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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Where has all the enchantment gone? long time passing
- I thought you might enjoy reading a professional article I prepared several years ago. It is just as current today and really speaks to a tragedy in our health care system that we must all try to combat. I am trying to explain some of the problems of managed care which penetrate much more deeply than out pocketbooks. These problems penetrate our minds, bodies and spirits! I am eager to hear from y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Where you can find sympathy
- Ask any of my kids and they'll tell you immediately that you'll find it in the dictionary between "sh-" and "syphilis". Wasn't that absolutely cruel and unkind of me to instill in them a nearly total distain for the concept of "sympathy"? With so many individuals in the world suffering in so many ways, how could I possibly be so heartless? I am without a doubt, an unc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - By now, im an expert at memory loss
- I sat down to write my weekly humor column, but I just could not remember what I wanted to write about. This seems to be an increasingly more common affliction, ever since I turned 40. For instance, like most people over 40, I often can't remember my age.In fact, I am quite certain I am not yet 40. How do I know? Well, I can't remember turning 40, for starters.But memory loss is noth...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leaving the child behind. recovery from child abuse
- I looked at my father for the last time before he was finally laid to rest. And I said to myself, "I forgive you father".I have forgiven him but I have not forgotten the turmoil, terror and abuse that I went through.My father was working away most of the time when I was growing up. But when he was home, he was violent.I remembered crying in the middle of the night listening to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to pray on water! announcing life-changing bible code - discover amazing water scriptures!
- Water is the source of life, yet so few of us understand how to navigate its spiritual and inspirational powers.In 2001, I spent the summer in Israel launching a special project for the protection of the water-starved Sea of Galilee. Fortunately, I found a short-term apartment with a panoramic, awe-inspiring view of the Sea.Seascape apartments in the Holy Land are highly coveted and ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What does faith have to do with marketing?
- No, this isn't going to be a sermon or anything ? don't worry about that! I'm no preacher, so I wouldn't even think of trying; but what I do have is faith in myself and faith in the fact that I can be successful on the internet.Now, I'm not talking about your regular, everyday take-it-for-granted-because-I-can-do-it" faith in yourself.I'm talking about the faith in yourself that come...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The power of one
- It was one of those once-in-a-life-time moments. The entire World celebrated Christmas Eve, 1968, by sitting glued to television sets. Apollo 8 was in Moon orbit, broadcasting first-ever, live television shots of the Moon's surface. Man had yet to set foot on the Moon, so this Moon orbit was truly an historic moment.On board the spacecraft, three American astronauts, Frank Borman, James Lov...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The women at the cross (reflections on the death and resurrection of jesus)
- The women at the cross. Have you ever thought about them?Why not drift into a comfortable - and meditative - position on a coach or in a chair and read verses 40 and 41 in Mark, chapter 15?When I read those words, one of my first thoughts was "Gutsy!" I would not have wanted to watch.Some folks that day watched because they were cruel and insensitive people.Not these wo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Healing from within
- "We are responsible for everything in our lives, including how the chemistry in our bodies works or doesn't work." Wayne Dyer's words hit me like a bolt of lightening as I listened to his taped book, You'll See It When You Believe It.Throughout the years, I had suffered tremendously with bouts of allergies and asthma; it wasn't until that moment that I had a confirmation I could eliminate m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Entrepreneur and mom
- When I was 12 years old, I had surgery with complications. I was told there was a chance I would not be able to have children. Growing up I could not imagine my life without children and worried about it often. When I got married close to my 21st birthday, my husband and I hoped that we would be lucky enough to have children. Luckily, I found out I was pregnant almost a year later. However, soon a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Musicians survival was truly a miracle: singer songwriter fights for his life
- Every morning when singer-songwriter Michael Alan looks into the mirror and sees the surgical scar across his chest he is reminded of how lucky he is to be alive. Three years ago he suffered a major heart attack and a year after the episode he was required to have open-heart surgery. The heart attack caused physical disability and the onset of severe depression. In perspective his life evolved aro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Navigating the squeeze
- Today more than ever before, we are witnessing a crises of consciousness over the validity of war versus the power of humility, integrity, understanding and diplomacy. Simultaneously those who are spiritual seekers ponder the purpose and mission of their immortal souls.The experience of pondering and subsequently creating and maintaining a new paradigm for world peace is a monumental undert...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Opening hearts is as easy as opening a window
- Two-year-old Owen goes to speech therapy twice a week. The therapist's office is small and gloomy. There is one large window, but the shade is always down and very little light comes through. Each time we go there, I can't help but feel depressed by the atmosphere.Last Tuesday the teacher wanted Owen to repeat words he knows for objects outside. They were sitting on the floor in the middle ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Just let ?em go!
- I remember when I was just a little guy probably about 4 or 5 years old, I was fascinated by snakes. Not any particular type of snake ? just snakes in general. I remember being really curious about how they could move around so easily without any legs or feet. I remember liking the colors on the garter snakes that slithered through our Nebraska summer garden.And ? I remember one day picking...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fear don?t let it control you!
