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Heart of the Matter (Instead of vs. in Addition to)

Posted on Nov 16th, 2007 by Lucente : Creative Advocate Lucente

First Snow — November 2006 Each day is like this scene from my back door a year ago. The bright light from the morning sun illuminates the way to a clean slate of a new... More »

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Life is a Beach

Posted on Nov 13th, 2007 by Lucente : Creative Advocate Lucente

It took awhile for me to get the full meaning of this slogan from years back. Initially, I took it to mean life is change, waves, even beauty — like the beach. However, then I... More »

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Dealing with difficult people?

Posted on Nov 7th, 2007 by Lucente : Creative Advocate Lucente

Apparently, I am in the proverbial graduate level course of learning to deal with difficult people — once and for all. (I hope ...) But I think I can safely assume this, as I absolutely... More »

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Paper Tigers (and Anchors of Optimism)

Posted on Nov 5th, 2007 by Lucente : Creative Advocate Lucente

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his... More »

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What do you see?

Posted on Oct 23rd, 2007 by Lucente : Creative Advocate Lucente

Sometimes we only choose to see life close-up … Other times, we allow Perspective to be our view of what we are experiencing. Regardless of our viewpoints, we all carry around what we live through.... More »

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