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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
In fourth grade my teacher, Mrs. Cameron, had the Golden Rule written out and displayed above the chalkboard so we could see it every day. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” So each day while I was learning that Columbus discovered America, that 8 x 2 was 16, and that [...]
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.” – Harriet Woods
All throughout my childhood my dearest and closest friend was my own twin sister, Nicole. The love between us was really strong. Sometimes twins can end up competitive, but we were always supportive and loyal to each [...]
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Empathy is a powerful tool that you can use to help you connect with other people, which will increase your feelings of oneness. When you can identify a person’s emotional state it gives you more information about that person, which allows you to make a more informed decision about how you’ll interact with or communicate [...]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
“There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.” – Edwin Markham
Many people, including myself, believe that when you die you go through a life review. It’s like the post-mortem concept in video game development. When the [...]
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
One day while I was in graduate school I and my fellow students were waiting for our 70-year-old professor to show up for class. This man was never late, he had a military precision about him, he was very orderly. Ten minutes into our scheduled class time we became worried. Where was Dr. S? Moments [...]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Question: My friend was murdered by her husband. She had two children. Why would God allow this to happen to such a good woman? I just don’t understand this.
Answer: God didn’t allow or disallow this to happen. The man chose to murder his wife. We have free will during our incarnation here on Earth, which means [...]
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
I don’t know you, but I know that when you arrived in this world you were overwhelmed by bright lights and many faces.
I don’t know you, but I know when you were young you laid awake in the dark fearing there were monsters under the bed.
I don’t know you, but I know that as a [...]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
A friend of mine and member of my mastermind group, Aimmee Riley, wrote a book called Tears of Hope about her experiences growing up in Lebanon during their civil war. When I first heard about her book I was very hesitant to read it. I knew she had suffered terrible hardships during her life and [...]
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
The other night I went to sleep and told my guides to send me a dream I could blog about. I do this periodically to give them a chance to send me something they want me to share with others. The dream I had that night had a profound emotional impact on me and I [...]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Question: What is the spiritual meaning behind a mass number of people enduring the same type of suffering, i.e. slavery or oppression?
Answer: The simple answer is to increase awareness of the issue.
If only a dozen people in the world endured slavery it probably would never get much attention. But if hundreds of thousands or even [...]
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