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Month: December 2014

The Perfect Prison

I am learning how to set myself free. For a long time, I have known that I set impossibly  high standards for myself.  I strive for perfection and beat myself up when I fall even a millimeter short.  In my head, I know that’s...

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, friends. Today, hold your family close, enjoy them wholeheartedly, and ponder the mystery of Emmanuel, God With Us. Love, Carrie

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The Healing Road

For me, the path of surrendering mediocrity and taking up greatness leads to a road of healing.  Actually, it feels less like a road and more like a highway sometimes—big and fast and powerful, potentially dangerous but safest...

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A Thousand Tiny Victories

Today, I was victorious. I called and scheduled an appointment that’s been looming over my head.  For the sake of realness with you, because you deserve it, I’ll tell you that I called a counselor.  And I’m terrified.  ...

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Get Angry

Gosh, this is frustrating, isn’t it? This whole process—leaving behind our mediocrity, smallness, and fears, and taking up greatness and courage.  Once we start, we can never stop, not without losing some vital piece of...

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