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10/07/2012 11:55
If someone asked me what I thought was the best beginning of a book ever, I would choose what most everyone does, from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was...
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09/22/2012 19:18
This is a simple story about a simple man whose name I have forgotten. He left an impression on me a long time ago, but just the other day I realized how his effect upon me has deepened through time.
I was talking to a friend about a topic we both dislike: politics. We stand on pretty...
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09/16/2012 22:37
As a helper at synagogue, I have a unique perspective as someone of Christian heritage who practices, as my husband puts it "nothing and everything." Services can be long, especially during these holy days, and I often thumb through the prayerbooks (which are read back-to-front.) The Jewish...
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09/08/2012 21:20
I am notorious for my poor sense of direction. Fortunately, today’s navigational tools have made this deficit no more than a blip on my life radar screen. My little disability has actually come in quite handy in my new and highly valued (to me especially) position as...
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09/03/2012 13:03
Once upon no time, there was a little Soul who said to God, "I know who I am."
And God said, "That's wonderful! Who are you?"
And the Little Soul shouted, "I'm the Light!"
God smiled a big smile. "That's right!" God exclaimed. "You are the Light."
The Little Soul was so happy, for it had...
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08/25/2012 17:33
As time moves forward, I've changed my ideas on many things. My emphasis in life has shifted from "how much can I have" and "how well can I look" to "how much can I do?" This is not to say that this shift, in and of itself, leads for happy happy joy joy days, as Ren and Stimpy sing about. I'd...
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08/17/2012 10:43
Have you heard of a tool called the Rainmaker’s Journal? It’s a secret journal to keep that’s filled with, not the life events that actually happened, but the way you would wish them to occur. The “future you” is the writer so you have to be imaginative. In this crazy world you have to...
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07/17/2012 12:38
With so many people swinging blindly and often against, well, whomever and whatever they are against while trying to get everyone else to see how right their politic is, I’m reminded of a class I took on behavior management. There we learned about coercion as a behavioral tool –the way we attempt...
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07/12/2012 16:44
Northbrook, IL, my former hometown, is a well-tended and affluent suburb of Chicago with most everything imaginable that makes life good. Residents’ needs are mostly well-met with resources to spare for the highly desirables that make life sweet for many.
But disaster is an equal-opportunity...
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07/07/2012 16:45
…is to have ideas. ~ Eugene Delacroix
On Saturdays I will often make a donation run to one of the many Salvation Army or other charity thrift shops. I do this not only to give, but to receive through engaging with others. For some folks, the work of cleaning and readying donated items...
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