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Lesson 9
Lighten Up

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Lesson 8
Be A Child

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Lesson 7
Routinely Recreate Yourself

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Epilogue

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Chapter 35
The Enchanted Home

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Chapter 34
A Word about Fear and Step Function

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Chapter 33
With Gratitude for the Cancer Center

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Chapter 32
Living Without Nita

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Chapter 31
Goodnight, My Beloved

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Chapter 30
I Remember

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Chapter 29
The Last Infusion

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Chapter 28
Two Trips to Emergency
And a Renewal of Vows

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Chapter 27
Brain Fried

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Chapter 26
From Master to Victim to Master Again

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Chapter 25
One Million Years B.C.

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Chapter 24
Fighting for Our Lives

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Chapter 23
A Model of Integrity

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Chapter 22
The Big Decision

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Chapter 21
A New Diagnosis Pits
Courage Against Misery

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Chapter 20
Spiritual Evolution

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Chapter 19
The Battle Continues

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Chapter 18
A Strategy for Defying Disease

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Chapter 17
The Healing Nature of Service

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Chapter 16
The Spirit of the Woman I Love

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Chapter 15
Getting Technical

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Chapter 14
Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

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Chapter 13
The Early Days

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Chapter 12
On Helping Others Heal

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Chapter 11
The Cycle of Love

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Chapter 10
Untethered

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Chapter 9
Stepping Out Like a Natural Man

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Chapter 8
Home Again

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Chapter 7
Six Days in Recovery

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Chapter 6
On the Operation Table

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Chapter 5
Awakened by Love

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Chapter 4
The Making of
Nita’s Support Team

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Chapter 3
The Pre-Operation Meeting
and the Plan of Attack

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Chapter 2
A Trip to the Pharmacy

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Chapter 1
A New Way of Thinking

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Lesson 6
Celebrate the Miracles

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The Cowardice of Why
And the Courage of How

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Lesson 5
Be a First-Class Passenger

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Lesson 4
Temper Imagination

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Lesson 3
Be True to Yourself

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Lesson 2
Don’t Ever Be Too Cool

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Lesson 1
God’s Job Is Taken

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A Fisherman’s Life

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What the Hubble telescope has taught us about our universe

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Cheating is the product of abandoned missions

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On the Nature of Brotherly Love

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Being Curious about Tribes Can Change the World

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Success and Failure is a Product of Both Heritage and Effort

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Race determines the pitch of the climb

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Praise Has the Power to Change Lives

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What I Learned in Little League

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The two laws of friendship are reciprocity and empathic listening

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On the gift of true friendship

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Silence May Be the Best Policy

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The Pinch Theory Offers a Reasoned Approach to Managing Conflict

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Our lives belong to the whole community

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Human Beings Are Capable of Being Civil

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Love at the Office: A Whole-Heart Approach to Career Development

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Vocabulary sleuths collect words just for fun

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Blessed by “Yes” and Untroubled by “No”

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Ignorance of systems foreshadows disaster

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Educated minds entertain ideas without accepting or attacking them

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Astute Businesspeople Know the Difference between Policy and Mission

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Mindfulness separates fiction from reality

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Lizard Brains and Human Brains Spawn Divergent Outcomes

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December 24, 2021: Reflections on Christmas Eve

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Leaders Understand the Subtleties of Content and Context

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An open letter to high school graduates

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Americans are the Victims of Their Own Fantasies

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In Defense of Doubts: Part I: In Search of Bigfoot

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In Defense of Doubts: Part II: In Search of God

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Death in the Afternoon

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In Search of Self

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Allen’s Seven Truths: What Are Your Seven Truths?

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Democracy is a Balance of Freedom and Equality

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The Three Revolutions of Human Evolution

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True Community is the Secret to Marital Longevity

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Engaging the Four Human Endowments Heals Relationships

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Celebrate Life Until the Last Flicker of Light

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American Immigration is a Saga of the Human Spirit

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The Lies I Have Told

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I Am the Invisible Man

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On Lessons Learned

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In Search of Love

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The Shapeshifting Nature of Love

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Male Bonding Offers a Sanctuary for Truth

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A Gift of Love: A Helen Marco Story

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In Remembrance of Mom

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The Tale of Two Neighbors

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On the Power of Bouncing Sideways

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We Are All Ambassadors for Our Country

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Nothing to Prove, Everything to Lose

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People Are Not So Strange, Just Calibrated Differently

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How Today’s Language is Making Me Crazy

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Humor Sells

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