3 simple tips for walking right by the Halloween candy

This coming Wednesday is Halloween.

When the kids were younger, I loved getting them dressed up and walking door-to-door, seeing all the neighbors out and about.

And of course, I loved those mini chocolate bars… especially the O-Henry’s.

But I didn’t have to wait for Halloween night to enjoy them.

Because Halloween starts around the beginning of September, just as the kids are getting back to school and summer is fading.

That’s when boxes and bags of mini chocolate bars, lollipops, caramels, chips, and chewy become prominently displayed in the local Walmart, Cosco, and grocery stores.

Because the candy makers know, and the stores know, that you and me, we don’t just buy this stuff for the kids.

We buy it for ourselves.

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Imagine you woke up with amnesia…

Imagine you woke up with amnesia…

You don’t remember who you were, you have no feelings about the person you used to be, you have no history.

You are a fresh sheet of paper, your story hasn’t been written.

You have the chance to recreate yourself.  You can rebuild your mind with new thoughts and your heart with new feelings.

What new thought about yourself would you want to write down first?

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