Archive for Personal Growth
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February is for Sweethearts
By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village The month of February is for Sweethearts. This leads me to share a Sweetheart Story from a couple at Ridgecrest Village Retirement Community. The Sweetest Smile By Jack Hebblin “Helen has the sweetest smile. Even though she ha...
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Have you made your resolutions for the New Year?
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Most people, it seems, resolve to do something new or different or better as the calendar flips over to January. And it’s a pretty well-established fact that most resolutions, for one reason or another, aren’t kept throughout the year. ...
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New Year – Benefit from Volunteering
By Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village A quick look at Wikipedia.org offers a definition, “Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity, intended to promote good or improve human quality of life. People also volunteer for their own skill development, to mee...
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Happy New Year 2012
By Roger Brann Administrator Bettendorf Health Care It’s a New Year and a time when many of us make New Year’s resolutions to do something we haven’t been able to do in the past. It’s an election year, and for me, I get so tired of all the political commercials with the politicians ma...
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Top 10 Ways to Ensure New Year’s Resolution Success
By Amy Ahlers Did you know that fewer than 10 percent of people who set New Year’s Resolutions actually achieve them? How can you ensure YOUR success? Try using the Top 10 Tips below. 1. Write Them Down. It's a fact: writing down your goals gives you a higher chance of success. 2. Co...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston For the new year, I have taken 50+ years off the present, in this column. Set yourself at Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University (then College). If you are in your mid-70s, you could have been there on campus. This time of year, windy and cold. It was a long walk from Beardshear Hall ...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston The art of poetry seems to be divided, in fact, and in fancy with line endings and the spacing of the resulting verse. But there is also a ferocity involved. First, there is a ferocious knowledge of language and its usages. A dictionary refers to ferocious as wild, the way we usu...
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Love Lights a Candle
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Linda often has a fragrant candle burning in our home. Wispy spring and summery scents enjoyed for the past several months have been recently replaced by the warm and inviting scents of autumn. As the snow falls to stay, the aromas of everg...
