
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I'm not so sure the world sees Jesus very clearly these days. What he came for. How he came to declare peace among the nations. How he came to disarm rather than to mobilize. He did come to inspire our work and our rest and our families and our calls. He did come so that we might praise him and his father through his spirit. And when I say the world doesn't see him very clearly, that's not some other guy or gal I'm referring to, that's me, a Shepherd in this story. That's you, one of the Maji. That's your cousin, who plays Joseph in the play. That's some person from high school who wronged you, you think she is your enemy, but she's really just one of the angels making a difficult announcement. Telling the world something difficult to chew on. It will be a baby. It will show up in a nowhere nothing place like Bethlehem. The baby grew in Mary's womb. <i>Who's Mary?</i> We say. Right, nobody you've ever heard of.<br />
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We think we've figured out who everybody is in any story, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Let's be honest, I or you are the good guy. The other guy is Herod. No the other guy is just the innkeeper, trying to take care of his family. He didn't know he was denying the savior of the world a warm bed.<br />
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I want to see Jesus more clearly. I want to be more generous with my neighbors. I want to do these things this December thanks to this particular announcement, that He's coming and will be called Son of the Most High. I want to find him along a long and winding road to Bethlehem and at the end of it. I want to see him in a manger along with others stars in the creation drama, the creation musical. Those stars, seen by you and me, the intruding paparazzi, trying to catch a glimpse and a fame-filled photo that we can hold onto and share with others, those stars will be lowing cattle, and sheep, always sheep, maybe a donkey, three camels with kings who come to lie down, bow down, before the King.<br />
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I want to start with a walk today and begin to imagine seeing all these things. Accepting the announcement, waiting for the traveler, and then living with the truth. Let's take a walk.<br />
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<i>*reflection before an Advent Walk on the American Tobacco Trail, December 3, 2017, the first Sunday in Advent.</i><br />
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<br />George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0Solite Park, 4704 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA35.9359253 -78.9097522999999810.4138908 -120.21834629999998 61.4579598 -37.60115829999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-5975976551768546002017-11-29T07:18:00.000-05:002017-11-29T07:18:44.003-05:00Friends Are So Important...My father has been saying this for as long as I can remember. Yesterday I was flooded with reminders of how important these words are for living a full life. I went for a run and then headed to the Open Eye for a cup'a'joe. Walking in with me was Zu on a conference call, but still chatting with me and Goofus. Goofus, the good doctor of Carrboro, was sharing the paper with me and we waxed on as we often do about how to live life to its fullest. Goofus is a seeker like me, always learning from others' prayer practices and their music and how they are able to achieve a sense of being in such a cluttered and busy world. Goofus asked for a quote for the day on the way out and I hunted through an important book for a quote just for him by Agnes de Mille said/wrote: <i>To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.</i><br />
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Then, there was Tom, waiting for our friend, Kerndog, so they could bounce around some ideas about publishing and public relations. I married Tom and his wife in May thanks to a referral from another friend, Gumbi. Then, in walks Squonk with my new Sport Slippers--a Squonk patent. These are retired shoes that have now been turned into casual slippers by cutting out the back heel. They are the perfect fit and we are now in negotiations with China and many running shoe companies in terms of marketing options for this cool new product. <br />
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Friends are so important. They are taking care of you and hopefully they let you take care of them. There is no right way to be friends. We all have different gifts to give and we all need to receive various gifts over the course of our lives. I believe that God surrounds us with just the right sort of people to nurture us into who we are meant to be. That even includes folks we would not consider our friends, but that is another story for another day.<br />
<br />
For today, look around, who do you count among your friends? This may tell more about you than your resume or your own account of who you are and what you are about. It's not about the number of friends. This is not about acquaintances and it is not about popularity. You may have lots of close friends and that's great. You are probably an extrovert and can manage all those folk, but whether it is two or 200, your friends tell the story of your life. My mother never needs more than a couple of really close friends, same goes for my wife, but their friends speak of them as if life does not work so well without them. <br />
