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The Power of Listening
kool_skatcat. Creative Commons license. jurek d. Creative Commons license. MicheKerr. Creative Commons license. Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are … Continue reading
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Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Poorly.
kaswenden. Creative Commons license. Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. —Heraclitus There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. —Ernest … Continue reading
Posted in Introduction, Living Fully, Taking Risks
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What Do You Really Believe? What Do You Really Want?
desi.italy. Creative Commons license. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught. —Georgia O’Keefe To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying “Amen” to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, … Continue reading
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Never Underestimate the Power of Caring
Tuffy rescued by Best Friends Tuffy recovering Tuffy meeting new family To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. -— Lao-tse When you are good to others, you are best to … Continue reading
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The Need to Love
Photo by carf. Creative Commons license. So long as we love we serve; So long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; And no one is useless while they have a friend. —Robert … Continue reading
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Don’t Forget to Replenish the Source
What this world needs is for the strong people to become more loving and the loving people to become stronger. –Piero Ferrucci Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens keep learning and growing. Find what you love … Continue reading
Posted in Following the Path, Living Fully
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Finding and Bringing Joy
These three pictures are of Clyde, a red heeler mix at the local animal shelter. This first picture was taken when he first got dumped at the shelter…left overnight at the door, crammed in a crate with a female red … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Living Fully
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The Power of Forgiveness
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Gandhi If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive. — Mother Theresa I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too … Continue reading
Posted in Following the Path
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I Didn’t Know That!
Things are seldom what they seem. Skim milk masquerades as cream. —Gilbert and Sullivan A favorite saying around our home is “Oh, I didn’t know that!” In addition to two newspapers, my husband and I get a lot of magazines … Continue reading
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Looking, Learning, Opening Up to Life
Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens keep learning and growing. —The Cheerful Monk Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as … Continue reading
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