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  • Aging,  Life Challenges,  Spiritual Growth

    Reboot Your Life – Is It An Option?

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    this Boston terrier knows how to procrastinate with syle with his chin on the arm of the sofa;

    I woke up the other morning wondering what life might be like if I could “reboot” like a device. Our phones and laptops all offer that option.

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    Ardis Mayo
  • Dekker,  Life Challenges

    Dekker’s Thoughts About Legacy

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    Woof woof… it’s me, Dekker. I’m lying here in my favorite sunspot while my person taps on her keyboard about something called legacy...and I wonder...

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  • Aging,  Life Challenges

    Bridging Generations with Legacy

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    mans plays with grandson, aging over youth. legacy

    What We Teach Each Other is Our legacy. When I was a child, I thought adults knew everything. Why would they be put in charge of so much…

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  • Aging

    Beyond DNA: The Two Threads of Our Legacy 

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    a baby's tiny feet, beyond DNA

    When we think about what we pass on to our descendants, we usually think first of DNA. DNA is like nature's ultimate hand-me-down, passing along Aunt Betty's musical…

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  • Aging,  Spiritual Growth

    Three more lists besides a bucket list you may want to consider

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    bucket list on a chalkboard

    Besides a bucket list, here are three more lists that you may want to keep and share with friends and family before you die.

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  • Spiritual Growth

    How to Leave a Legacy of Story

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    The importance of recording your story to leave as a legacy for your descendants, based on the metaphors of a hike towards a waterfall.

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