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    THE MORAL LIFE BEGINS WITH A QUESTION: “Why do I believe this is right?”

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    WHEN LIFE BREAKS YOU OPEN: Finding the silver lining in the midst of clouds

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    LEARN TO NOTICE THE SMALL THINGS: How gratitude changes the way we see ordinary days

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    Woman walking down road with gold and green trees - "My Daily Walk" and 4 More Authentic Poems About the World

    POEMS BY DHARA VIJAYAKUMAR: Herself, My Daily Walk and more

    Greyscale landscape - “After Love” and 3 More Evocative Poems

    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: I Think Now of Shelters, After Love and more

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    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks 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

    Joe Biden with other world leaders - Political Power: 3 Ways Democratic Voters Can Battle Fascism

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

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    Hands against background of a heart - Travelling With Intention: Why Is It So Important?

    NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH: Moving through the world with intention

    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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THE HERMIT OF BREAKHEART WOODS: A story by Tom Sheehan

Contributor·June 30, 2012
Millions of years ago Breakheart Woods, between Saugus and Wakefield in Massachusetts, had been bookmarked by boulders and earthly cataclysm, and to this day, somewhere in its innards from those first struggles of granite and earth fire, from violent fractures and upheavals to be known again only at the end of it all, was a cave, a cave as dark as a...
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A POEM BY APRIL SALZANO: Flight

Contributor·June 24, 2012
Flight for Jackie It is before dawn that we tell each other our stories. In this way we relive our atrocities, mine...
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TIP OF THE ICEBERG: Hypnosis reaches deeper levels of consciousness

Contributor·June 23, 2012
Human experience occurs on many levels—physical, emotional, mental and spiritual—with or without our being consciously aware of it. In fact, we're normally...
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HOPSCOTCH: A story by Chris Castle

Contributor·June 20, 2012
They climbed on top of the hill and laid out the blanket. Annie put down her bag then pulled out the glasses and bottles. Sarah looked down and saw the school, the bulldozers at the gates. Everything was still now and they couldn’t see any of the people moving yet. “They don’t start until 6 p.m. I think the headmaster’s making a speech for the...
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UNSOCIAL MEDIA: A story by Carl Scharwath

Contributor·June 17, 2012
The rear-view mirror held a nighttime fireworks display. A blast of red followed by two white-hot flashes ensured a traffic ticket and photo in six weeks. William, in haste and late to his first date with Cindy, was sending a text and rushed through a red light. Time wouldn’t be kind tonight; however, the evening had embraced a kismet, and still afforded new opportunities.
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ROOM FOR TWO: A story by Ronald C. Paxton

Contributor·June 15, 2012
John Howard spotted the boy as soon as he and Emma came out of the movie theatre. The child was wearing a filthy, ragged tee-shirt that was several sizes too big, khaki shorts with enough holes for John to glimpse the boy's underwear, and tennis shoes. He was slightly built and appeared to be covered in several layers of grime. "Do you know that boy, sweetie?" John Howard asked his 5-year-old daughter....
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HOMELESSNESS: An activist’s personal story about why everyone matters

Contributor·May 29, 2012
My brother Larry would have been 57 today. In the winter of 2001 he died on the streets. He had spent most of his life on the road—picking fruit, working seasonally cutting Christmas trees, but...
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WHAT NEXT?: Take time to wait before making a big life decision

Contributor·May 23, 2012
Do you know what your next step is? Or more commonly: what are you going to do now? I’ve just returned from my son’s college graduation, at which this seemed to be the reflex question that he and his classmates...
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Eco home

BUILD ON A BUDGET: Make a straw bale eco-home for under £4,000

Contributor·May 19, 2012
The mission: to build an eco-home. The budget: laughable. The secret weapon: straw. Vicki Hill finds out how one man got back to nature—and how you can build a den the same way. When he's expecting...
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MOTHER’S DAY: A mother’s reflection on taking time for herself

Contributor·May 13, 2012
Mother’s Day morning: here I sit alone, drinking my coffee and smoking my fifth cigarette. It’s a Sunday morning; no one else is in the house and it's very quiet. I'm still in my pyjamas even though it’s...
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