- Fear. What is it? Can you touch it? Can you hold it? Can you show it to another person? I can almost hear you from where I am sitting. No, no, no. Okay then, so you can't touch it, you can't hold it, and you can't show it to another person. The question then is, why? Why do we have fear? Fear is nothing more than an emotion or a feeling that we hold in our mind. We fear either the emotional or phy...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The most powerful question ever asked?
- What if every experience in your life is sent to you so you can understand who you are and what your life is all about?Just for a moment consider the possibilities within that question.What if it were true, would you be prepared to pay more attention to the events in your life and the meaning behind them? If you're not satisfied with your situation in life and have an issue or two yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Big-wave mindfulness: surfing for a connection
- Surfing is mindfulness in action. Riding the biggest waves is an all-out, fully-present-or-die-trying proposition.Thanks to a persistent case of aquaphobia, I've never tried surfing. However, I've done my share of snowboarding, and I am trying to imagine what it would be like to carve the slopes with several tons of avalanche chasing me down the mountain.First of all, I would have to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The climbs in our lives
- I grew up climbing mountains. Mountains are beautiful and challenging, majestic and all powerful. They also have lessons to teach us: lessons about life and how to live it.Every mountain has a surprise around the corner, an obstacle in the path, or a storm brewing minutes away. During every climb you'll find yourself teetering on a ledge, knowing you could fall, and then rounding the bend a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The river of life
- I've always loved the awesome majesty of mountains. They are, however, the byproduct of the rivers that formed them: flowing, adjusting, carving, crashing and gently nurturing the land and animals along the way. The river carves its way through, and the mountains answer as towers of strength. Like the river, our lives are forever moving and changing, shaping us as the water shapes the land it flow...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Take action and make a better world
- Albert Einstein is quoted as having said, "the world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it".These days, everybody is aware of the social, environmental, emotional and spiritual destruction that penetrates every aspect of our life.Although we all 'know' this reality, we have funny ways of dealing ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Don?t give up!
- Don't let anyone kid you. The road to self improvement and personal growth is not a short, straight, well-marked, paved highway. Looking back on my journey, I see a road meandering over hills and through valleys, around sharp curves and over muddy trails, with occasional boulders blocking my way. I can remember taking detours that took me off the beaten path and on to cow paths that wandered seemi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When human beings take it to the limit
- In life we all have dreams and goals, aspirations to follow a certain path that will lead to social achievements and personal growth. We all hope to fulfill a destiny where we can put all of our efforts into one activity or more that helps the world in one way or another. Recently I went to see a musical group called Taikoz and I believe I was witness to a certain level of human achievement that w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Increase awareness with one simple question
- There are many ways we can increase our own personal awareness about our life and what we want to make out of it. Yet, we seldom ask the question, "Why am I doing this?" By consciously becoming more aware of what we do and why, we can then make phenomenal changes. Usually in leaps and bounds. This includes losing weight, being happier, working in a job we love, and all the rest of the things that ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Meatballs: friend, or foe?
- We all have those moments, don't we? We're right in the middle of a project, and it's simply not going well.Like me, you may find yourself becoming irritated, wishing you could find an easier way to get the job done (or even eliminate it completely.)I'd settle for a tool that would make quick work of it. Life is just too precious to spend time being irritated.I found myself in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Beauty, gratitude, and the open heart
- "?beauty on your earth is a shadow of the beauty of our heaven, and it's a bitter thing to have a blindness for beauty on earth, for it makes a longer teaching to see the beauties of heaven." Spoken by an Irish spirit in the book The Boy who Saw True (anonymous author).I have been counseling individuals, couples, families and business partners for the last 35 years, and am the aut...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The one thing you really want
- There is one thing you want...My guess is you want it so badly that you crave it - hunger it.And if you got it, your whole life would light up like the sky during a firework display. The thing is you don't actually know you want it - well you do, but you won't know it until you've got it, and until you get it, you'll just notice a great big void in your life. I'll explain.One ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your james bond fantasies become real
- The problem with this is that fantasies usually don't come by chance. You have to plan them yourself. This seems to kill the very idea of a natural fantasy because you have to deal with the mundane realities of the arrangements.Arrangements like the expenditure of 'hard earned' money and finding a willing Bond girl to go wading at the Dr. No waterfall with you. Much easier to pull out your ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - There must be more to life than this
- If you suffer from a nagging feeling of "there must be more to life than this", you're not alone."There must be more to life than this" can be an extremely de-motivating force. Guess where this feeling usually comes from? Your Job. Why? Most people hate their jobs.The first point that needs to be addressed is that it's okay to hate your job. It's normal! The amount of people who like...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Wisdom of the worlds proverbs
- You don't have to excavate diamond mines or oil fields to find one of the world's greatest treasures. All you need to do is look at the world's proverbs--the "people's wisdom." Legendary Spanish writer Miguel De Cervantes described proverbs as "short sentences drawn from long experiences," and Scottish Historian Thomas Carlyle once wrote, "There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you suffer from the chef personality?
- As a chef I have a unique perspective on anger.In my time I have worked with the greatest in the finest kitchens of Europe. And I know what the pressure of the cooking kitchen is.I have seen the casualties and the conflicts - the ruined lives and the personal heartache of those who could only cope by indulging in drink, drugs, sex or gambling.You're probably familiar with the ...