Sunday, October 8, 2006
Gratitude For The Abundance In Life
I came home today with a bouquet of flowers, and a backpack full of groceries, which I just bought at the local Farmer's Market and at Safeway. The flowers were a mere pittance, and they brighten my coffee table, in a sunshine yellow Fiestaware pitcher my mother gave me. Two citrus orange...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Spiritual Armor: A Sensitive Person's Guide To Defeating Negativity
I found an article in Oprah's O magazine, the June, 2006, edition, that caught my attention yesterday. It was titled, "Spongy People" and dealt with the subject of people who find themselves feeling anxious, depressed, worried or other negative emotions, around certain people, when it's not their...
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Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Do You Mean What You Say Or Say What You Mean?
It's a fair criticism often leveled at Chrstians that few, if any of us live our faith, the true teachings of Christ. For one thing, Jesus was a straight shooter. When he had something to say, in every book in New Testament, he didn't mince words or beat arround the bush. He literally got to the...
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Sunday, June 25, 2006
Let It Go
I went out for a walk, and saw so many beautiful, expensive houses in the neighborhood, that I started feeling resentful and envious. Why couldn't or didn't I live in one of them? Another thought came to me: what if I needed help, was homeless, had nowhere to go? Would these people in these...
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Monday, June 12, 2006
The Fine Art Of Rational Living: Picking My Battles
I finally wised up. After all, wisdom is supposed to come with age, and I don't want to spend any more time getting older and not getting smarter. I have to get along in this world, and there are all types of people. I just had to decide what kind of person I wanted to be. Am I the kind of person...
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Sunday, June 4, 2006
LIVE AND LET LIVE
I just have to laugh at some who preach a healthy attitude and a regimen of daily positive thinking. Not that I don't believe it, I do. Trust me, though, when words and actions are incongruent, it reads like an open book: like the incongruence between the pontificating in a post and the backchat in...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Has Anybody Noticed How Good Things Are Lately?
Nothing has ever touched me or moved me so much as the kindness of those who had no particular reason or benefit to themselves to be kind. A word, a thoughtful consideration, even a cup of tea, and a moment's conversation can change an entire day for me. The kindness of strangers also means...
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Monday, May 29, 2006
ALL OF ME: Intellectual, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Growth
Who I am as a child of God. That is the question on my mind at the moment. There are all kinds of ways that I have defined myself in the past: student, college graduate, traveler, "intellectual", friend, lover, writer, teacher, project manager in advertising, administrative assistant, mental health...
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Sunday, May 28, 2006
My Journey's Guide
Life is a journey, I believe. Mine has had it's ups and downs, but I have finally arrived at a place, where I feel solid land under my feet, not lost at sea, searching for a shore, keeping my head above water. I have landed on a shore, an ocean away from the past, and I'm exploring a new world, the...
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Saturday, May 27, 2006
LIVING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE
Who among us hasn't had the least twinge of wanting satisfaction, the satisfaction of rubbing someone's nose in their own uppityness when they've been rude or mean, enjoying the thought of their eventual comeuppance? From the thoughtless to the careless to the downright malevolent, we all run into...
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