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Back on the Road to Enlightenment

‘The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, which is why I’ve asked all of you to bring sandwiches and a change of clothes’ –B. Kliban I love this quote, it really cracks me up (laughing) I’ve read many variations of this over the years, the first one was a Gary Larson Far Side cartoon, [...]

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Doing Something Right

by Moments Count

by Kristie Wang Transforming inmates into entrepreneurs in Texas — and saving millions of tax dollars Texas has been the center of a swirl of controversy lately in two very different arenas: the state’s enthusiastic embrace of the death penalty, and Republican frontrunner Rick Perry’s touted track record of job creation. Perry’s history of job [...]

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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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Every day you get up…

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

Every day you get up. Every day……. You do. You wake up. Now, are you one of those people who greets the day!?! Or do you stare at it? I spend a lot of time blinking at the ceiling. It’s white. It stares back at me. My eyes are blue. I like to fancy myself [...]

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We are a giant Web, truly a Social Network…so, why do we so often forget that?

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

About a decade ago my mother and stepfather, because of a series of unfortunate investments and dismal financial missteps, found themselves living in their motor home in a shopping mall parking lot. Different people approach the world and its circumstances in different ways. For my stepfather, well, it was a grand adventure. My parents were [...]

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How to Be Wise: Time is like money, be careful where you invest it.

by Lauren Rosenfeld

Time is like currency. It’s a precious commodity in limited supply. So we need to be careful how we spend it. The meter is running. How will you spend your time? With money we try to be smart consumers. We work hard to earn it and we know that when we cash our paycheck, we [...]

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New Orleans At Dawn

by Gale Madyun

I knew at that moment the reality of my life for the past several years. The consequences of my past actions and alliances crushed me in sorrow. I painted “New Orleans at Dawn” in the fall of that year. It is a celebration of my introduction and renewal of spirit connections to the council and spirit of the grandmothers and their confidence that I was on a path they believed to be the equitable resolution for the consequences of my past behavior.

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PTSD: What a difference a year makes, a success story.

by Lily Casura

There’s a lot of bad news going around: suicides up, PTSD wrecking lives and families, not much constructive help in sight. But here’s a story that’s GOOD news…about how much progress one combat vet with severe, chronic PTSD — for 40 years(!) — made in just a year of trying integrative medicine techniques and therapies, [...]

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Be careful what you ask for! The gods may be listening.

by Valli Keller

Roisin Fitzpatrick wanted to do something for people to help better the world. She asked the universe to help her live her true potential and within one week her life took a turn that many people might call disaster. But Roisin calls it ART! Meet Roisin Fitzpatrick, Artist of the Light [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0XAiaiUOII[/youtube] Roisin is speaking [...]

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After the fire

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

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music by Kevin MacLeod, Daybreak Recorded by a stream in a damaged forest five months after a fire, the redwood forest doesn’t stop to mourn its loss or consider its tragedy. The forest immediately begins the process of regeneration, of rebirth. Seeds immediately drop, seedlings sprout and life moves forward. What may appear to be [...]

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