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This Side Of The Rainbow

This Side Of The RainbowHelaine Iris©2002I recently took a ride to the video store to select my evening’s entertainment. A dramatic thunderstorm was passing over as I made my way across town in the middle of late afternoon rush hour traffic. T...

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The Magic of Positive Thinking

Yes, there is magic in positive thinking! In aviation, the word attitude means the angle at which the plane meets the wind, whether the wings are level with the horizon, and whether it is climbing or descending. The pilot who fails to take responsibi...

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From Complacency to Power

Simmering like a pot of vegetables right on the verge of a boil, Grace knew something had to change. She was stagnant, nothing was moving. People had made promises yet situations had notchanged. She was frustrated. She was clearly not in the driver&a...

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Accepting Ourselves and Others

Accepting Ourselves and OthersPart 2 of a 5 part series on creating a Positive Life OutlookRobert Elias NajemyLove is the ultimate healing energy.We lack giving and receiving love. Our feelings of isolation and loneliness breed mistrust, misunderstan...

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Are you making a sacrifice

When I was a university student, an ice cream-loving friend of mine gave up ice cream for Lent. It became a joke among all of us as we watched him suffer through keeping his promise, and almost a party when we brought him three gallons of butter peca...

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Acceptance is the Answer to All Our Problems

Many people today have lost jobs after decades of service; many others suffer within jobs they can see no way out of. In order to survive a painful job loss - indeed, any type of painful loss - we must come to some acceptance. How does one find acce...

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One Humanity

One HumanityThere's a wonderful story about Milarepa, the Tibetan Buddhist saint who as a young man went out into the world to experience life and returned home to find his house filled with demons. He was angry and afraid at first and wanted to...

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The Ingredients To Fulfillment

During the last five years, there has been increasing proof supporting the relation of fulfillment with life or happiness and being able to utilize and maximize your strengths. Most human beings who feel fulfilled with their life are most likely to b...

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Unemployment Blues Downward Mobility

All the indicators show an improving economy and, finally,the start of job growth. More than eight million unemployedworkers see hope around the corner and re-enter thenightmare of job search with increased enthusiasm and thepositive outlook they los...

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They Called Me an Idiot! A Review of Web Etiquette

Recently I received an email from someone who had read one of myarticles online. This reader told me that, while reading myarticle, she had noticed that I had used "their" where I needed"they're." A simple mistake, but one that could have beenav...

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