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    THE ENDS NEVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS: Gandhi’s radical lesson for today

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    “MY RELIGION IS KINDNESS”: 10 mindful living tips inspired by the Dalai Lama

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    BEWARE OF BAD ACTORS: 3 steps to take if you suspect someone’s “gaslighting” you

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    INEFFABLE: A visitation from a beautiful soul I’d never forget

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    POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Essential Language, Metaphorically Speaking and more

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    MINDFUL LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Empowering leaders to create positive change

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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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    Malecon in La Paz, Mexico - Back on American Soil: A Safe Return Home From La Paz

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

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    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

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    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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Nelson Mandela

IN HONOUR OF NELSON MANDELA: Reflections on the father of South Africa

Contributor·December 20, 2013
It is often said that a man only becomes an adult when his father dies. Our father has died here...
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Pyrenees dog - Essay about aging

LUCKY: ‘Til death do us part

Contributor·December 19, 2013
I knock softly, then slowly open the door. Teddy goes before me, a short leash’s length ahead of me. We...
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PROFOUND QUOTES: Insightful words from well-known thinkers and creatives

Contributor·December 18, 2013
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to...
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CARROT/DAIKON DRINK: A recipe from whole foods cook Christina Pirello’s Wellness 1,000

Contributor·December 13, 2013
Your body needs both macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins and fats) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) to function properly. Unfortunately, the processed...
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LOVE IS FREE: 30 quotes about loving with passion and vitality

Contributor·December 7, 2013
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more...
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Funny freedom quotes - The Beatles

FREE TO LAUGH: 32 humorous and ironic quotes about freedom

Contributor·November 28, 2013
Updated: March 11, 2019 Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people. – Brad Thor Well, if crime fighters...
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THE SPIRITUAL IMPERATIVE: Enlivening the process of transformation

Contributor·November 28, 2013
There is a large cycle unfolding. We are all part of it, being both the cause of it and the...
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PAINTING TO HEAL: An excerpt from Healing with the Arts

Contributor·November 27, 2013
Mary’s story: Painting to heal Twenty years ago, life challenged me. I became depressed and everything in my life shattered...
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PAUSE TO WONDER: My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe

Contributor·November 26, 2013
You may have recently seen a news clip of a three-year-old boy hearing his daddy’s voice for the first time....
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DREAMING HEAVEN: 6 tips on how to not get derailed this holiday season

Contributor·November 23, 2013
We call this the holiday season. Family, food, fun and train wrecks, all rolled into one span of days, Thanksgiving...
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HOLISTIC PAIN RELIEF: The benefits of a good night’s sleep

Contributor·November 21, 2013
Everyone needs it. Statistics show we are sleeping less, and everything indicates that this is bad for our health. At...
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FINAL AUTUMN MURMURS: Thoughts from a master gardener

Contributor·November 18, 2013
By late October, the tourists or what we call “leaf-peepers” are gone. They love to come and take endless photos...
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LOVE FOR LOVE’S SAKE: 30 quotations about unconditional love

Contributor·November 10, 2013
Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Friends can help...
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Clouds Mountains - Contemplative Correspondence

CONTEMPLATIVE CORRESPONDENCE: Use writing to correspond with yourself and all things

Contributor·November 8, 2013
Everyone who participates in creation, whether as artist or agronomist, learns early on that beginnings are born of endings, and...
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A collection of some of the funniest quotes ever

A collection of some of the funniest quotes ever

Contributor·October 21, 2013
If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance. – George Bernard...
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TWO GHOSTS AND A SAINT: Communicating with individuals from the spiritual world

Contributor·October 18, 2013
We are born of spirit and are spiritual by our very nature, even as we learn to live in flesh...
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THE POWER OF HERBS: Recipes from the Healing Herbs cookbook

Contributor·October 10, 2013
Some of the most medicinally potent herbs and spices sit within arm’s reach—on your kitchen spice rack. There’s growing scientific evidence...
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Sea - Poems by Julia Hones

POEMS BY JULIA HONES: Insightful Encounter, Solitude

Contributor·October 8, 2013
Insightful Encounter We met in a realm in which your eyes, the colour of honey, were charged with sorrow, the...
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Broken heart - Healing a broken heart

HOW TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART: An excerpt from The Secret of Life Wellness

Contributor·October 8, 2013
I have just broken up with my partner, and I feel lost, lonely, sad and heavyhearted. Even though the relationship wasn’t...
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Strawberries - Raw food dessert excerpts

RAW, QUICK AND DELICIOUS!: Make these raw food desserts in 15 minutes or less

Contributor·October 6, 2013
More and more people are incorporating raw foods into their diets, but the problem is that many raw recipes require...
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SENTIMENTAL QUOTES: 40 of the best sentimental, caring quotes about love and friendship

Contributor·October 5, 2013
Updated: March 5, 2019 Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. – Aristotle This is love: to fly...
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ARE WE EVER REALLY READY?: The quarter-life crisis in perspective

Contributor·October 1, 2013
OK, so, maybe I’m a little past the quarter life crisis, considering quarter life for most people is about 20-25...
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IT PAYS TO GO GREEN: Learn about sustainable architecture [infographic]

Contributor·September 24, 2013
Screen reader version: Learn about sustainable architecture and why it matters for small business. Green building is the practice of...
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DEEP THOUGHTS: 40 Confusing quotes that will get you thinking

Contributor·September 19, 2013
Updated: March 5, 2019 To do two things at once is to do neither. – Publilius Syrus The great blessings...
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