Ponder the Preposterous
musings about life from the other side of the hill
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forming a healthy habit starts from within
The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs. ~James Allen I recently participated in a 21-day online fitness support group. I needed some external motivation...
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make fear work for you!
“With respect to your Big Dream, what allows you to put fear aside and just GO FOR IT?” I'm honored to be included among a group of 21 people, wonderfully wise women and men, who have written their...
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neat freak: letting go of the stress of obsessively tidying
“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon Have you ever hung up a towel and not straightened it or folded it...
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the unmasked manifesto
Check out the campaign here. Like, share, and tweet The Unmask Manifesto, the Unmask Facts and the Unmask video (hashtag: #unmask).
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Listen To The Moment: Knowing What To Do Now
“If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh Today, out of the blue, I got two connection-request messages on LinkedIn from two children’s authors...
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CONTEST! What’s been the hardest question in your life?
Note: This is a re-post of PART of a longer blog post at TinyBuddha.com, by Lori Deschene (in the photo above). Read the original post in full here. I'm a devoted fan of TinyBuddha.com's blog. Lots...
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how to make a difficult decision: decision matrix
I learned this "matrix" decision-making method over 3 decades ago. It has helped me successfully process some of my major life-changing decisions. I've also used it in combination with my partner...
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beat procrastination: how to want to tackle your to-do list
“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you won’t do anything with it.” ~ M. Scott Peck Ten years ago, I stopped procrastinating. Lots of procrastination...
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how to change your mind & your life by using affirmations
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” ~ Buddha I used to teach Adult Upgrading. My students were people who had never completed...
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more than kitchen
deep yellow walls warmly surrounding still copper gecko staring, teasing kokopelli's flute silently playing chai tea and spice-milk brewing art table craftily beckoning my kitchen: nourishment and...
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my 3D world...where is it?
I went for a walk yesterday. Whoa! The world is in 3D! I don't entirely get it, all this excitement about 3D technology. 3D movies, 3D television, 3D apps for mobiles. OK, they're fun, OK I get that part. Then we have to take into account the potential eye/brain damage to children (and maybe adults). The technology isn't old enough yet to do a thorough study on all the side-effects. Today there's news of one more 3D technology, a 3D viewer for mobiles. Yeehaw, snap that mobile into the viewer and see your 3D apps...
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tinnitus
Shrill tones, a constant gushing river of sound is in my ears, piercing my mind. The cacophony clamors for attention. If I listen long, I begin to feel crazy, knowing my private din is forever. I can...
Together, let's ponder life in all its preposterousness.
