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Are You A Doorstop? Or Do You Make Music?
“Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do—can love things that no one else can love… We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.”...
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Vets Quit Smoking As They Deal with Trauma
Vets with PTSD are better able to quit smoking with concurrent treatment. Last December a study was published showing that vets have an easier time quitting smoking when cessation treatment is combined...
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Thinking About Self-Esteem
My apologies for not writing for a VERY long time. Obviously things have been happening in my life that prevented my writing here, but I’d like to begin writing again on various subjects, all of which...
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Fear
An open flower is so beautiful! Sometimes the need for change comes upon us so quickly we are totally unprepared and find that we react with fear. I love the quote from Anaïs Nin that says, “There came...
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Quit Tobacco First—Then Change Your Life
“Like so many addicts, I thought that if I could only sort out my life I could then sort out my drinking. It was a revelation to see that it would be simpler the other way around.” —Pete Townsend, in...
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Another Year Older
The labyrinth at Sibley Volcanic Preserve I just had a birthday. I decided I wanted to spend the day with my honey and go outdoors for a hike, have a warm, relaxing hot tub and then top the evening off...
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Does Smoking Bring Peace?
Is this monk smoking? I recently spent the weekend at the Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center in Marin County. I was there for a weekend workshop. It’s a beautiful place to stay, very peaceful, very simple...
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Expectations – How do they affect our experiences?
I’ve been thinking about expectations in the last few days. It occurred to me that instead of the negative thing I’ve been thinking they are, that they could also be helpful to us as we try to navigate...
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Why Is the Universe Against Me?
Not actually my computer. I’m engaging in an exercise of frustration. My computer is very old, and I’ve been cobbling it along for a number of years. Finally it appears to be giving up the ghost. I’ve...
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Great short video I recommend
I subscribe to Netflix and I found that TED talks has compiled some of its talks into similar groups and makes them available to viewers. It was by perusing some of these talks that I found a talk by...
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