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What Works: Nonnegotiables

The freedom of commitment

by Phil Fox Rose

I know where I'll be every Monday and Tuesday evening, and on Sunday mornings. And I know what I'll be doing first thing every day. This is in stark contrast to a half dozen years ago. Then, the only thing you could count on from me was that I'd probably be alone in my apartment, though I probably wouldn't answer the phone. I had no regular weekly commitments. Not a one. When I was invited to social events, I didn't RSVP; I'd just show up or not — that way ...
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	February 1st, 2010 What Works: Nonnegotiables The freedom of commitment I know where I'll be every Monday and Tuesday evening, and on Sunday mornings. And I know what I'll be doing first thing every day. ...
	January 18th, 2010 What Works: My “aughts” weren’t awful, they were awesome A New Year's challenge: Enhance your connection with God I've been taken aback these last few weeks by all the retrospectives and their universal declaration ...
	December 27th, 2009 What Works: Meditation It isn't boring, it isn't non-Christian and you do have the time for it The promise of meditation is not the 20 minutes of refuge from an otherwise insane day, wonderful as that may be. The promise is to ...
	December 13th, 2009 What Works: When a parent is an alcoholic or addict Making the best of a bad situation Are you going home for Christmas with trepidation because it means dealing with a drunken parent? Are you not going home for Christmas because, after ...
	November 30th, 2009 What Works: Being On Time The spiritual value of not running late This is one I still struggle with. A lot. I'm in no way an expert in getting places on time. But I'm much better than ...
	November 16th, 2009 What Works: The Gratitude List A helpful tool to encourage gratitude for this Thanksgiving season This is the last column to run before Thanksgiving, so I want to talk to you about gratitude. I could write ...
	November 2nd, 2009 What Works: The Welcoming Prayer An unassuming little tool in my spiritual first aid kit that can have a big impact I want to share with you a little method with a big impact: the Welcoming Prayer. This unassuming little method has helped me many times. ...
	October 19th, 2009 What Works: Baggage Letting go of our burdens We've all heard the jokes. Ever since the term "baggage" entered popular use thanks to the 80s inner child movement, it's been both a warning ...
	October 4th, 2009 What Works: Turn Off the News You won't miss anything important I don't mean to put anyone out of work in this difficult economy — I even have several friends in this profession — but I ...
	September 20th, 2009 What Works: Freedom From Choice Stop wasting so much time figuring out what to do I was on a retreat this weekend, and do you know what one of the little pleasures was for me? Coming to the dining room ...

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