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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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Hearing and Seeing Your Destiny

ing and Seeing Your Destiny by: Julie Jordan ScottAs a child, I read an autobiography of Annie Sullivan. She was the woman who brought Helen Keller out of her dark and silent world and into a place of understanding few of us in the hearing and s...

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Run Freely A Lesson About Courage

One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother fromwork. I got there a little early so I parked the car by thecurb, across the street from where she worked, and waited forher. As I looked outside the car window to my right, there was asm...

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Along The Well Traveled Path...

Along The Well Traveled Path...© 2001 June McHardyI've always been a reader! I've always haunted the local library - still do - butwhen we were going through some bad times several yearsago, I discovered a whole new classification of b...

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A Simple Thank You

A Simple Thank YouA taxi driver from Focsani in Romania found £2,500 and some passports in the back of his cab after taking two businessmen to a meeting. In Romania this is the equivalent of two and a half year’s wages for an average cabbie.T...

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The Psychology of Torture - Part II

Sometimes the victim comes to crave pain – very much as self-mutilators do – because it is a proof and a reminder of his individuated existence otherwise blurred by the incessant torture. Pain shields the sufferer from disintegration and capitula...

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A Mayonnaise Jar and Two Cups of Coffee

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember this story about a mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee...A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When t...

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The Misanthropic Altruist

Some narcissists are ostentatiously generous – they donate to charity, lavish gifts on their closest, abundantly provide for their nearest and dearest, and, in general, are open-handed and unstintingly benevolent. How can this be reconciled with th...

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A New Conversation About Dreams - The Power of Intention

It’s time to change the way we think and speak about our dreams. Transforming a conversation, just like manifesting a dream, begins by setting an intention. Your intentions will assist you in taking greater control of your life.A working definition...

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But I’m not a People Person!

But I’m not a People Person! by: Jonathan R Taylor Do you have to be a "people person" to run a successful business? It’s a good question and one that’s brought up occasionally in meeting with clients. Most people like the idea of “being...

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