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Lessons in Love for the Shy at Heart

Lessons in Love for the Shy at Heart by: Jennifer G. Smith One of the biggest regrets of my life is that I was cursed with the shyness gene. Shyness is an often misunderstood condition that can leave the afflicted alone and miserable. As a victi...

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Three Amigos

Three Amigos by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of February 23, 2004 I feel rather foolish writing this letter, but I need help. I am a 67-year-old man living on social security. My wife and I divorced, but I never lost my...

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Where Are The Punctuation Points In Your Life?

Where Are The Punctuation Points In Your Life? by: David Bates We live in a very busy age with many pressures and demands on our time. Often in workplaces there is a culture of busyness, where it's important to be seen to be busy and stress...

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Share Your True Colors

Share Your True Colors by: Megan Corwin Don’t you just love the leaves changing colors in the fall? Here in the Midwest we are almost at the peak of leaf peeping season. The trees are showing their true colors – glorious yellows, reds, and o...

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Guitar Practicing or Guitar Playing

Just because you’re holding your guitar doesn’t mean that you’re playing it, and just because you’re playing your guitar doesn’t mean that you’re practicing. There is a real difference and it needs to be acknowledged if you want to impro...

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Burn Your Own Path

On September 22nd, 1904, Ellen Church was born and history changed. Her career path would steer her twenty-six years later, May 15th, 1930, into the Airline industry. Before that eventful day, people were reluctant to fly and felt that air travel wa...

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Growth from Discontent ... Life's way of giving you a little push.

That strange, gut-wrenching feeling you have is not the sushi you had for lunch. It's your soul trying to give you a nudge to do something. A word for that feeling is "discontent." Discontent is a state of not being satisfied or fulfilled in you...

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Beat The Procrastination Blues

Ever find yourself delaying and delaying on something untilit becomes a crisis? That's when Procrastination has takencharge of your life instead of YOU being in charge ofyour life.Procrastination is as natural to human beings as eating. It&apos...

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Have You Thrummed Your Life

What on earth is “thrumming”? Well, it’s a term from knitting. It’s when you knit little pieces of unspun fleece or “roving” into your project, let’s say, for instance, the mittens you’re knitting. Unspun fleece is a lovely and fundam...

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Your Ears The Best Gift of All In Three Steps

"Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand."Sue Patton ThoeleYOUR DE-TALK CENTERHere is an excellent and effective way to im...

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