Self improvement and how-to motivation by James Clear. Executive Summary The holy grail of habit change is not a single 1% improvement, but a thousand of them. It’s a bunch of atomic habits stacking up, each one a fundamental unit of the overall system. Awareness comes before desire. A craving is created when you assign meaning…
Returning only twice since the 1970s, I first learned about hiking up the highest location in my state from my Texas State University Journalism (then Southwest Texas State University) professor, David Yates, in 1977. Guadalupe Mountains National Park He published, for a .90 to $1.50, an 11 1/2″×14 3/4″ newspaper, Cedar Rock, for poets and…
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Small Changes Work Movement and action are among the best strategies for fighting depression and fatigue, but many of us could benefit from making just small changes in what we eat. “Food choices can have a substantial benefit on your energy levels and outlook,” says Loralyn Dennis, retired Arizona Registered Nurse and Health writer. “Simply…
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🔵Essential to human DNA production 🔵Repairs and maintains healthy bones, nerves and muscles Last August I was rushed to the Emergency Room and was placed in Intensive Care for a couple of nights. My stay was a result of magnesium deficiency. I learned that it is dramatically under-diagnosed because it doesn’t show up on a…
Summary of Tracy Goss book The Last Word on Power: Executive Re-invention for Leaders Who Must make the Impossible Happen I first met Tracy Goss, one of the foremost experts on transformational leadership in the late 1990s, as an executive at H-E-B Food/Drugs in Texas. I had been warned that grown men and women, people…
Life should be about doing what we want rather than what we have to do as dictated by politicians, news casters, Hollywood and social engineering. Certainly we have obligations and responsibilities to God, our family, our traditional American values and work, but mastering the art of simplicity and doing more of what I want to…
by Loralyn Bailey Dennis Here in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, over an hour northwest of San Antonio, we look forward to the spectacular wildflowers each Spring. In the 1960s, First Lady Ladybird Johnson worked to improve the beautification of Washington, D.C. by having bulbs and trees planted along roadsides to call attention to the…
Can cornbread save humanity? Before you write me off for being a lunatic, think about it. Nobody can think negative thoughts while eating hot cornbread from a skillet. Cornbread is powerful stuff. I don’t know if you know this, but cornbread has already saved the nation once. In fact, cornbread is one of the reasons…
A beautiful moment at the foothills of the Texas Hill Country about 20 minutes from San Antonio offers an example of goodness and inspiration. Local resident Jack Morgan stopped at a Boerne, Texas gas station and convenience store along IH-10 at Johns Road on Thursday, January 4, 2021 when he noticed the “guy with the…
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New discoveries in nutrition science and health can help men and women with irritability, lack of energy and mood swings. A person doesn’t have to be diabetic, they can be very healthy, athletic or thin, and still suffer the consequences of surging blood sugar. When we eat, the food makes its way through our digestive…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, when he was the state’s Attorney General, fought (and won) to keep the Ten Commandments on the state Capitol grounds. He also won court victories protecting students’ rights to pray at school functions, including football games. Who cannot but ask themselves the haunting question: Why can’t students have the Ten Commandments…
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On Inauguration Day it had been raining and misting here for a while. Our dog, Mr. Beefy, (a direct descendant–the firstborn–of Fortunado El Conquistador AKA “Nato” of Phoenix, Arizona) needed to go outside, but was hesitant, so I walked with him. The Beef is quite the sniffer. Knowing his process can take a while, I…
