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Rollover Moments

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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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Doing Something Right

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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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What I Ask

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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

Thumbnail image for Cynicism is a cinch by Brooke Leigh Sheldon June 29, 2011

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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Look Up and See the Whale

Thumbnail image for Look Up and See the Whale by Catherine Ryan Hyde June 1, 2011

Almost every day, unless I’m traveling, or on a more strenuous hike somewhere else, I walk my dog Ella on the boardwalk at Moonstone Beach, in my little town of Cambria.  Now and then I’ll run into a local I know.  But, since Moonstone Beach Drive is lined with motels and inns, most of my [...]

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Staring Into The Red-Hot Eyes of Fear

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None of us is alone in this experience. Every one of us has felt Fear. Every one of us has known Fear. Every one of us has lived in Fear. Fear knows us and we know fear, too well. But thankfully, we also know the other side of the coin. Photo Credit:  Loretta Prencipe @ [...]

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National Geographic: Goldilocks Planet is “Just Right”

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John Roach for National Geographic News Astronomers studying a nearby star say they’ve found the first potentially habitable planet, likely a rocky place with an atmosphere, temperate regions, and crucially, liquid water, considered vital for life as we know it. Other extrasolar planets have been called Earthlike, but, astronomer Paul Butler assured, “this is really [...]

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Season your beef – and reduce greenhouse gasses?

Thumbnail image for Season your beef – and reduce greenhouse gasses? by National Geographic September 29, 2010

Oregano Moves Cows Toward Climate Neutral From Rachel Kaufman for National Geographic A dash of oregano does more than make pizza taste delicious: it also can reduce the amount of methane in cow burps, new research shows. Scientists have been trying to decrease methane from livestock for years; methane is over 20 times more potent [...]

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ZCD Foundation Interview

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Zee Becket (3rd from left) In Gao, Sierra Leone   “Zee Becket Watched a CNN Special – And Changed 14,000 Lives” September 20, 2009 In 2008 Zainab Beckett saw a special report on CNN. A small boy begged for his life before a group of soldiers. When the child turned, they shot him. They killed [...]

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How To Be Free: Release the stories that are holding you back from embracing what you love

Thumbnail image for How To Be Free: Release the stories that are holding you back from embracing what you love by Lauren Rosenfeld July 20, 2010

When we adopted our oldest son from Kazakhstan in 2001, he was just a few months shy of his 4th birthday. He had spent all of his days since birth in the orphanage, and in those years he had never owned a thing. Not a book. Not a toy. Not even a stitch of clothing. [...]

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