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Anna "Banana" Kruchten,  602-380-4886 (HomeSmart Real Estate )

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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

As Thanksgiving is coming soon, it's good to look back on the year & mention what you are grateful for. It should be more than that though.

Every morning on note pad:  How can I make TODAY an outstanding day!

Oct 29, 2020 12:08 PM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
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Being alive (healthy)

Being ALIVE (loving it)

it is infectious.

Oct 29, 2020 11:12 AM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
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1. Grateful for the love of family and friends

2. Can encourage others to do better and be better by example!

Oct 29, 2020 01:32 PM
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Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I'm grateful for so much; it's hard to pick one thing. As for what I can do to make life better for others? Be in the present. Care. Pay attention...

Oct 29, 2020 12:47 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Craziness seems to thrive in certain situations but it doesn't mean it has to be omnipresent in our lives or even relevant.  In this case, I am a believer in "out of sight, out of mind".   

Having a sense of gratitude is important.  From that point, everything else seems to flow.  I continue to be and show/share kindness to those around me.  That said, both are still works-in-progress.    

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Oct 29, 2020 11:55 AM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

These abbreviated answers have a lifetime behind them. 
1. Grateful. For such a time as this I have been prepared. I do not say my lifes anquish exceeds theirs, but I am acquinted. Let me take your hand.
2. Better for those around me?Tend to their real needs AND  equally important, LISTEN. Spend with them your time in listening. They can solve their own problem, they do it better and with less anxiety when the isolation and loneliness are lessened.

Let's go off topic....well actually Craziness may be on topic.
We didn't reach this point of CRAZINESS overnight, it was a water drip that eventually proved catastrophic. On my run this morning, wearing my VOTE 2020, Make Liberals Cry T-shirt I came to realize, in the election everyone is voting with 2020 Vision, perfect clarity for their why.
No longer any middle ground where other ideas can be entertained, nurtured or allowed to induce doubt. 
One camp resigned and incensed with the realization that relative morality pull the bottom from the barrel, there now is no limit regarding how low it will go.
The other camp, as long as there is a 'cause' any behavior is acceptable. IT is all about "The CAUSE' for the collusion of power brokers at the entitlement round table.


The separation of the crazies is not even on the same line.
I not sure how much further I must run to see a way that leads towards each other....without weapons of course.

Oct 29, 2020 01:10 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Many are depressed. Share kindness.

Many are food insecure. Deliver food.

Oct 29, 2020 03:08 PM
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Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor®
Carmel by the Sea, CA
Rothwell Realty Inc. CA#01968433 Carmel-by-the-Sea

Making lemonde out lemons.  Take a situation that seems impossible to accomplish and make it work for you.  And finding out it is an improvement. This seems to have been happening all year.  It's all in one's 'tude.  I choose to have a positive one. 

Oct 29, 2020 12:59 PM
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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

I say 'those are two pretty good questions'.

Oct 29, 2020 10:14 AM
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Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Anna- right now I'm grateful for the health of my family and friends. What I'm doing is being there for those who need anything...calling people who live on their own, baking for them, and preparing meals. 

Oct 29, 2020 02:18 PM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

I just enjoy the wonder of us all going through life together each one their own. It gives us all a chance to serve and be served in the name of the LORD

Oct 29, 2020 12:44 PM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Those are great questions, Anna! And I bet you have some pretty good answers to them!

Oct 29, 2020 10:29 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I am most grateful for life and the ability and willingness to help others. 

As I stated in one of my October challenge posts - I use the lemons to create good and make a difference. I help people who need my help. I won't state here what I am doing because in my mind it takes away from the meaning and purpose of giving.  

Oct 30, 2020 09:13 AM
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Peter Mohylsky, Destin BeachPro
PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

I am going to love my extra hour of sleep Sunday morning. 

Oct 30, 2020 04:05 AM
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Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
Getting results w/ knowledge & know-how!

I'm grateful for the health & happiness within my family.

I try to bring positivity to those around me; there's plenty of negative out there and it needs to be diluted.  

Oct 30, 2020 04:44 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Waking up on the right side of the grass.

Being available for those who need assistance.

Oct 30, 2020 04:00 AM
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Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

These are the best of times if you accept, adjust, adapt, and creatively do the best you can with a positive spirit. If this is your first setback, life is harder. If you were taught to expect them, learned how to make the most of events, you will be better off than most. An optimistic approach to life gives you and others around you hope, helps to keep the faith and to expect change. You stay optimistic when you daily remind yourself, when you give thanks and are grateful for others in your life. We are all in this together Anna Banana Kruchten CRS, CRS, Broker, Instructor . Would you be better off living somewhere else means some areas will suffer hardships, others get through the adjustment piece of cake.

Oct 30, 2020 03:21 AM
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Steven Nickens
Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers - Wailea, HI
R(S)GRI ABR, Maui Real Estate Hawaii

Being thankful for the simple things in life. Treat people with kindness, most of the time. Now and then you meet some knuckleheads.

Oct 29, 2020 11:20 PM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
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What am I grateful for? - Daily I ask for a grateful heart so that I do not take the many blessings I receive, daily, for granted. Also knowing that it is only my body that will die but my spirit will live forever in the midst of the Lord.

How can I make life better for those around me? - Remember to treat them as I would want to be treated

Oct 29, 2020 03:37 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

My happy and healthy, 

Practicing kindness.  

Good question!  A

Oct 29, 2020 02:30 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Gratitude and kindness are always best when shared, we all have so much to be thankful for, hopefully we are all doing our best to find opportunities to help those around us near and far.

Oct 30, 2020 12:28 PM
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Harjeet Bhatti
FITH THIRD BANK - Chicago, IL
Home Mortgage Consultant 25 States

Health

Give your time. 

Oct 30, 2020 11:21 AM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Having survived this pandemic intact; having more business than I could have imagined post-pandemic.

Oct 30, 2020 05:23 AM
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Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

I am grateful to be on looking down on the dandelions and keep my mouth closed to keep my opinions from arousing some groups!

Oct 30, 2020 04:54 AM
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Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

I'm grateful for life, love, family and friends.  We can all make life better for those we are in touch with by being supportive, honest, sensitive and understanding.

Oct 29, 2020 03:44 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

1. My faith.

2. Serving those most in need in a kind, generous, loving way. I want to make a difference in others' lives; sometimes it's the small things that make a world of difference for them. I think listening and understanding their needs allows you to serve more people in need, at any given time.

Nov 01, 2020 08:23 PM
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Jeff Masich-Scottsdale AZ Associate Broker,MBA,GRI
HomeSmart Real Estate - Scottsdale, AZ
Arizona Homes and Land Group/ Buy or Sell

When I am able to go out for dinner next shall I get a:

1. Ribeye Steak and Baked Potato

or

2. Baby Back Ribs and Baked Potato

Nov 01, 2020 10:57 PM