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Stunning Sunrise Over Bethlehem Guarantees Your Jackpot

I needed a jackpot in December 1996.

A jackpot of relief. I was burned out.

Burnt from life changes swirling around me.

Our business was being audited in an unfriendly fashion.

And I was just married for the second time.

I wanted “peace on earth.”

So, I traveled to Bethlehem for Christmas.

Jackpot in Bethlehem
Sunrise over Bethlehem/istock

A bus ride led me to a jackpot.

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Dump Everyday Doldrums With a New Song for Joy

Add joy to your soul with a new music venue.

I ordered a Jean Paul alto saxophone a week before Thanksgiving wondering if I would remember the keys, let alone read and play music.

But, the spark to play was ignited out of a desire to do something new and fresh for myself, family and friends.

Launch holiday sax

Through an app called Tomplay, I found wonderful music and accompaniment for a holiday play list.

  • What a Wonderful World
  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  • Never My Love
  • Swan Lake-Tchaikovsky

Merriment surrounded us before Thanksgiving dinner.

My 18-month-old grandnephew was swaying while family and friends were smiling.

Then, I started thinking how joy is launched by simply playing a new song.

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Dump Everyday Doldrums With a New Song for Joy

Boost Your Infrastructure This Holiday Season With Two Words

The President signed a $1,200,000,000,000 infrastructure bill into law.

Why not sign your own “roads and bridges” bill?

Infrastructure for the soul
Under the Morning Glory Natural Bridge near Moab, Utah/Photo by Bridget Guthrie

Two words build bridges into the richest resources.

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Boost Your Infrastructure This Holiday Season With Two Words

Before you quit: Remember three keys to breakthrough

Face it. Sometimes you wanna quit.

Ever feel like you’ve solved a problem and it pops right up again?

survivors don't quit

Bob Wieland’s disability is obvious.

But, he doesn’t quit.

Mine is not so obvious. A nerve issue.

Two years ago I had a neuropathy flare-up and I thought, “What else can I do?”

Reminds me of three keys for triggering breakthroughs.

We need them so we don’t lose heart.

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Before you quit: Remember three keys to breakthrough

Golden advice hiding at your great-great-grandparent’s grave

Imagine your great-great-grandparent’s ghost giving advice at their grave.

Advice like . . .

  • cheating chaos
  • capturing happiness

Walking up to my great-great-grandad’s tombstone, I imagined the Civil War veteran whispering.

A time travel tour ensued in Austin’s oldest cemetery.

His tombstone nudged me to Google his name, Alpheus B. Nuckols, Austin, TX.

One search shows he . . .

  • was a confederate veteran from Virginia
  • moved to Texas in 1891 and opened a photography studio
  • bought a house on Eighth Street in 1898

How do you go from defeat as a Virginia confederate soldier in 1865 and grow a photography business in Texas a few years later?

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Golden advice hiding at your great-great-grandparent’s grave