Cause & Effect

This is a pretty simple exercise early in school – in elementary school, I think. A cause is WHY something happens. An effect is WHAT happens. I have “cause and effect” moments all day every day. Some are pretty big and others are really small. For example, I make fresh coffee because my team loves…

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Anticipated Discipline

I used to hate it when my Dad sent to my room and told me that he would be in later to deal with me. I knew at that point that I was in big trouble. The waiting made things worse on me, but worked greatly in his favor. The anticipation of discipline was sometimes…

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Consequences Are Hard

This term means “the result or effect of an action or condition”. Most of the time when I hear the word consequences it is in a negative light. If I hear the word “results”, it usually has a positive connotation. I believe that there are consequences or results from all my choices. Some consequences are…

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Past

I believe everyone has things in their past that they are not proud of. I’m no exception to that. I’ve said things and I’ve done things I’m embarrassed about now. At the time I may have felt justified for doing or saying those. No I’m not going to give examples, because one of the things…

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Deceit

This word is defined as the act of concealing or misrepresenting the truth. I’ve known people who say what I want to hear, without regard to the truth. I’ve also known people who are pretty slick at making a lie sound just like the truth. Knowing the truth can sometimes be hard, but at least…

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Cause & Effect

I do believe that there are consequences (good or bad) to my choices and my behavior. I looked up the phrase “Cause & Effect” and found that it is derived from “Causality”. This word means:  1“the relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it”; 2 “the idea that something can…

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