Monday is word-or-the-week day here at Bouncing Back. Today’s word is … DREAM I’ve been watching a lot of different Olympic events. I don’t get all that excited about the well-known athletes. The thing about the Olympics is the athletes who are there making huge sacrifices, taking risks, for a simple reason: they’re chasing a […]
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Leader
Happy Monday, and welcome to word-of-the-week day at Bouncing Back. Today’s word is: LEADER You can buy stacks of books on leadership. I’d like to offer one simple thought: You don’t lead from behind. Bosses and managers often confuse leadership with coercion and manipulation. But those are push models. They don’t work long-term. Real leaders […]
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Welcome to another Monday, which also means it’s word-of-the-week day at Bouncing Back. This week’s word: PLAY I don’t play enough. Too busy, too many important, serious, adult-type tasks waiting for my attention. Who has time for play? That’s one of many things I like about having a dog. If I get too attached to […]
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It’s Monday, which means word-of-the-week time here at Bouncing Back. Today’s word is: Peace We usually think of peace as the absence of war or conflict. But I’m thinking of something a bit more proactive. Jesus said: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the […]
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Happy Monday and welcome to word-of-the-week here at Bouncing Back. SURRENDER “Surrender” isn’t a popular notion in our culture. We don’t like to lose, and surrender usually connotes admitting some sort of defeat. But there’s another reason to surrender. Sometimes you simply conclude that a particular battle isn’t worth fighting, that the possible gains simply […]
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Welcome to Monday and the word-of-the-week here at Bouncing Back. Jump! I like words that sound like their meaning. Just saying “jump” makes me want to—well—jump! As a wheelchair user, I don’t physically jump over things. But I’m thinking today of a different meaning. Jump: to enter eagerly or enthusiastically into. This meaning of the […]
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It’s Monday, and at Bouncing Back that means it’s time for the Word of the Week. ENCOURAGE This is a follow-up from last week’s word, courage: the willingness to act for right regardless of risk. One of the most important aspects of courage is encourage. To me, that means you give courage to others. So encourage […]
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Happy Monday! It’s the beginning of a new week, a new year, and even a new decade—just in case you didn’t know. So, since everything else is new, we’re going to try a new Monday feature for Bouncing Back. I’m creatively calling it our WORD OF THE WEEK. The idea is to simply put a […]
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