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Dec.04.2009
I don't think that people can truly be grateful for what they have unless they know what it feels like to go without. I have always appreciated things more that came as a result of struggle and sacrifice. The silver lining in this bad economy may be that it is bringing people closer together...
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Dec.01.2009
“What’s a turkey?” The puppy is watching late night infomercials and Ron Popeil is advertising a wondrous machine that roasts a fifteen-pound frozen bird in thirty seconds. “It kinda looks like a chicken. I like chicken. Get me one. Cook it now.” The time is three AM.
“Turkey is a lot like...
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Nov.30.2009
Sometimes I forget that there is really only one story and that we are all either telling it or listening to it, the story that has loss or near-disaster somewhere in the beginning or middle, maybe it brings us to tears or to our knees, maybe we are overcome by a deluge of water or sorrow, maybe...
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Nov.30.2009
Most Americans celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday last Thursday, so here at Red Room, we were thinking about gratitude.
My friend Chris and I recently went to Café Gratitude, a very "San Francisco" restaurant here in San Francisco. We expected to secretly make fun of its hippie vibe. The...
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Nov.30.2009
Gratitude is a word that embodies not only a gesture of kindness, but a sense of overflowing emotion that can only be apprehended by the person who receives it and the person who actually shows/says it, and means it! The sad thing about gratitude is that there is too little of it today and too much...
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Nov.29.2009
I have trouble with the concept of gratitude. There is no question in my mind that I lead a very privileged life. I have minimal health or financial problems and a husband who adores me regardless of my daily tirades. Every morning I pray in thanksgiving for the blessings I have been given and...
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Nov.28.2009
As we near the end of another glorious year of life and adventure we are presented again with the opportunity to make a decision as to the way we choose to perceive our life's circumstances.
Everyday our mind judges and qualifies each moment of our lives. Either life measures up to our...
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Nov.28.2009
Earlier this week I met a friend to catch up on the past few weeks at a local pub. While there, I suddenly realised my handbag had been stolen. Not the nicest thing to happen. But this is not a post about the awful experience of having your possessions stolen!
First, I was surprised at how calm I...
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Nov.28.2009
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Today's post is taken right out of my new book, "The Top 25 Things You Can Do To Change Your Life For the Better...Forever", published by GSimms.com.
This post is actually one of the chapters and is entitled "Be Grateful or Show Gratitude".
Do...
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Nov.28.2009
It was a rainy night. The water had been tapping at my window for hours while I wrote. Across the street, the BART trains would whoosh by periodically, leaving clouds of spray that glowed golden as they dissipated past the street lights below. I walked out on to the deck to stretch my muscles...
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