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Breaking ground in the CO foothills!
Follow our progress over at the Adventures of the NEW OLD FARTS! This week we have some actual excavation going on on our foothills building site! YES! We were up there the other evening at dusk and...
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Believe in Love Again!
Love can be tough when you’re older, divorced and wondering what’s next. I know I felt relatively certain my “love life” was over at age 49, but I changed my mind when I lost my career a few years...
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Dare to love, but first yourself!
First love thyself, only then let self go. Too many skip over the first step towards finding the kind of love they seek, and in this way never find true love. How do you feel about yourself, honestly?...
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New Year’s Resolution: To live in love
Doubt everything. Find your own light… After a difficult holiday with family, I suddenly see much more clearly why I struggle with the concept of living in love. I was not raised in a home filled with...
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How optimistic is your heart?
Having an optimistic outlook on life is good for your heart, according to a new study. Scientists looked at 5,100 adults between the ages of 45 and 84, asking them to complete surveys assessing their...
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Valentine’s Day and Self-Respect
OK, Valentine’s Day is coming right up. It’s time to ask yourself: What do you want to happen to you on that day? If your answer is nothing, than you’re all set. Ask for nothing and nothing is usually...
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The Meaning and Mystery of Love
“The mature response to the problem of existence is love.” — Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving Did you know we can actually die from a broken heart? Yep, it’s called “Broken Heart Syndrome” and it causes...
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Learning to trust in someone else …
Believing in and trusting someone else has been one of the greatest challenges of my life. I have always struggled to believe in my own power to find the best life for myself, so trusting in others has...
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Waiting for Marriage
I just heard about some new research that asks why millennials are waiting to get married. The reasons seem to be that the younger generation is less religious, facing a tough economy, the high cost of...
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How long is your ouch time?
How long does it take you to know you’re unhappy when someone slights you? Should you then say something immediately, or try to keep silent to maintain the peace? According to research it is much...
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On seeking love and appreciation….
In the midst of finishing up on one of the biggest dreams of our lives, the completion of our custom solar home in rural southern Colorado, my family has decided to reject us. To me this is simply the...
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Are you helping others or your own ego?
“Our prime purpose of this life is to help others. And if you cannot help them, at least don’t hurt them.” – Dalai Lama I had a fascinating experience yesterday I would like to share with you. I...
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Belief is your first step towards new love!
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune. – Thoreau Love can be tough when you’re older, divorced and wondering what’s next. I know. At 49, after a bad divorce, I felt relatively certain my...
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The FIVE best reasons to get married!
If you are good at working out your differences, you share common interests, and your partner fills your needs and not just your wants, perhaps you should consider making this relationship more...
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What is the meaning of life?
With all of the fear around us this week, it may feel like fear rules. That is what those who know nothing else, wish us to feel. But there is an alternative and I wish it for all of you. This song by...
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The Amazing Power of Love & Passion
Our passions choose us. We do not choose our passions. When I think back over the passions I have pursued in my sixty years on this planet, I know for certain that they chose me. As I lived my life,...
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Where do you belong?
One issue that came up big-time for me in mid-midlife crisis was the realization that I didn’t belong anywhere. Not in any one particular place or in any relationship. I had gone about my life up...
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What are your own barriers to love?
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it…” RUMI The moment I saw this quote, I knew it held most of the truth...
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Are You Living in Fear or Love?
It seems like a natural human instinct to hold back from loving others wholeheartedly. After all, that so often leads to great pain. I have a number of difficult memories of times when I have fought...
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