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If we were to look around at the most unhappy folks in the world they feel as if they have no one. No one to look out for them and care for them. If they died, no one would notice for a long time if ever. If you feel this way--do something about it today. Join a small group at church. Attend an AA meeting even if you are not an alcoholic. Find a group run and go every week. Sign up for a book club. Loneliness is a real emotion, but the human heart cannot sustain it for too long. We need other people and guess what...other people need you.<br />
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drafted 10/21/09Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-35484010828227728012017-11-25T11:41:00.000-05:002017-11-25T11:41:09.767-05:00Five Poetic Breaths (5/5)FRIENDSHIP<br />
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A covenant to forgive</div>
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beginning with one's own self</div>
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Having mercy on one another</div>
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tolerating the frailty and the inconsistency</div>
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allowing the other to take a step away first to the side, then possibly</div>
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and not rushing the inevitable step forward back toward a semblance of what </div>
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was once held in common or held in difference</div>
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Tolerating the shadow in the other</div>
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choosing not to resist the dark place how ever much yours resembles my own dark corners of existence</div>
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<div>
We ventured into friendship with commonality that now has welled up as something we might just fear and attempt to escape</div>
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because it is too much an echo and mirror of our own turmoil</div>
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We did not simply enter this union based on shared joy.</div>
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There are times when your creative funnel flows faster than my own and I have a choice:</div>
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jealousy and rift</div>
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joy and shared accomplishment</div>
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The best of friendship is that</div>
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once heard</div>
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try being unheard</div>
George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-23009859868602603752017-11-24T11:54:00.000-05:002017-11-24T11:54:08.724-05:00Five Poetic Breaths (4/5)A LIFE<br />
<br />
I never really knew any one like I once knew a canine<br />
I anticipated her needs<br />
She needed<br />
food<br />
pets<br />
rest<br />
love<br />
encouragement<br />
praise<br />
correction<br />
more pets<br />
She needed<br />
<br />
in such a full and unabashed way all the things<br />
that every human being needs<br />
<br />
When it was her time to die<br />
she walked, better, stumbled in her geriatric and tumor-laden condition,<br />
straight<br />
toward it with no fear<br />
<br />
She embodied what we hope for humans<br />
a great life<br />
an even better death<br />
They are not so different<br />
One does not even really existGeorge Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-34703586169370339192017-11-23T15:49:00.000-05:002017-11-23T15:49:04.038-05:00Five Poetic Breaths (3/5)REST<br />
<br />
to let go for this flow<br />
allowing tasks, decisions<br />
to pass<br />
without you at the center of the solution<br />
identified by your ability to fix and be healer of all<br />
<br />
this letting go is to embody a restful posture in an un-rested world<br />
<br />
this is a great discipline<br />
safe security is found in the supposed pleasing of others where you<br />
have become all toil, anxiety, and resentment<br />
checking items off on a list that goes on without end<br />
and brings no solace to you or others in your midst<br />
<br />
chasing after the doing in such a way<br />
that the other soul could more clearly lay poultice to their own wounded heart<br />
but it doesn't<br />
your scurrying does not actually please them despite their demand for it<br />
<br />
the supervisor who acknowledges first your self-care is rare indeed<br />
considered soft and vulnerable<br />
<br />
but you cannot be determined by the other<br />
that is but a mere deflection of your own difficult yet necessary choosing<br />
<br />
a finding fault with that which you cannot control or the other who you spend time blaming<br />
<br />
you must keep your work until the current is strong enough to float you out<br />
do not sabotage it<br />
but do not be a slave to your work or those who ask you to do it a particular way<br />
<br />
you must make each decision in a manner that emboldens your work or else it is no work at all<br />
<br />
schedule the rest and discipline it by your own need and then work will thrive<br />
more so than if you had never paused to inhale deeply and partake of oxygen rich air<br />
<br />
constant exhalation is just barely alive<br />
you must rest and then resume<br />
<br />
it does not come in a whole day set apart<br />
sometimes it is simply a breath, a pause, a passing by to let someone else determine this outcomeGeorge Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-48707787061624587772017-11-22T18:31:00.000-05:002017-11-22T18:31:12.332-05:00Five Poetic Breaths (2/5)CLIMB<br />
<br />
When he took to the hill<br />
he carried the memory and anticipation of a high up and lonely homily<br />
he was prepared to speak and listen only to the birds if they alone constituted his company<br />
<br />
