Tag: simplify
02
Oct
Respond or React
by Kari Scare
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In an article on Psychology Today, Dr. Matt James differentiates between responding and reacting. Below is a summary of what he says. Reacting and responding...
14
Aug
A Godly Teacher
by Kari Scare
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A Godly Teaching Philosophy Recently, I had to write my teaching philosophy for a class I was taking. It’s actually something all teachers are supposed...
19
Dec
Dealing With Stress
by Kari Scare
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This text began a multi-day conversation with my son, a college freshman, as he attempted to prepare for his first round of college finals. This...
17
Oct
Discovering Joyful Simplicity
by Kari Scare
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The more I simplify my life, the more I realize simplicity comes intertwined with joy. The simpler my physical life and surroundings, the deeper and...
28
Mar
5 Principles for Focusing on the Now
by Kari Scare
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Having a Balanced Focus Many people live in the past. Some long for the glory days while others staunchly resist any change. Others live planning...
28
Feb
Be Still & Know
by Kari Scare
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Be Still In high school, I stepped between two girls getting ready to fight one another. One was my friend. I don’t remember the other...
26
Jul
Balance Requires Simplicity
by Kari Scare
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My earliest memories of a simple life exist with the Amish. I grew up on a dirt road in lower Michigan with three Amish families...
19
Jul
Struggling for Simplicity
by Kari Scare
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Do you long for simplicity? In the chaos and confusion of overwhelm and overload, do you instinctively know your life wasn’t meant to be this...
21
Jun
Anticipation
by Kari Scare
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Pleasurable Anticipation Anticipation can be pleasurable expectation or filled with apprehension. It involves contemplation and hope, and it serves to create a foresight or foretaste...
24
May
Finding Balance in a Busy World, Part II
by Kari Scare
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In Finding Balance in a Busy World, Part I, we discussed how “busy” is the new “fine” and how stepping toward balance and away from...