Rich Life Lessons from Trees

Trees have so much more to give us than the appreciation we feel for their beauty and color. We consider their beauty to be one of the many gifts and blessings of nature – and yes, they are. Here’s another valuable gift — I like to think of trees as powerful teachers of how to…

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How Do I Know What Love Is?

Since it’s Valentine’s Day this Wednesday, it must be the ideal time to muse on the subject of love. So let me ask you – what would you tell me if I asked for your definition of love? Everyone’s going to say something a little different because the meanings are based on our perceptions of…

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What’s the name of your favorite pet?

We’ve all had at least one favorite pet that we just love to talk about when someone asks us this question. We answer fondly with its name, and love to tell stories and share the memories of our pet that seem always to be fresh in our mind. For most of us it is probably…

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I’m Starting a New Diet!

Do you ever feel like the picture above is how your mind looks? Me too. Lately, I’ve been paying attention to what’s going on in my mind, and I’m finding there is a lot of thinking going on – and I don’t mean necessarily negative thinking – there are a lot of positive thoughts in…

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Living at Ground Innocent

It is time for us to shift to living in an even greater state of feeling innocent than before. I know you are innocent – do you? How innocent are you feeling? On a scale of 1-10 what would you say is your level of feeling and knowing you are innocent? No quick answer here…

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It’s About You — Not Me

My head is still spinning from something I learned this week. This is huge, so of course I have to share it with you. Besides, I know this is a behavior we all have in varying degrees. For years I have been doing something that I thought gave me mastery at building rapport with people.…

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Creating a New Year

This year is going to be different. This year I’m really going to make things happen and get what I want. Have you ever heard yourself say these words only to see more fizzle than sizzle in that year? I sure have. I have also started many a year not really sure what I wanted,…

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Lights — the Gift of the Season

What’s the first word that comes to your mind when you think of Christmas? I asked myself this question as I was trying to come up with something meaningful to blog about on Christmas Eve – curious to hear what I would say. Well, of course there wasn’t just one word – there’s parties and…

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Weapons of Mass Destruction — or Creation?

  Don’t you just hate it when you’re sailing along feeling like you are quite healed and enlightened when an event or words suddenly occur and you find yourself in extreme reaction? It feels like a Weapon of Mass Destruction has descended on your calm and peaceful existence. Well, that’s how I felt recently when…

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What’s In It For Me?

“Your first blog should be about what motivated you to write the book,” said my publicist. This made sense to me since, upon hearing I had written a book, most people asked me my motivation for writing it. Now I’m thinking the most important question is, “what am I going to get out of reading…

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