it was almost time when he sat in a teaching posture<br />
<br />
The followers sweated in their own ascension<br />
did they chose<br />
or were they chosen<br />
whatever<br />
they were here now<br />
atop the mountain with him seated and lest we forget the birds<br />
<br />
the others stayed below<br />
resting out of exhaustion or fear of what lay high up in the clouds<br />
too much to see and hear<br />
voices they were not ready to bear<br />
would they ever be ready?<br />
<br />
Long before, only one ascended, well, one and a helper went to the mountaintop<br />
but now all were welcome<br />
and few accompanied in a slow trickle behind<br />
<br />
Once he sat, they knew to climb<br />
then he uttered and pedagogy poured forth<br />
<br />
flowed like a river<br />
They couldn't catch up to the all of it<br />
But they saw the movement, that's what mattered<br />
Not taking it all in, but seeing this dynamic<br />
the motion<br />
They tasted a spoonful<br />
the full flow would have drowned them<br />
consumed them<br />
actually destroyed them<br />
<br />
He called them seasoning and flavor<br />
He called them illumination<br />
And light must be seen, not snuffed out.<br />
<br />
Taught and heard on more than a score<br />
of course they did not take it all in<br />
but only saw the word move by and then hoped they would catch up to even one talking point<br />
somewhere around the bend<br />
would the river loop back on them<br />
<br />
How would they be seen bright and flavored?<br />
So many ways<br />
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<a href="http://theawkwardseason.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/bxp33092m.jpg"><i>http://theawkwardseason.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/bxp33092m.jpg</i></a><br />
<i>The lighthouse pictured at the link above has me thinking about searching for the light. It has me thinking about the light that Jesus refers to in the Sermon on the Mount.</i>George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-16254042899944233432017-11-21T18:19:00.000-05:002017-11-21T18:19:12.406-05:00Five Poetic Breaths (1/5)ALONE<br />
<br />
Alone seems like a good idea<br />
in theory<br />
a carving out<br />
from others<br />
Space and time and distance<br />
to decompress<br />
and re-inflate<br />
<br />
But not to him.<br />
<br />
Alone<br />
is utter despair<br />
isolation<br />
at this stage<br />
in this flow<br />
to be alone<br />
is to be damned<br />
alienated<br />
utterly without<br />
hope<br />
<br />
When does this transform<br />
metamorphose<br />
When will solitude be a welcome respite?<br />
<br />
Not today<br />
likely, not tomorrow<br />
<br />
But one day, not so far down the road<br />
Alone will be welcomed, embraced, even sought<br />
Today, though, the world has forsaken him.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-44704856177491587402017-11-20T15:49:00.000-05:002017-11-20T15:49:24.690-05:00Prayer for Connective TissueI am praying for my cartilage<br />
and I am not ashamed<br />
<br />
why should I be<br />
it hurts<br />
and I want it to get better<br />
<br />
I don't understand if, or how it will heal<br />
but I pray for it, nonetheless.<br />
<br />
I want to run again<br />
free<br />
of pain<br />
<br />
I want to walk up and down steps and not try to absorb the shock with a lighter step.<br />
<br />
I want to press confidently into the earth and trust my body from head to toe.George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-67632602948489312132017-11-15T16:17:00.000-05:002017-11-15T19:56:50.413-05:00What’s Going On<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The ultimate starting question for the preacher <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What is God doing here and now in the world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What is going on here? Wherever here may be in your context.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marvin Gaye captured it in 1970 wondering what was going on
in the world as he saw and cried out for it. The Funk Brothers helped, even on bass from the floor of studio a.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brothers killing brothers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Only a love that can snuff out hate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There is little understanding here today, what's going on, in 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who is ISIS? I don’t know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Can I trust Russia or China? I don’t know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Is the Commander in Chief really my president or yours? I
don’t know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-33860781164029982422017-11-14T11:30:00.000-05:002017-11-15T17:21:46.201-05:00Epiphany<div class="MsoNormal">
Today I had an epiphany. In fact, a few.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had put off my own writing assignment for 167 hours. What
a hack! I gave eight students a simple assignment to complete and I could not
do it myself for nearly a completed week. Only in the 11<sup>th</sup> hour,
really the 167<sup>th</sup> hour, a full week late, I made myself try. The hour
was drawing near and I knew I could not ask them to share on what I would not
do myself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So I stepped out:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Breathe for 10<o:p></o:p></div>
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Write for 15<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reflect quietly and give thanks for 5.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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No wonder this 30 minutes was so difficult, so frightening.
