One of the significant advantages in guiding people through my Focus Phrase\u2122 process is reading rich and tender work. Each person brings their unique voice to the process. And every once in awhile I get to celebrate that voice in public.
\nToday is such a day. Marci Moore is a magician of excellence in many realms. When she\u2019s not engineering fiscal recovery patterns for non-profit organizations or helping businesses get along better with their people and their mission, she is pursuing her passion for writing. You can learn more about Marci via:
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“Be good to yourself: it is the best way to teach others how to treat you.” – mary anne radmacher<\/p>\n
Mom\u2019s famous wedding cookies – those light buttery crispy yet soft nut filled nuggets covered in powdered sugar insure a groan of pleasure with every bite. To infer they are addictive demean the cookies. Magical maybe\u2026. Family members sneak into the kitchen for handfuls; some have been known to hide the cookie jar. Mom makes them on multiple occasions which is the secret code for anytime will do, yet she manages to keep the batches small enough, no one ever tires of them. <\/p>\n
Sweets in general and Mom\u2019s wedding cookies in particular are my Achilles\u2019 heel. As kids, Dad\u2019s idea of a great night out was giving us free rein at the Sear\u2019s candy counter. We\u2019d arrive home loaded with individual striped paper bags of the cavity inducing loot, and set to finishing every single drop. It was as if we\u2019d won the candy lottery with chocolate covered raisins, burnt peanuts, chocolate covered peanuts, circus peanuts and maple nut goodies the prizes. For me, sweets became a lifelong love affair.<\/p>\n
When Dad, a lifetime sugar junkie, now diabetic, started dialysis late last year, it got my attention. I was walking his path, a diabetic in training. Fear got the best of me and I announced to everyone I was cutting back on sugar. On Monday night Mom picked me up to attend a nephew\u2019s soccer game. When I climbed into the backseat, there, within impossibly easy reach, was a small container of wedding cookies. \u201cWho are the wedding cookies for? I asked, still gazing at them with the same burning desire typically reserved for the love of my life. \u201cI made them for Marvin,\u201d she said. \u201cYou said you weren\u2019t eating that kind of stuff anymore.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re right,\u201d I replied, momentarily annoyed with myself for sharing that particular intention with the larger family. Immediately afterwards I was flooded with a deep appreciation for her acting on my behalf, based on what she\u2019d seen and heard from me. In that moment, Mom\u2019s sweet words and even sweeter intentions made up for all the sugar no longer in my world of food. Your positive words and actions give others permission to upgrade their treatment of you.
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