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by Michael Parise | Jul 12, 2012
Discovering one’s life purpose sometimes involves a lot of playing around. One of the wonderful qualities my parents had was that they encouraged a wide range of playing for their children. When I said I wanted to be a doctor at age 6, they gave me a “play the...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 18, 2012
Confession: I’ve been on a search all my life for true happiness. Haven’t we all? As a child happiness came almost automatically. Our experiences were fresh and new. However we performed academically, school opened up new worlds of possibility for happiness. How...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 15, 2012
We all need some adventure to spice up our lives occasionally. We see this need in male children as they explore, test their physical prowess, role play, and go off in flights of imagination. As a child I loved exploring the woods at the end of Silver Mine Road. ...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 7, 2012
When I was preparing couples for marriage I often got the feeling they “clicked” as a couple. Unless I observed a major issue of immaturity that needed to be addressed, I usually gave them the benefit of doubt if they seemed mismatched in some way. After all,...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 4, 2012
The other day at a cookout I asked the mother of a 5-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy if she found the two of them very different to raise. She emphatically nodded, telling me that she has to keep her eye constantly on the boy, since in a split second she can find...
