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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Friday Photo | Longing

Friday, November 27, 2009

“And men spend their lives adding and subtracting and dictating letters
when they secretly long to write sonnets and play the violin and burst into tears at the sunset.”
~ Brenda Ueland
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Flickr photo: Day’s End, by KM Photography
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Caring for Your Introvert

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Thanks to Andrea for telling me about the article “Caring for Your Introvert,” by Jonathan Rauch, published in March of 2003 in The Atlantic, a major North American magazine whose target audience is “thought leaders” and whose tag line is “Think. Again.”
Rauch is funny and perceptive. His message of empowerment is basically the [...]

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Friday Photo | Ship

Friday, November 20, 2009

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable
ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft.
I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.
~ Joyce Brothers
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{ FRIDAY PHOTOS offer the lift of beauty }
Flickr photo: Exe Estuary Creek, by me’nthedogs’
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Where Science Meets Spirit

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

While doing online research for upcoming posts in my 5 Senses series, I came across The Archives of Scientists’ Transcendent Experiences (TASTE).
Created by Charles T. Tart, one of the founders of Transpersonal Psychology, TASTE provides sceintists with a way to give voice to their unusual experiences with the transcendent in a way that preserves their [...]

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Friday Photo | Story

Friday, November 13, 2009

“If stories come to you, care for them.
And learn to give them away where they are needed.
Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.”
~ Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams, via Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind
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Flickr photo: Little Venice – [...]

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