I had a storm of creativity that followed. I felt free and hopeful in ways I
had not felt in months, maybe years. I had been waiting for a breakthrough and
here it was as I dragged myself out of bed and on the way to the Divinity
School. My nose was so very swollen and there was a tightening of my chest as
mucus exploded up and down the shaft. I felt like shit. Praise God, I had not
had a cold in many months, but to have one again in November was frightening
and made me wonder if this would become my next sinus infection. Yet all of
this virus (God I hoped, and not a bacteria) was no excuse for my delay on a
simple writing assignment that I had assigned. I didn’t get sick until last
Thursday evening so what was my excuse for not writing on Tuesday or Wednesday
or Thursday of last week. I just did not want to sit down and write. My life
has felt bleak, without direction, without friends, with family that ought to
make me feel jubilant and that I don’t feel jubilant 24-7…that just makes me
feel guilty. Why can’t I go back to sales and just make some damn money. Be
good. Mary Oliver says I do not have to be good. Well, good, because I’m not.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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But my pity party had to end. Thank God I procrastinated on
my writing, my completion of my own assignment, and waited for the time to be God’s
time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you don’t know what to do, just wait longer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It may not be success in a next second world, but it might mean epiphany.</div>
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At least every once in a while.</div>
George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-56947935232916105282017-10-26T10:35:00.000-04:002017-11-20T10:47:51.892-05:00hero<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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as a runner. I can't run these days. I am in a season of healing, at best, a
season of limping at worst, while I deal with a painful injury to the cartilage
and tissue behind my right knee cap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been running much this Fall. He maybe runs once or twice a week with his
mother. Usually finds an excuse not to get out there on the roads and trails.
We don't argue about it much. He has school and soccer and more importantly, I
don't want to fight about something as joyful as running. If you don't want to
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smooth through until after the finish line. He was breathing hard, but his
stride never fell apart. Clearly, an Autumn as a midfielder making crosses and
square passes works for some cross country racing. He came to find me quickly after the race for the breakdown of how it went and what I thought. That a 14 year old will still give me a post race hug is about as good as parenting gets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in and do a track workout to this tune -- My Hero by the Foo Fighters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486968691847909319.post-63219149279435616592017-06-09T07:45:00.000-04:002018-12-10T15:35:26.641-05:00When I'm 42Michael Jackson and Roberta Flack sang a song in Free to Be You and Me, When We Grow Up. It was written by Diana Ross. I have always loved this duet.<br />
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When I'm 42.<br />
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<i>When we grow up will I be a pretty</i><br />
<i>will I be big and strong</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Well, I don't care if I'm pretty at all.</i><br />
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Can you live in your skin now?<br />
Is it enough? Are you good and true and full?<br />
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God thinks you are. God loves you as you are and is situated to help you live your purpose.<br />
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Who loves you like this?<br />
Humans are too selfish for this kind of service. If we are this obsessively focused we tend to have personality disorders. We are infatuated in an unhealthy, unbalanced way.<br />
But God is obsessively in love with you. Lavishing love without a break.George Linney IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226859558607563740noreply@blogger.com0