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Perhaps the number one cause of loneliness is not a lack of friends, of worry is not the problems, of sadness is not the grief, but a lack of keeping busy. 
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When you have a crisis, a challenge, a problem - the best response is to get busy. Busy is setting goals, making plans, tiny actions toward those.  It is not time on screens and social media.

Maybe your main challenges are in relationships, or money, or health, or your career, or some of each. - Get busy. 

Because, when you get busy, God can take your actions, and provide what you need right in between.  It might be a new friend or love.  It might be a great idea.  It might be comfort.  It might be a career boost.  It might be …who knows?  God knows.

Some of the best things that happen to you don’t seem to be the result of anything you have done.  Are they luck?  

Blessings and miracles are God’s way.

Get busy.

Find joy in your activity.
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Every day we have lots of opportunities to feel stressed, to get angry or upset. 

You will be challenged by the illusions. Your amygdala (that walnut-sized organ in your brain where your ego resides) will try to figure out what these mean about you, and to make you feel less than. 

Fight that. Go within. 

Don’t give something outside of yourself power over you and your joy.  

Choose not to let things upset you.

“The more rules you have about how people should be, how life should be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be.”     ~ Tony Robbins

Remember there's magic. 

You're alive for joy, for sunny days, for greater things.
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Live in the light today. 
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The way the dentist's child patients behaved and were treated 30 years ago is vastly different than what the doctor sees today.  Here's what a dentist can do to save his or her own sanity and keep the patient (and the patient's parents) happy. 
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A dental practice might be prosperous or not. Either way, there is hidden potential in every one. Here is how to find and develop that potential, which is a lot greater than most would imagine. 
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It has been said the greatest work we will ever do will be within the walls of our home.  

We choose a life mate, husband or wife, sometimes with the greatest of ignorance of who we are, or even of what person our choice is.  And then the learning, the work begins.

Today, open your eyes and heart to your life mate.  Open your eyes to your journey of learning about yourself, and feel gratitude for the willingness of your mate to accompany you on that journey.  And, strengthen your willingness to accompany your mate.

This before considering your children.  Then, about your children: “The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”     ~ David O McKay

Of course, the reverse is as true, a mother’s love for her children’s father.

As the cornerstone and foundation of your family, value the precious gift of love you give your children in loving your mate.  

Without family, you are not family.  

Precious family.

Love,
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It is important for the dentist to understand that beauty is a high priority -- often the highest priority -- for the patient.
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Dentists, who are your competitors?
How many do you have right around you?
Here are some thoughts on competition in the dental field that might not have occurred to you.
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Dr Chris Baker

America's most-trusted teacher of orthodontic continuing education, Dr. Chris Baker has practiced and taught for more than 30 years, and is a current or former faculty member of three U.S. dental schools.  She is a pediatric dentist, author, blogger, dental practice consultant, and mentor.  Dr. Chris is also Past President and Senior Instructor of the American Orthodontic Society.  She is based in Texas, USA, but lectures around the world.

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