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Shake the Tree

How would you respond to this question posed by writer Logan Persall Smith?: “What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?” I believe that, in the context of weight management, the “p...

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Another Life ... I wish I were someone else.

In 1978, Erma Bombeck wrote a book entitled "The Grass is Always Greener over the Septic Tank." It was a most humorous read, at the time. Of course, this title falls in line with the idea that "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fen...

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The Power of Expectations

You can sit around and wait on FedEx to drop off a big box of happiness on your doorstep if you want to. But that's not likely to happen anytime soon. Or you can get up, create an action plan, and get on with your life. It's 100% up to you....

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Let's Get Positive

It seems that lately I’ve been reading an awful lot of articles in e-zines about the difficulty of doing business online. They talk about all the hype, all the scams, all the lies and false promises. They talk about all the worthless web sites, loa...

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Do you really need a friend quiz to tell if someone is your friend

Q. I took a friend quiz in a magazine and it says that I don't make a very good friend. Can that really be true?A. First, let me say congratulations! If the quiz said that you don't make a very good friend then you must have answered the qu...

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Decision Life Savers

When it comes down to crunch time, what will you do? How will you make a decision, and what will you base your judgement on? Its make-or-break time – what will you do, and more importantly, how will you do it?Have you ever been framed into a momen...

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THE IMPORTANCE OF FEELING IMPORTANT

About twenty years ago, when our married daughters were in elementary school, they had a bicycle accident. Jo Ellen, our oldest, lost control of her bike and ran into her sister, Amanda, who was standing right in her path. Suddenly the front fender o...

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NOBODY'S PERFECT

Being human is being fallible. Evolution determines that we all are naturally different. The one constant in our lives and nature is that things will change. A feature or solution that seemed perfect a moment ago isn't now - because everything i...

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Assimilation vs Accumulation

Assimilation vs AccumulationThe practice of getting full nourishment from everything in your life.Western culture has reached a level of material wealth greater than at any time in history. We include in this material wealth, wealth of information as...

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A Nature Meditation

A Nature MeditationRobert Elias NajemyYou are sitting by a quietly flowing stream in the countryside. It is spring and life is green and moist? Sitting on a rock, the sights and sounds of the flowing water begin to work their mysterious way into your...

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