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We All Know In Our Minds That Life Is Transient -
Susan Thom (8,136)      Susan Thom    We all know in our minds that life is transient. It is fleeting. One minute I was playing with my dolls, and it seems the next, I was playing with my kids. Thirty years of my life had gone by. I thought the diaper and bottle stage would never end, and the next thing I knew, I was teaching them... ( added 219 days 22 hours ago.) |
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American Justice Dept. Upholds Indian Yoga and Meditation -
 - E. Raymond Rock (2,477)   E. Raymond Rock Yoga and meditation are becoming mainstream. This article by M.P. Bhattathiri, Retired Chief Technical Examiner to The Govt. of Kerala, points out some recent findings: The American justice Dept. has recently approved the power of yoga and meditation via a recent judgment in the American court.... ( added 220 days 9 hours ago.) |
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The 14 Focal Points of Personal Growth: #4 Self-Reliance -
- Jeff Brown (4,248)   Jeff Brown For this topic, I'm going to go to the master of reflection and personal understanding, the man who spent quite some time alone, reflecting on things significant to human understanding and growth: Ralph Waldo Emerson. In his transcendentalist philosophy and belief in self-reliance, he felt that a... ( added 222 days 6 hours ago.) |
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Why Must There Be Moshing And Crowd Surfing -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom When I was going to concerts in the 70s and 80s, we either stood up by the stage, or at our seats. I was able to experience moshing seven years ago when one of my kids wanted to go to OzzFest. It was ten hours long, and I decided Id do something nice for them and take them to it. I was... ( added 222 days 23 hours ago.) |
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Freedom Is Felt In A Variety Of Ways -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom Freedom to a legal immigrant is the realization of a dream come true, and not having to look over their shoulders. Freedom to a dog being saved from the pound is having a nice warm home, kids playing with it all the time, and having all the attention it desired while stuffed in a small cage... ( added 223 days 9 hours ago.) |
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The Walk Up The Hill Is Easier Than The Fall Down -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom No matter what the problem we are facing, we get caught up in trying to figure it out. We try different ways of fixing what ails us. Were caught up in the frenzy of trying to come up with a solution. Time goes by, and we keep trying to walk up the hill, hoping the top will bring some... ( added 224 days 15 hours ago.) |
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How Do You Keep Your Head Above Water? -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom If water represents the day in, day out problems we all experience, and have to deal with, how do we keep our heads just above the water enough not to drown? Experiences of our past may have proven to us that when its the darkest, the light will shine our way. This is faith. What would we do... ( added 225 days 8 hours ago.) |
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Nobody Wants To Lose Their Inner Voice -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I think the younger we are, and the less knowledge we have in our brains, the easier it is for us to hear our inner voice. It tells us when were about to do something wrong, it tells us we better get to sleep or well be tired in Math class tomorrow. That voice tells us our mom would love a... ( added 226 days 15 hours ago.) |
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What Does It Mean, To Relate And Not Compare -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I learned a good lesson when I was attending twelve step meetings. While listening to others, we were told to relate, not compare. At first, this was hard for me to understand, but I soon got the idea. There were people from all walks of life, all going through their own Hell, for... ( added 227 days 15 hours ago.) |
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When Is A Friend Truly A Friend -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom A person can only be disrespected so many times before they stop trying to have a friendship. It may take a day or a month or a year, or even years, but eventually, if someone is made to feel unloved and unwanted, they will retract. We all need to feel that we are loved and cared for and... ( added 228 days 4 hours ago.) |
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We Are What We Were Taught -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I have changed the words to If one lives, instead of If a child lives, because I think we forget that even as adults, there are ways of living that affect us. The original poem was entitled Children Learn What They Live By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D. If one lives with hostility, they... ( added 228 days 5 hours ago.) |
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My Mom Passed Away, And Her Sister Was Right There For Me -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom My mom passed away eighteen years ago. I have written about what an intense loss that was, and a turning point in my life. I missed everything there was to miss, the daily calls to see how I was doing and the two kids I had at the time. They were three and one, and their father was away for two... ( added 228 days 13 hours ago.) |
