Making Friends with Fear
Me making friends with Fear As some of you dear readers may recall, I decided to adopt a fearless approach to life in 2012. Trust…
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Making Friends with Fear
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Courage Challenge Report: Dealing with Dragons
Courage Challenge Report: Dealing with Dragons
It being an unusually mild February break, my daughter, the Lovely K., declared her intention to sleep outside in a tent. We set it up…
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5-Minute Courage Workout: Pull Up a Chair and Make Yourself Uncomfortable!
5-Minute Courage Workout: Pull Up a Chair and Make Yourself Uncomfortable!
Compiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: Part of developing physical courage is to gain, through experience, a comfort with discomfort. It is impossible to…
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Courage Question of the Day
Courage Question of the Day
Here at Lion’s Whiskers we are hoping to collect examples of physical courage. To recap, here’s how we define physical courage: Physical courage is the…
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About Stories
About Stories
From a wonderful book called The Story is True: The Art and Meaning of Telling Stories, by Bruce Jackson. It says so elegantly what we’ve…
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Turning Blue
Turning Blue
I recently shared this story over dinner at a restaurant with Lisa’s family, and my daughter’s delight at my absurdity and my fear was very…
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Disobedience
Disobedience
One of the members of our church choir is a dedicated peace activist who has been arrested more than once for her protest work; from…
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What Would You Do if You Weren’t Afraid?
What Would You Do if You Weren’t Afraid?
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is…
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Courage Quote of the Day
Courage Quote of the Day
“Christmas is the time for looking ahead courageously through the gates of the swiftly approaching new year…of resolving that the coming months will reflect a…
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Stories with Eleanor, Part 2
Stories with Eleanor, Part 2
Last week I had coffee with my friend, Eleanor Stanton, the associate pastor at the Presbyterian-New England Congregational Church in Saratoga Springs. We talked…
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