Tag: wisdom
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November 21, 2009 09:22 PM EST --
As many of you know, I am on the Autism Spectrum , which is a condition that causes social awkwardness. In addition to that, it can be downright painful to attempt engagement in social situations . . .
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June 04, 2008 11:39 AM EDT --
After menopause, many women begin to favor the color purple. For some, it might be a rebellion against the conformity in dress they had to adhere to during their younger years, for others it represents . . .
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February 10, 2009 06:22 PM EST --
Growing up in the Boomer generation, and yet not really being a very good hippy, my life was, well, sort of non-experimental. It was more important for me to keep my two feet on the ground, . . .
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February 20, 2009 09:25 PM EST --
A shaman, as defined by Michael Harner in his book The Way of the Shaman, is thus: "A man or woman who enters an altered state of consciousness - at will - in order to contact and utilize . . .
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April 12, 2009 02:28 PM EDT --
A wise gentleman once told me that reading, and rereading, the book of Proverbs in the Bible, most of which was written by "Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel" (Proverbs 1:1) who was . . .
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April 14, 2009 08:04 AM EDT --
A wise gentleman once told me that reading, and rereading, the book of Proverbs in the Bible, most of which was written by "Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel" (Proverbs 1:1) who was . . .
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November 20, 2009 12:52 PM EST --
This quote says much about life. My cousin remembers his father saying it long ago:
"Beans taste mighty good after nothing but steak for awhile."
Sets me to thinking....
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June 24, 2006 09:58 PM EDT --
I'm just an old cowboy he'd say
broken down in my younger days
I gave away the best of me
Now all I have left is what you see
His worn down boots had traveled miles
but I knew . . .
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July 16, 2006 12:25 AM EDT --
I close my eyes
listening to your schoolgirl prattle
your effervescent words
bulldozing, a rolling fog of fears
- what monuments of shadowy gaps
between the said and the unsaid
you conjure . . .
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April 17, 2007 07:04 AM EDT --
What is the best advice anyone has ever given you?
Do you use it~and ~has it changed your life~if so.......how?
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August 28, 2007 09:48 AM EDT --
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
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September 12, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
I have always loved this quote. I hope it inspires you too!
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September 13, 2007 10:49 PM EDT --
"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."
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October 09, 2007 11:12 PM EDT --
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering . . .
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February 02, 2008 02:39 PM EST --
I placed the title in quotes because this is something my father said constantly before he became ill. Now, I find in dealing with his illness that I repeat this often in my head as a mantra when I can . . .
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July 03, 2008 02:55 PM EDT --
From time to time a word of wisdom pops into my head and I feel compelled to write it down. I don't like keeping a diary - never did and never will. Thank goodness for Gather ; now . . .
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July 04, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
It's been a while since I published my last list for all you knowledge seekers.
1. Technically snow is considered a mineral.
2. Someone paid $14,000 for the bra Marilyn . . .
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October 31, 2008 02:59 PM EDT --
Girlie Wisdom!
Women over 50 don't have babies because they would put them down
and forget where they left them.
A friend of mine confused her Valium with her birth control . . .
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November 21, 2008 07:21 PM EST --
"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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November 22, 2008 07:46 PM EST --
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us."
- Helen Keller
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