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Becoming Stronger

I was asked a while back, ‘How do we become strong?’ I just love being asked this kind of thing, it throws my mind into a mad swirl of questions! I would consider myself a very strong woman, but I hadn’t ever taken the time to analyse just how I got here! Until now that [...]

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Rollover Moments

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

I talk to you all the time about the moments that count. However, I understand there are a lot of you out there who think that a bunch of your moments do not count for as much as you’d like them to. So you’ve asked me if, well, you can store them somewhere to use [...]

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What I Ask

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

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What can one ordinary person do when they give themselves permission to be the best that they can be? What is the yardstick that you use to measure your personal worth? Music Credits: Kevin MacLeod Please share this story!

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Cynicism is a cinch

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

I have come to a realization. Cynicism is a cinch! Perhaps you know some people who are true masters of cynicism. Let me help you identify them. They are pretty easy to recognize. They may say things like: “It won’t work!” “You can’t do it.” “No. It’s impossible.” “You’ll never do be able to.” “We [...]

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How To Be Devoted: Wishing won’t make it easier. Practice will

by Lauren Rosenfeld

I wish . . . I wish I could play the cello. I wish I could do calligraphy. I wish I could rock climb. I wish I could grow an organic garden. I wish I could speak a foreign language. I wish . . . I wish . . . I wish . . . [...]

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IT HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS

by Paula O Sullivan

“Listen… are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?” –Mary Oliver Wow! This hit me like a ton of bricks when I read it, because up til last year, I was only breathing just a little and calling it my life. In fact I can elaborate further and go so far as [...]

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Who will fight for them?

by Anthony P Johnson

Too many prisons, but not enough good schools. Too many weapons, but not enough educational tools. Not enough effective teachers, but way too many fools. Too many students piled in one classroom–35 up to 45–and possibly more. Over 60% of them are academically incapable of passing — and more than 50% will drop out of [...]

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How To Be Real: Be Present to Life’s Sweetness

by Lauren Rosenfeld

I have a bad habit of knitting my brow when I am lost in thought. One day, a few years ago, I was sitting and watching my son playing Legos in the living room. I was gazing absently at his play, but my mind was lost in some tangled problem I was trying to unravel. [...]

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Let Your Light Shine

by Donna Morask

“As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same.” Nelson Mandela As I reflect on these words I think about the many people I have been blessed to meet, whose light shone brighter than the Northern Star on a clear starlit night. As I ponder these [...]

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Luck comes in threes, don’t ya know?

by Paula O Sullivan

I was thinking about the things that we say and how we make the things we say come true. Well I’ve got a lot of time on my hands lately, just humour me okay! I moved house recently and on the second night in the house [...]

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