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Scholarship: Character Matters
In this post, I invite you to embrace your inner word nerd. Because I want to talk about scholarship, and it is about to get semantic in a totally nerdy way. We’ve been having a discussion at work about core values and moral virtues and character strengths. (Sounds totally exciting right?). It turns out that…
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Tourist Mecca or Sacred Mountain?: Travel Goals Japan
Today’s destination is Fushimi Inari Taisha, a temple that has over 3 miles of trail up Mount Inari. The mountain temple path is lined with over 10,000 Tori Gates. My son has picked the location because of internet reviews and photos of the Tori gates. It does look impressive and a little intimidating. However, if…
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Prudence: Character Matters
“It wouldn’t be prudent. Read my lips. No new taxes. A thousand points of light.”. If you are old enough to remember Saturday Night live in 1989, you can likely remember Dana Carvey’s impression of George Bush Senior. I can picture it. I haven’t heard anyone use the word prudent since then. Prudent. It is…
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Character Matters
Over the years, I have met some characters. I have definitely been accused of being a “character” and probably was guilty as charged. But this week, I have been training adults (my day job) and I have discovered an uncomfortable truth. Okay, discovered is dramatic. I noticed once again a pattern among humans. The Ancient…
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Adventures in Grocery Shopping: Travel Goals Japan
One of my favorite things to do when we travel internationally is to hang out in the grocery stores. This is weird because grocery shopping is not something I enjoy normally. I would put it in the necessary inconvenience of modern life category. But a grocery store in an unfamiliar place is a cave of…
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