The Braley Blog
“Pete’s Daily Connection”
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You Know… You Do Have A Choice
I was out walking the dog a couple of weeks ago when a neighbor stopped me to say, “Hi!” I hadn’t seen her in awhile even though we live across the street from one another. She asked me how I was doing and I was having a good day so I told her I was…
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Sometimes Just Hearing A Song Can Change Your Whole Outlook
I turned on some Christmas music the other day and the first song I heard was Johnny Mathis singing “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas.” I immediately felt a sense of calm and a feeling of happiness. It’s weird how that happens, isn’t it? I wasn’t in a bad mood. It was just…
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Happy Thanksgiving My Friend!
In a typical week I read a lot of surveys. First of all: I’m curious about many things. And second of all: I do a daily talk show so it helps to give me something to talk about. “Hey! Did you know…..” For instance, I learned this week that the average nurse walks 4.5 miles…
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When Two Sides Finally Talk
I had the opportunity to witness a reconciliation this week. It was between two people who hadn’t talked in 25 or 30 years! Now I’m not going to go into detail about the people or their situation because they deserve their privacy but it got me wondering: How many of us have done the same…
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It’ll Be Here Before You Know It
I was writing the date recently, actually Friday the 25th, when I realized, “Wow! There are only two months until Christmas!” Yes I know we have a 25th every month and years ago I used to make a big thing out of it when I was on the radio, especially in January… “Only 11 months…
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There Is Good In Every Day!
We hear it said so many times: “Have a nice day!” Truth is … not every day is going to be a good day. In fact, you may go weeks without what you would call a good day. However, if you look closely, you just might find something good in every day. I was reminded…
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Self-Inflicted Injuries Can Make You Feel Stupid
Have you ever injured yourself in a silly way? Yeah. Makes you feel stupid doesn’t it? The other night I warmed up some leftover Chinese food. My wife, Priscilla, was working a 24-hour shift so it was just me for dinner. I usually don’t cook a big meal when I’m by myself. Some nights I…
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How Long Can It Last?
The weather in Southern New England has been FANTASTIC the last few days or maybe it’s even the last couple of weeks! I’ve always felt like we have some of our best weather in September. For the most part the humidity is gone, the sky is a deep blue (except for the wildfire smoke that…
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One Day or Day One. You Choose!
Sometimes word structure amazes me. That’s probably understandable since I spend most of my time either writing or speaking for a living but I read something this week that was so simple, yet powerful. It was a meme posted by my friend Jon Stetson. At first glance you might think, “Huh! Cute!” Let’s look into…
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It’s Not Over, It’s Just Different
You may know, or you may not know, that I had a stroke several years ago. I consider myself blessed because I didn’t lose my personality and based on how some other people have been affected by their stroke, I’m doing okay. True, I still have some deficiencies and I can’t do many of the…