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Hero on a Mission: The Guide
What do we do, and who do we turn to in order to become the hero we are called to be? Either we find the teacher like Daniel LaRusso did in finding handyman and Karate expert Mr. Miyagi, or the guide finds us as Gandalf comes looking for Bilbo. But inevitable in the hero’s journey,…
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Hero on a Mission: The Villain
When you think of a villain, who comes to mind? Darth Vader? The Wicked Witch of the West or one of the evil queens from Snow White or Sleeping Beauty? While all are good candidates, a strong case can be made that Mr. Potter from “It’s a Wonderful Life” is the quintessential villain. When we…
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Hero on A mission: The Victim
Imagine being trapped in a time loop, day after day you wake up to Sunny and Cher on the radio, no hot water in your shower, and it is Groundhog’s Day. No matter what you do or how you live you are stuck living the same day over and over again. Phil Conners, played by…
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Hero on a Mission: The Hero
The Hero: What makes for a good hero in a story? Superpowers? Big Muscles? An awesome costume or cool gadgets? While Superman, Thor, and James Bond are interesting heroes, it actually isn’t any of those things that make a character a hero. Donald Miller notes that often heroes at the beginning of their story or…
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Hero on a Mission: Intro
If your life were turned into a movie, would you watch it? Would others be interested in it and invested to see if you reach the climactic finale? Author Donald Miller encountered these very questions as his life was being turned into a movie. For Miller the sad answer was in fact no. This began…
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Believing in the New You: How to think about starting new habits
I recently wrote about the challenges with building and sustaining new habits back on December 12th. In that post which you can read here (https://theexaminedlifecounseling.com/why-starting-new-habits-is-hard-and-what-to-do-about-it/) I discussed how our habits are tied into our larger identity and to that end, the story we tell ourselves. I recommended James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits, in which he…
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Action Follows Being
Agere sequitur esse is a Latin phrase from the Middle Ages discussed primarily by philosophers which means, “action follows being”. I believe this concept has a great deal of influence on us today whether you are a philosopher or not. The basic meaning of the phrase is that who we are our identity and what…