Category: Your Life Support

The Most Important Trip You May Ever Take

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

You know that it is easy to be an angel when nobody ruffles your feathers. But it seems that feather rufflers will always be around. We’re told that 19th Century German statesman Prince Otto von Bismarck’s feathers were so ruffled by the criticism of a professor acquaintance of his, that he challenged the man to …

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Fire in the Heart

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

The teacher quizzed her class: “He drove straight to his goal. He looked neither to the right nor to the left, but pressed forward, moved by a definite purpose. Neither friend nor foe could delay him, nor turn him from his course. All who crossed his path did so at their own peril. What would …

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Reason to Smile

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

Comedian George Burns said that he was advised: “Let a smile be your umbrella.” He said, “I tried that once. I had pneumonia for six weeks and shrunk a $450 suit.” All right. Maybe it won’t keep you dry in the rain, but there are other good reasons to smile. It’s said that it requires …

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Something More Valuable Than Gold

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

“Do you think my hair is soft and shiny?” Jessica asked Josh one moonlit evening. Josh answered, “Yep.” “And are my eyes bright and beautiful?” she continued. “Yep,” he replied. After a few minutes Jessica forged ahead, “Josh, do you think my skin is smooth and clear?” “Yep.” At this, Jessica smiled brightly and declared, …

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Your Own Best Friend

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

Most people report that they do not usually feel confident. But exciting things can happen when we actually believe in ourselves. Here is a man who believed in his own ability even as a boy, and that confidence helped shape his adult life. At the turn of the 20th century, a young boy quit school …

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Angels with Broken Wings

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

I know a woman who gave each person in her family a golden angel lapel pin one Christmas. “Wear it on your collar or shoulder,” she said, “to remind you that your guardian angel is always looking over your shoulder.” Her brother noticed his pin had a broken wing. He held up the damaged angel …

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Bridges to the Heart

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

I recently learned of a research organization that asked several thousand people, “What are the most serious faults of executives in dealing with their associates and subordinates?” (By the way, this also applies to teachers dealing with their students and parents with their children.) Several faults could be chosen. What do you think was mentioned …

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Love Or Romance?

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

An old story reminds us of the humor of romance. A man was going to the county fair one day with a pig under one arm and a chicken under the other arm and a basket on his head. He came to a crossroads and didn’t know which way to turn. While he stood there …

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Bridges to the Heart

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

I recently learned of a research organization that asked several thousand people, “What are the most serious faults of executives in dealing with their associates and subordinates?” (By the way, this also applies to teachers dealing with their students and parents with their children.) Several faults could be chosen. What do you think was mentioned …

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Your Secret Power

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

A certain man was on a diet to lose weight. He even changed routes to work in order to avoid a particular bakery, which displayed scrumptious looking pastries in its window. But one day he arrived at the office carrying a beautiful, large coffee cake. His colleagues teased him about slipping off the diet. In …

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Have You Lost the Dead Part Yet?

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

I am discovering that many people want, above all else, to live life fully. Or at least to get more out of life. But sometimes the past gets in the way. Unhealed hurts and unnecessary guilt too often suck the life out of people. Here is a great visual. A schoolteacher tells about when he …

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Your Own Best Friend

Steve Goodier writes Your Life Support column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

Most people report that they do not usually feel confident. But exciting things can happen when we actually believe in ourselves. Here is a man who believed in his own ability even as a boy, and that confidence helped shape his adult life. At the turn of the 20th century, a young boy quit school …

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