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There Is Help For Those Suffering From Depression -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I know there is help, because I got it, and I am so much better than I was. So many people suffer depression alone, and keep it to themselves, thinking something is wrong with them. It could be that what is wrong is a chemical imbalance in the brain. Serotonin and norepinephrine are two... ( added 229 days 2 hours ago.) |
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Faith, The Sense Within Ourselves That Something Is Bigger -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom Faith, in my opinion, is our foundation. It is the sense within ourselves, that there is something bigger and better beyond us and waiting for us, so we keep trudging through Earth's situations. We believe with all we are, that there is a God, or a Supreme being. Also a Heaven, or a place we... ( added 229 days 3 hours ago.) |
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What Can We Do During The Gray Days Of Winter -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I have noticed the darkness coming earlier, and the days getting gray, and the temperature going lower and lower. It doesnt make me feel good. Every winter, I have to fight those darn blues, between the weather, and the holidays, its enough to send you back under the covers. Some people enjoy... ( added 229 days 4 hours ago.) |
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The Line Between Sanity And Holding On -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I think most of us get stripped to our core in our lives at some point. When all the surface nonsense is gone, and you are facing only your soul, you have been stripped. When your body cannot feel anymore what your mind is thinking, you have been stripped. When the line between sanity and... ( added 230 days 4 hours ago.) |
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There's Sometimes, Nobody Knows -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom There is a life out there in the world that is spent pushing ourselves to be either who we really are, or someone different than ourselves. Then, on the weekends, we can really be who we are. So what do we do when we are alone and we dont have to impress the boss, or flirt with the receptionist... ( added 230 days 9 hours ago.) |
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We Should Take Advantage Of Life’s Unseen Energy -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I think we all know that there is negative and positive energy floating around our radar. Were a society that tends not to believe unless we see. There is a Universe filled with energy for us to absorb and allow to infiltrate our bodies, minds, and souls. If we dont acknowledge this energy, or... ( added 231 days 7 hours ago.) |
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Ignorance Is Not Bliss -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I think I got a lot of my "ignorance" from my mother growing up. She was such a kind hearted, caring person to all, and fortunately for her, she had been treated well most of her life. She trusted in people, and in the world, and she taught me to do the same. Right there, the ignorance began.... ( added 232 days 6 hours ago.) |
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Cats Love To Leave You Presents -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom For Maggie I have had a cat for twelve long years. I didnt want one, never had one before, but my kids wanted one, and I thought they should experience having a cat, as well as the two dogs we had! We got this cat as a kitten. Their father had taken them to a nursery for some seeds to grow... ( added 232 days 13 hours ago.) |
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You Can Still Survive When Life Doesn’t Go Your Way -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I was never any good at surviving life. From a young age I was afraid of everything, and didn’t quite have a mind of my own, and got very nervous when life handed me a problem. I wasn’t any good at problem solving, so I was confused a lot. I was also very sensitive, so it was easy for my... ( added 234 days 21 hours ago.) |
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Will You Be Ready To Meet Your God? -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom How many secrets do we each harbor? How many things have we done that no one knows? What harm have we caused others, not unknowingly, because that can happen, but deliberately? How jealous of others were we? How prideful were we? How vain were we? Were we a gossip, spreading rumors, or even... ( added 235 days 3 hours ago.) |
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Ordinary Things Can Bring Peace Into Your Life -
Susan Thom (8,136) Susan Thom I have always been a simple type person, who enjoys things that either don't cost a lot of money, or no money at all. I've never had a fur coat or huge diamonds, or jewelry. What I do have, I treasure. I buy my clothes at Wal-Mart or K Mart, and I get many compliments. ( added 236 days 11 hours ago.) |
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The Power of Self Confidence -
Lee Werrell (8) Is there any quality so attractive, so appealing, so admirable as self-confidence? Individuals with this characteristic seem to exude a sort of aura that draws others to them. They are powerful, strong, enthusiastic, decisive but often enjoyable to be around. For every person with impressive... ( added 236 days 16 hours ago.) |
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When Life Gets Too Much To Bear - It Is Time For a Change -
Creative Blogger (3,869)  Creative Blogger Can you feel the page turn in your life when some big change is coming your way? Have you learned to smell it on the wind? Just when youre feeling settled and comfortable something will start to go wrong and things will begin to unravel. There may come one disaster after the other, a trainload of... ( added 237 days ago.) |
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