Moving exhibit paid tribute to Anne Frank Sunday I attended the 2017 Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This year’s theme was Holland, and the displays celebrated all things Dutch. Tulips were obviously everywhere Windmills, too Bicycles were the Biggest Motif at the 2017 Philadelphia Flower Show Moving exhibit paid tribute to […]
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This is a guest post by R. Glenn Guillory A Simple Meditation Practice Every day I am in the practice of walking outside and standing under the 4 a.m. sky. I stand on a stepping stone on the path that leads off into the garden and the small wood at the far end of the garden.
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This is a guest post by R. Glenn Guillory Standard Faith The accepted definition of faith is believing in something without any evidence of it. “Trust in your own mind,” or “sans- Christ” faith is then believing in the unity of all sentient beings. Faith For Me To me faith is a complex and ever-changing
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December contains the shortest day of the year, it also contains the celebration that is supposed to be the happiest. We celebrate in the darkest part of the year, not in spite of it but because it is the dark, gloomy period. To make this work, we have to be conscious in lifting our own
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I often wish I could talk to the people who influenced me. My grandmother knew me better than anyone. There have also been writers from the past who I feel such a kinship with that I wish I could communicate with them, or maybe find a whole new undiscovered cache of their work. Then come
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Sharp, John M.D. The Emotional Calendar: understanding seasonal influences and milestones to become happier, more fulfilled, and in control of your life. Holt, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-8050-9130-4 Summary: Emotional Calendar The Emotional Calendar was written by a psychiatrist and gives us a deeper look at the cycles of the year and of our lives. He
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Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of someone else. Empathy: the other person’s perspective If we want to show empathy to someone else, we have to recognize that we are like them. We cannot be empathetic to someone if we don’t feel the basic bonds of humanness with them. In addition
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When I am make a sensory memory with a place, I feel connected to it. I remember the images, the feelings. The way the sunlight dappled through the trees stays with me. Watching a tiny snake at a creek side over twenty years ago is still fresh in my mind. Places that we can visit regularly become
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We all have the desire to be part of a community. This search for connection is universal, and exists even among people who think of themselves as loners. To become part of this sense of community, we have to be proactive and put ourselves out there. We have to be open to being different from
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Political Apathy by Example When I was growing up, most of the adults around me seemed bitter about politics. They had lived through the Vietnam War, inflation and a great period of social change and upheaval. By the time I was aware of things, many of the adults around me had given up hope of
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