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A gripe taken from the lips of one frustrated lady, who was recently overheard in a public place.
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Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.
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With the dawning of a new year comes a deluge of resolutions, reminders, and exhortations. They all follow similar how-to themes— how to increase your efficiency, how to make every moment count, how to invest your time wisely and productively.
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No doubt life is always changing. If you don’t like the weather it will change, eventually. It’s been hot most all over but cooler weather will come. In most of the country, cooler weather will be welcomed sooner rather than later.
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As we enter the new year, I still remain a confused senior…\
I hope our readers enjoy this humorous dose of reality.
So now cocaine is legal in Oregon, but straws aren’t. That must be frustrating.
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Christmas is always changing. The biblical story never changes but your story is always changing. How we celebrate and view the story of Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus may change throughout life. We view the story one way as children but then the story matures as we age.
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Here’s what happens so often. A person becomes an adult, marries, has children, grows ill or old, and dies. Then the family of the deceased comes together to grieve, and to then plan the funeral. The flower shop gets notified to send flowers, and they all attend the service where the bouquets are usually on display. Afterwards, they often follow the casket to the burial site and watch attentively as the flowers they ordered are placed on the grave. Then the family slowly and mournfully walks away, to grieve and attempt to somehow get on with their lives again. Putting the pieces back together somehow, so they can begin living day to day. But without the one they lost.
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