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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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Live to give

Thumbnail image for Live to give by Paula O Sullivan June 8, 2011

‘Each man takes care that his neighbour shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbour. Then all goes well’ –Ralph Waldo Emerson (quote) Gosh, do we all do that? Maybe not all of us, or maybe all of us at some stage of [...]

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The Shortcut

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We all have to pull our thoughts together sometimes. We have to wander in our heads to find the correct road to the destination within us where our answers are awaiting. I have discovered a short cut. I can’t say my short cut will work for you. I don’t know the inner journeys you take [...]

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The Art Of Brushing Teeth Or A Point Of Entry Into Eternity

Thumbnail image for The Art Of Brushing Teeth Or A Point Of Entry Into Eternity by Paresh Chandra Mangaraj October 13, 2010

This morning, a strange thing happened. While I was going through an otherwise excellent article by friend Pudugram on body, mind and soul; some of his words, which he remarked no doubt jocularly, jumped off the page at me and immediately I was overcome with a swarm of emotions. I am quoting those words. “I [...]

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VetWow’s Short Podcasts for MST Survivors, Friends and Family

Thumbnail image for VetWow’s Short Podcasts for MST Survivors, Friends and Family by Lily Casura October 6, 2010

Susan Avila Smith Military Sexual Trauma, like PTSD another “invisible wound,” is unfortunately more prevalent in the military than we would want to believe, though little discussed officially. It’s different though when combatants get together who have experienced it. Among female service members in particular, it is all too often a common experience; and whether [...]

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What Ants Know

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For every single human being on the planet, there are at least 1.5 million ants. That basically means that the total mass of all the ants on the Earth is equal to the total mass of all the people on Earth. Did you know this???? Of all insects in the world, the ant has the [...]

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Come Thursday Morning

Thumbnail image for Come Thursday Morning by Brooke Leigh Sheldon April 22, 2010

I admit, I spend a whole lot of my time dealing with the ways that the world crashes around and about us all. I don’t have to, but it is the life I’ve chosen for myself. I love what I do, but it gets loud sometimes, deep inside me. It can resonate with a drumbeat [...]

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Playing for Change – Stand By Me

by Moments Count March 19, 2010

This video is a guest contribution by Ann Smith Life is a collection of invaluable moments. Grab each one. Empower it with the contribution of your self. And if you will, turn to those around you, ask them to contribute. If they ask you what cause to contribute to, my suggestion would be offer them [...]

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Please, make no mistake, that waitress, that waiter, they’re important.

Thumbnail image for Please, make no mistake, that waitress, that waiter, they’re important. by Brooke Leigh Sheldon November 12, 2009

Today, I happened to glance over at four women sitting at a table on the patio of a sidewalk cafe. They appeared to know each other well. They spoke casually as they began perusing their menus. Jauntily approaching their table was the waitress, stepping out of the cafe. She asked if they’d like something to [...]

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The Calling

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The three of us wander aimlessly along the path next to Mission Creek in San Luis Obispo. Surrounded by the gracefully clumsy sounds of tumbling water and the flutter of October’s cool easy breeze ruffling leaves beside me, we amble. Smiling, I silently remind myself “if I don’t look where I’m going I’m gonna fall [...]

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