Category: Love Others
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Who Do You Love?…
Do you love your neighbor? All of them? Even the cranky ones who let their dogs leave deposits in your yard? How much do you love the panhandler who holds a cardboard sign day after day? What about the person you like the least? These questions give me pause. I’m fascinated by people watching and…
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Response Ability…
What are you giving to your world? What are you receiving in return? There’s a connection, you know. Years ago, I saw a skit that involved women carrying buckets filled to the brim with an attitude unique to each one. Life took over, the world bumped into them, and their contents spilled. What a memorable…
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Good and Plenty…
Abundance mentality is one of my guiding ELAN Principles. It does not mean to seek greedy gains, but rather to celebrate gifts that are freely given and to respond in kind. It is the opposite of the fear-based view of scarcity urging you to hoard that which you deem finite. Pay attention. Look for gifts…
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Tomorrow…
How was your Today yesterday? Was it busily preparing you for today, this day? You have a brand-new gift. Every day. A do-over that can add a beautiful bead to your string of days. What grain can you implant today that will transform to a pearl? Oysters coat such seeds with something called nacre, layer…
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Quote of the Week…
“Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us.” Thomas Paine, 1737-1809
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Who Are You Wearing?…
It’s Award Season, a bright spot in these sometimes-gloomy months. The Grammy’s are my favorite, for the music, but you can’t beat the Oscars for the haute couture. Avant-garde, classic, understated, absurd. What fun to watch the rich and famous answer “Who are you wearing?” We all wear an invisible cloak. One that has nothing…
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Who’s Your Family?…
At a recent memorial service, I was struck by the number of people who counted the departed as one of their extended family. The pews were not filled with blood relatives, but with loving friends who gathered to celebrate her life and what she had meant to them. My dictionary app describes family as members…
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Love in the Deeps…
In a tiny book called “true love,” Thich Nhat Hanh offers a “telephone” meditation to bring harmony into a relationship. In today’s world, perhaps we could call it Texting Meditation or DMing Meditation. His suggestion to wait a few rings before answering a ringing phone traces back to when we didn’t know who might be…
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Mantras Make Things Happen…
Another ELAN Principle is “Make Things Happen.” ELAN, which stands for Elevating Life Attitudes Now, is a self-improvement curriculum I created and facilitated many years ago, but I still rely on the tenets to work on my own “life in progress.” One of the most effective ways to make things happen is to write a…
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Zen Again…
How do you add beauty to your world? A fresh, home-cooked meal, or listening to (even playing) your favorite song? Where have you been surprised by joy? A red geranium in a window box, morning birdsong or a tiny flower sprouting in cracked concrete? Zen is found in quiet moments wrapped in wonder. Turn off…
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