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Blake Storey
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Soulful Sundays: Hope
In the bitter cold I turn the knob To let the water trickle Just enough to not freeze. It reminds me of hope And how little is needed To...
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Blake Storey
Jan 14, 20242 min read
Soulful Sundays: Net Worth
"Comparison is the thief of joy." -Teddy Roosevelt School grades. Income brackets. Spheres of influence. Political clout. Job security....
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Blake Storey
Jan 7, 20242 min read
Soulful Sundays: Use the Difficulty
"When life gives you lemons, learn to juggle." -Anonymous There is a secret place that exists in the heart of all humans. In this place,...
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Blake Storey
Dec 31, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Alice: “What road do I take?” Cheshire Cat: “Where do you want to go?” Alice: “I don’t know." Cheshire Cat: "Then, it really doesn’t...
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Blake Storey
Dec 24, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: A Visit to CHM
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the clinic, Not a sound could be heard, not even the background spa music; Barbells...
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Blake Storey
Dec 17, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: Grace
"The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries...
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Blake Storey
Dec 10, 20233 min read
Soulful Sundays: Extra-Version
"The unexamined life is not worth living." -Socrates "Don't believe everything you think." -Joseph Nguyen I am very comfortable doing...
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Blake Storey
Dec 3, 20231 min read
Soulful Sundays: Confidence
"Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position, but certainty is an absurd one. " -Voltaire "We don't rise to the level of our expectations,...
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Blake Storey
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: The Precedent-ial Debate
"How you do anything is how you do everything." -Martha Beck If I were to ask you to give me a list of the things that you value most,...
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Blake Storey
Nov 19, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: Dry Spell
"What is the opposite of abundance? It's not scarcity. It's greed. Greed is the belief that there is not enough for everyone, so you'd...
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Blake Storey
Nov 12, 20233 min read
Soulful Sundays: Stay and Play
"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.” -Roger Von Oech "We don’t stop playing because we grow old;...
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Blake Storey
Nov 5, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: Passion
"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky Passion is a word that we hear...
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Blake Storey
Oct 29, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: The Plateau
"If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no...
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Blake Storey
Oct 22, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: Apprenticeship
"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing poorly." -G. K. Chesterton There is a Taoist tale, recorded first by Zhuangzi in the 4th...
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Blake Storey
Oct 15, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: Timing is Everything
Time is very slow for those who wait, very fast for those who are scared, very long for those who lament, very short for those who...
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Blake Storey
Oct 8, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: Universal Language
"He who laugh last, children, is he who win." -Bob Marley In his book, De Partibus Animalium (Parts of Animals), Aristotle attempted to...
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Blake Storey
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Soulful Sundays: Temporary Solutions
"Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” -Maya...
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Blake Storey
Sep 24, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: Equanimity
equanimity: (noun) evenness of mind especially under stress; right disposition; balance Sun Tzu, perhaps the most studied military...
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Blake Storey
Sep 17, 20233 min read
Soulful Sundays: Finishing Strong
"Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "For last year’s words belong to last...
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Blake Storey
Sep 3, 20232 min read
Soulful Sundays: Curious Gold
"Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold." -Joseph Campbell "The wound is the place where the light enters you." -Rumi I...
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