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anastasia-m-ashman's picture
Mar.20.2013
Here's a round-up of inspiring, intimate, important posts you might have missed, about fashioning your lives to fit you and being in the world as only you can be. To all of you, as Shirley Rivera -- who you'll meet below -- would say: big puffy heart. The bolded lines are Tweetable, so share...
michelle-matthews-calloway's picture
Jan.06.2013
Though this saying is not an absolute (I believe things can "go good" and stay good), it still provides food for thought: If anything, I believe we should strive to enjoy and fully maximize the good times in our life. We need to practice the art of appreciation, and cultivate an "...
bro-smith-sgs's picture
Dec.01.2012
  According to Albertus Magnus, aka ‘Albert the Great’, teacher to Thomas Aquinas. , asserts the following: By reminiscence, sense, and imagination, the intellect proceeds from potentiality to actuality. When it acquires scientia (knowledge) it is the intellectus adeptus, (acquired intellect...
karen-stewart's picture
Apr.25.2011
It’s just so hard to get started, there’s always something else that manages to get in the way. Some time ago, a colleague from work who’d not long run her second marathon said the same was true of training, that’s the hardest part was putting on her trainers. I took this comment with a pinch of...
amy-king's picture
Sep.27.2010
We Rise In the Bulbs of Night ORGANIZED INTO FIVE “ACTS,” SLAVES TO DO THESE THINGS IS, OSTENSIBLY, THEATRICAL IN TERMS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT—THOUGH THE DRAMATIC ACTION ISN’T ALWAYS QUITE CLEAR. THAT’S ALRIGHT. MYSTERY PLAYS ARE RARE AT PRESENT. You might say that God is in her details—not that...
raymond-mallette's picture
Sep.08.2010
     Don't you hate it when someone asks, "What's your IQ?"      One's IQ (intelligence quotient) is merely a number somebody had to figure out a formula to arrive at, and then later pat themself on the back for their personal ingenuity. Nicely done,... oh inventor of statistics that...
bro-smith-sgs's picture
Jan.25.2010
The intellect does many good and bad things without the body, whereas the body can do neither good nor evil without the intellect. This is because the law of freedom applies to what happens before we act.   Peace, http://revelationinsight.tripod.com
bro-smith-sgs's picture
Oct.03.2009
Contemplation Vs. Intellectualism   For many individuals, in truth, this is a blurred area not only to express, but also to define, and thereby distinguish. The reasons for this may indeed be numerous, but the fact is, there are indeed just a few that merit a basis for reason to germinate.   May I...
david-moolten's picture
Aug.23.2009
Eileen “My comment is unpolitical, David, but so far, I am fortunate to have decent dialect with my son about what he is going through at 13. Also, we pray from our souls every night and count our blessings so I hope and think he is getting spiritual grounding. I am too tired at night to...
maxine-p-soso's picture
Oct.25.2008
Let me gently caressyour grace, space and intellectwith the magnitude of my auraYour presence enticesdices and spicesmy inner being to unwindlet go of my inhibitionsno intermissionJust listen!You awaken my sensesIn the trenches of desireI entirely weakento the will of your commandyou've got the...