Tag: Featured
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Imagine: A World in Love… Living for Today
Inspiration There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we…
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What’s Your Happiness Habit?
Inspiration When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand…
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Managing 3 Major Life Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic – An Article by Melissa Howard
I want to personally Thank Melissa Howard for writing this great article and the resources she provides at her website Stop Suicide. I hope you enjoy the valuable resources she provides our community. Managing 3 Major Life Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic A couple of months ago, you probably began each morning by waking up…
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Imagine
Inspiration We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight. John Lennon If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. John Lennon A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Imagine… Just Imagine… There is some great words of wisdom here from…
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Dream… A Healthy Start to New Adventures
Inspiration Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson A Father’s Guide to Wisdom There is a sense of excitement found in new adventures. Wouldn’t you agree? That air of mystery. The fears associated with the unknown. The courage elicited to…
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Love… Hate… Love… To Grow in Faith
Inspiration Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. Martin Luther King, Jr. A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. Jesus Christ The Philosopher’s Corner I don’t think it gets any more…
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To Be… Marks of Inner Value
Inspiration Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. Roy E. Disney The Philosopher’s Corner Faith is built upon Hope. Hope in something greater than what is present. But hope cannot exist in a vacuum…
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What You Didn’t Know… From the Candle Shop
Most of you know me as Dr. Tom. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. But what many of you may not have realized is that I am also the head of Carole’s Candles, a long time aromatherapy business that put me through college. Over the past few weeks, you will find…
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Foresight… To Stand Upon the Shoulders of Giants
Inspiration Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. Ralph Waldo Emerson If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton The Philosopher’s Corner To Be, or not to be… That is the question. (William Shakespeare) I…
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A Universal Truth… Gratitude Unfolded
Inspiration Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. Ralph Waldo Emerson You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Marcus Aurelius The Philosopher’s Corner A New Frontier Awaits. As a child… even to this day, I look to the stars and…
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Humility: To Believe… Achieve… and Become
Inspiration We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery. Paulo Coelho Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. Paulo Coelho The Philosopher’s Corner The Alchemist said… Ah the beauty of a true story teller. Paulo Coelho is one of my favorites. He uses the transformational language…
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Remembering the Fallen… Thank You!
Inspiration A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. – Joseph Campbell The Philosopher’s Corner I have always had a natural affinity for service. I began to serve in various capacities at the age of 17 when I joined the US Navy. It was there that I…