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Lessons from a Doughnut

When my youngest son was in preschool, we went on a field trip to Krispy Cream doughnuts. The gaggle of 4 and 5 year-olds were ecstatic to learn how the donut masters make something so delicious. My son instructed me to pay very close attention to the recipe (of course to be replicated at home). We had a behind the scenes, VIP pass to a sweet-tooth haven. We got to mix, pull, bake and of course taste the frosted delights.…

‘Should’ is a 4 Letter Word

How often do you preface your statements with, “I really should”, or “I shouldn’t”?   Well, if you are like me, it’s often enough that it has become an annoying habit.   I have been vigilantly observing my language and choice of semantics in my self-study and I realized that ‘should’ is a distasteful word that doesn’t serve me.  It lends to obligation, criticism, expectation (yours and that of others), guilt, shame and projection to future outcome.  It is a word of…