Tag: MGFA
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Reassurance
Greg Olsen
in ThoughtsI’ve been bombarded with questions of concern from people who have read my recent blogs on desperation. First, let me thank you. You did exactly what I hope all people will do when they observe a friend or loved one acting out of character. You inquired to see if I was okay. Talking about desperation…
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Smell The Roses
Greg Olsen
in ThoughtsAfter two heavy blogs talking about desperation, I promised you something a bit more uplifting today. Let’s start with a joke. A man was driving down a country road when he saw a farmer standing in his yard. The farmer had picked up a pig and was holding the pig up to an apple tree…
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Desperation, Part II
Greg Olsen
in ThoughtsI received several good comments on my blog yesterday discussing desperation. Desperation isn’t a fun topic to talk about. We would all prefer that we never have to deal with it. That’s precisely the reason I brought it up. Desperation is often hidden or kicked under the rug until it’s too late. Suicide, isolation or…
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Desperation
Greg Olsen
in ThoughtsEarly in the morning of New Year’s Day, there were two terror attacks launched on our country. One was the driver who mowed down people with his truck in New Orleans and the other that drove his truck under the canopy of the Trump Tower in Las Vegas and proceeded to blow it up. What…
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Happy New Year!
Greg Olsen
in ThoughtsBefore I get into the meat of today’s blog, I wanted to update you. Many of you have sent well wishes for both my granddaughter and me, so I wanted to keep you informed of progress. My granddaughter is still in the hospital, but her oxygen saturation rate has improved and they’ve been able to…
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His Will
Greg Olsen
in ThoughtsThank you for the many comments, thoughts and prayers I’ve received following my previous post. It’s so comforting to experience such kindness and support. We’re not in this alone and so many of you reminded me of that. Before I move on to today’s blog, however, I need your support once again. My 2 year-old…
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Hoping You Had a Wonderful Christmas
Greg Olsen
in Thoughtsi apologize for not having been able to write this last week. I came down with with of my infamous colds and it was a doozie. I had gotten extremely tired and that’s when I’m the most vulnerable. I missed Christmas Eve services. I haven’t done that since the year I had mumps over Christmas…
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Never Assume
Greg Olsen
in ThoughtsI thought I’d start out with a joke this morning. It’s not a Christmas joke, but still one of my favorites and quite appropriate for the topic I wanted to cover today. A young executive was leaving the office late one evening when he saw the CEO of the company standing in front of a…
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Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding
Greg Olsen
in ThoughtsThe holidays are almost here. One of my favorite things about the holidays is all the delicious foods and snacks. I love grazing on a charcuterie board, sampling desserts and munching on Christmas candies and cookies. My mouth is already beginning to water just thinking about them. That got me thinking about which foods, if…
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Festivus
Greg Olsen
in ThoughtsRemember the Seinfeld episode where George’s dad, Frank Costanza, invented Festivus. He created the holiday as an alternative to the traditional pressures and commercialization of Christmas. Festivus included such events as: So, why are we talking about Festivus? Because I wanted to discuss pressures we all feel around the holidays and specifically how those pressures…