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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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TAKE A CHANCE ON LIFE: And find your true purpose

Forrest Rivers·July 27, 2021
Over time, I’ve come to believe that each of us has something unique to offer to the world, which brings...
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Magnolia trees

POEMS BY CAROL CASEY: The Dream, Wind Chimes and more

Carol Casey·July 2, 2021
The Dream I had a dream last nightin which I was about to die.In my dream, I was calm,detached. I...
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Farmer's field and fence

POEMS BY REBECCA SHEA: Farmer’s Daughter, Roses

Rebecca Shea·November 29, 2019
Farmer’s Daughter The farmer’s wife watches patientlyraising her pinkie while sipping teaas the farmer’s ashes pour over me,a stone marking...
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POEMS BY REBECCA SHEA: Planted, The Purple Room

Rebecca Shea·August 2, 2019
I filled my watering can with holy waterAnd used it to water my lawnSo the grass would finally be greenerOn...
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Newspaper, coffee and water glass

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: The Globes, February, A Bird of a Different Feather, The Newspaper

John Grey·May 31, 2019
The Globes Night isthe fluttering shadow of a moth,the impulsive kickof a tiny footinside her belly. Can’t get upto shoo...
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PHILOSOPHICALLY PONDERING EXISTENCE: A stolen moment of reflection

Daphne Jones·March 26, 2019
That moment of completion, when it has all come to an end, is here. I set my pen down, take...
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Earthquake, Set Forth in the Blood, Dishes in the Earth and more

George Cassidy Payne·March 1, 2019
Earthquake Some poems cannot be written for fun. You do it because you can’t be quiet about it. All you can do...
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HELLO TO ALL THAT: The gift of meeting (and greeting) ourselves where we are

Rebecca Lanning·December 25, 2018
Last Saturday, as I was heading out to the grocery store, I noticed, out of the blue, a vague prickly...
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THE QUESTION OF SANTA CLAUS: I know undoubtedly he is real

Nicholas Arnold·December 4, 2018
At least that’s what I adamantly told my peers who insisted otherwise. We were approaching that age … the age...
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Man walking in snow - Poems by John Grey

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: In This Quest to Live Forever, Marie from Kinshasa, A Good Time Is Had by All

John Grey·November 30, 2018
In This Quest to Live Forever, There’s Occasional Operations Involved What do I know of my last day on Earth?...
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IN GRATITUDE: People are mortal yet what we do lives on forever

Finn Janning·March 14, 2018
I’m somewhere high among white clouds between Copenhagen and Barcelona, on my way back home to the latter. Suspended at...
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Wall made up of graffiti blocks that say "Unconditional love" - The loving self

HOW TO BECOME UNCONDITIONALLY LOVING: And is this even possible for us?

Mike Larcombe·January 25, 2018
The mind’s idea of an unconditional loving self Within the mind, the idea of an unconditionally loving self is an...
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Woman doing tree pose on Yoga mat on roof of building - Lessons from the mat

LESSONS FROM THE MAT: 7 truths that apply to a Yoga practice and life itself

Contributor·December 27, 2017
[su_panel background=”#fdf0c6″ color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]The following article has been adapted from Soulful Simplicity: How Living...
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Rain on car windshield - Poems by Robyn Phillips

POEMS BY ROBYN PHILLIPS: The Threshold of Acceptance, There is the Wind, Allies, The Wipers

Robyn Phillips·May 6, 2017
The Threshold of Acceptance something deep within yearns … thirsts for more a longing, markedly hazy but with these eyes...
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Hindu Goddess Kali - Today's mad world

TODAY’S MAD WORLD: Kali, Ramakrishna and the quest for acceptance of life on Earth

Max Reif·April 15, 2017
Horrors at the end of our newspaper spoon I’m horrified by what I woke up to this morning, or, more...
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Young couple swimming in snow - Poems by Julia Hones

POEMS BY JULIA HONES: Search, Today, Life and Death

Contributor·July 2, 2016
Search Perfectionist madness, a silent stream licking the taproot, a search that perpetuates itself and collides with dreams or expectations....
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Girl thinking with abstract symbols - Whose mind is it anyway book review

WHOSE MIND IS IT ANYWAY?: Get out of your head and into your life [book review]

Erica Roberts·June 26, 2016
WHOSE MIND IS IT ANYWAY?: Get out of your head and into your life Lisa Esile, Franco Esile [TarcherPerigee, 178...
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FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT LIFE: 35 well-known sayings that are difficult to forget

Jelin Philip·June 24, 2016
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. – Mae West Be yourself; everyone else...
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Freight train moving alongside river - Poems by Emma Sedlak

POEMS BY EMMA SEDLAK: Source, Doig, Dreams About Trains, Not Written, Before September, Letter to My Husband

Contributor·May 15, 2016
Source One morning you may wake to find our molecules bonding: shared memories that make no sense when split apart....
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Woman lying down at mountaintop - Life in "high definition"

HIGH-DEFINITION LIVING: Tap into your body’s high-voltage energy

Contributor·April 18, 2016
The following has been excerpted from On the Verge: Wake Up, Show, and Shine, through which fitness professional Cara Bradley aims...
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Man going from dark world to light - Nobody knows you fiction

FALLING OFF THE MAP: A journey to hell and back

Max Reif·April 16, 2016
This story appears in the book Toward an Interior Sun: Awakening by a Master, and the Difficult Journey toward Discipleship....
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DR. SEUSS QUOTES: 35 fun lines for people of all walks of life to enjoy

Jelin Philip·April 8, 2016
And will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.) Oh the things you can find, if...
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BE YOURSELF QUOTES: 30 reminders that you are more than enough

Jelin Philip·February 19, 2016
Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out? – Ian Wallace Love yourself....
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SIMPLE QUOTES: 35 short quotations that’ll give you hope

Jelin Philip·February 10, 2016
If you can dream it, you can do it. – Walt Disney Every moment is a fresh beginning. – T.S...
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