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

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FORGIVENESS QUOTES: 30 quotes to help you let go of anger

Jelin Philip·February 6, 2016
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping...
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PATIENCE QUOTES: 35 quotes to help you wait just a little bit longer

Jelin Philip·December 20, 2015
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. – A. Milne Trees that are slow to...
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ECKHART TOLLE QUOTES: 25 insightful quotes to inspire your thoughts

Jelin Philip·December 14, 2015
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. – Eckhart Tolle (all quotes...
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POEMS BY MAX REIF: A Greeting for the Day, Wonders Await You Inside This Tent, Sooner or Later, Blank Page, Another Nature Poem

Max Reif·September 15, 2015
A Greeting for the Day Good morning, new day! Through the birds you relay news that makes me smile. I...
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AUTOPHONY: The sound of living inside a mother’s dementia

Pamela Gerber·September 1, 2015
Tripping on sounds, I hear birds outside my window, muffled, over the swish-throb of a heartbeat in my ears, a...
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DREAMING IN THE OAK TREE: A story about appreciating the little things in life

Kyla Giffin·August 9, 2015
In his mind, Brian O’Shea was not a farmer’s son. In his mind, he didn’t live on the prairie with...
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QUOTES ABOUT STRENGTH: 35 great strength quotes to get you through the day

Kristine Caneja·April 29, 2015
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. – Friedrich Nietzsche Pain can change you, but that doesn’t mean...
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ACCEPTANCE AND EQUANIMITY: A lesson learned from a falling mandarin

Kiva Bottero·April 17, 2015
As I was walking through the Shechen Ogyen Chodzong nunnery in Bhutan with my guides Tsering and Lobsang, a lone...
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LESSONS AT VARANASI: Reflecting on life and death in India’s most sacred city

Kiva Bottero·April 2, 2015
Wrapped in a white sari, she sat cross-legged on her paper thin mat waiting to die. The solemn look on...
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POEMS BY MAX REIF: Ten Reflections on Why We Write, King Metal, Ode to Lady Risk

Max Reif·March 21, 2015
Ten Reflections on Why We Write 1.  A poet writes, a baker makes bread. Hungry mouths will eat the bread;...
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POEMS BY MAX REIF: Fragile, Shooting the Sky, For Peter Robinson, Indiana Revelation

Max Reif·December 28, 2014
Fragile It doesn’t take very much to wash away all we know, obliterate every landmark. I went out to a...
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THE POWER OF LOVE: A universal current of compassion

Robert Kopecky·July 30, 2014
Excerpted from How to Survive Life (and Death): A Guide for Happiness in This World and Beyond .  Love is the current...
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THE MYSTERY OF AUTHENTICITY: Who are we, really?

Contributor·July 2, 2014
I’ve been around a while, 58 years in fact. As many of us have come to realize, there’s more to...
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HOLD FAST TO YOUR DREAMS: 30 inspirational quotes about life

Contributor·May 11, 2014
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. – Langston Hughes Find...
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THE MYTH OF LOVE SCARCITY: We do not lack love; we lack the knowledge of how to harness its enormous supply

Contributing Writer·March 15, 2014
This article was excerpted from Vironika Tugaleva’s book The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness. A flower...
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SAVED: A story

Erica Roberts·March 2, 2014
Part I Peter stood on the cement edge of the bridge, staring at the river swiftly flowing towards him. There...
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RESTORING THE CROSS OF LIFE: Bring the essences of heaven into manifest form on Earth

Jerry Kvasnicka·December 26, 2013
Long before the cross was appropriated by Christianity and associated with the crucifixion, this ancient symbol had an entirely different...
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LIFE IS ADDICTIVE: Using experience as a bridge of understanding

Kiva Bottero·September 27, 2013
Drop by drop we suck from the infinite pond of life experience, dumping experience after experience into our buckets. With...
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ANNIE: A story

Erica Roberts·September 21, 2013
Thomas Potter sat at his desk, massaging his aching temples. “Only five more files to go through, and then I...
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THE STATE OF SURRENDER!: Embracing life exactly as it is

Contributing Writer·September 16, 2013
I’ve lived in the State of Wisconsin all my life, but have recently been spending time in a different state,...
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READY FOR THE REAL ANSWERS?: How to tap into a deeper understanding of life

Contributor·September 7, 2013
Meaning shows up not when you really want it, but when you’re ready for it. It doesn’t matter how busy...
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KESSLER: By Max Reif

Max Reif·September 3, 2013
Something whizzed by my head and on beyond as I sat on the floor holding onto the pale green bars...
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MINDFUL OF THE ROUTINE: How aware are we really in our day-to-day lives?

Wanda Monague·September 2, 2013
When introduced to the concept of being mindful of my daily routine, I was skeptical; in my opinion I was...
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GOING LIGHT: The less you have, the less you need

Contributing Writer·August 29, 2013
A few years ago I took two weeks off to hike the John Muir Trail in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains...
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