Are You Living Life Or Watching A Simulation?

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What if tonight, after dinner when you are ready to settle in and relax for a few hours, you didn’t turn the television on?  What would you do then?  My husband would probably just grab the remote and start surfing mindlessly through commercials until he found one that wouldn’t interrupt his couch-napping.  But what if [...]

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The Perfect Cup Of Tea

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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me”
C.S. Lewis, British Scholar, Novelist
I live for that perfect moment:  quiet afternoon, maybe rainy… good book… my dogs curled up on me and beside me… and a perfect cup of tea.  Ahhh, I find myself relaxing as [...]

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Beauty In Adversity

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“I don’t think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains.”
– ANNE FRANK
So here is a quote from an iconic individual, one that represents the ability to overcome some of the darkest of surroundings, even while acknowledging her personal confusion as a teenager in the horrific camps of WWII.  What I [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day… a message from Jack Black?

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Happy Mother’s Day ladies! Wishing you all a wonderful day with your families.
And now,  a message from none other than Dr. , that’s right,  Dr. Jack Black, brought to you by the Noreen Fraser Foundation Men for Women Now program. To hear the message, click on the Mother’s Day Card below. Watch [...]

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Do you Validate?

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Who doesn’t need a little validation these days. You work hard, try to do the right thing and still there’s chaos all around. Markets crashing, jobs disappearing, banks and businesses collapsing… these are strange and unsettling times.  Times like these seem to bring out the best or the worst in us.  The media [...]

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Sitting in the living room

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Many homes in my part of the country have separate Living Rooms.  There’s the Family Room or your Great Room, assorted Bed Rooms/Kids Rooms/Guest Rooms, the all-important hub of the home, the kitchen, maybe even a separate dining room… and then the Living Room.
Most of the rooms are flooded with traffic, people and collections of [...]

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Never tell people how to do things

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“Never tell people how to do things.  Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” – GEORGE S. PATTON
Have you surprised yourself with your own ingenuity lately?  If the answer is “yes”, then maybe someone gave you a task, but did not tell you how to get it done.  Maybe [...]

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