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By Jane Powell - www.MeditationsForWomen.com
"Peace of mind comes when you appreciate what you have,
instead of focus on what’s missing." As we grow up, we start
to obsess that our families, partners, homes, cars and jobs… Read More »
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Halloween’s hedonistic greediness is past (has the candy “gone bad”
and disappeared at your house yet?), and the Thanksgiving season is
upon us. For those of us with young children who tend to mark the
passage of time according to holidays and seasons, this new phase
of the year offers a chance to focus a bit on gratitude. Many
preschoolers, of course, would be glad to skip straight to the
December holidays, but when they ask us what season it is now,
we’ll be telling them that November is the season of thankfulness. Read More »
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By Dani, on Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:39am PST
Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammons have
brought to the public a book about the transformation daily
gratitude gives to one's life
--Filled with
Inspirational Stories, Gratitude Practices and…
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By Dani, on Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:25am PST
Living Life as a Thank You goes to the frontlines of people
who have transformed their lives – in good times and bad – by
incorporating the practice of gratitude in their daily living. The
stories show how living life out of gratefulness can turn even
life’s toughest moments into blessings to be
embraced. Authors Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth
Sammons offer concrete tools along with the stories to help readers
tap into their inner joy and turn fear into courage, anger into
forgiveness, isolation into belonging and pain into healing. Read More »
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By Dani, on Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:19pm PDT
Living Life as a Thank
You
The Transformative Power of
Daily Gratitude
Giving thanks makes us happier, more
resilient,…
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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, and is
fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind,
suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the
footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind,
is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act…
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Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone
is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it
because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic
numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and
other beings.
It had been raining for…
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