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Wake Up Call! – Love no Matter What?
LOVE NO MATTER WHAT? Celebrate the people who love you no matter what and do the same for others. In my early teens I tried to take my own life because being gay seemed like a terrible and fearful...
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Wake Up Call! – Navigating Conflict & Peace
NAVIGATING CONFLICT & PEACE The competing energies of conflict and peace shed light on where your heart is. I was talking with a wise woman about the practices of stillness and mindfulness that...
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Wake Up Call! – What Matters
WHAT MATTERS Some of my concerns seem trivial, keeping me from what matters most. On the last leg of a trip a delay kept me in the airport for hours. I was tired and longed to be home. My...
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Wake Up Call! – Scars of Beauty
SCARS OF BEAUTY It’s in the scars of my life that I discover the love and kindness that shape my heart. A good friend and I sat on the lawn talking about the most difficult and harrowing experiences...
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Wake Up Call! – Extraordinary Gifts!
EXTRAORDINARY GIFTS! Transforming a gift into something extraordinary for others is an act of loving oneness. I knew that the second box of Saffron given to me would remain unused so I asked a friend...
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Wake Up Call! – Shockingly Wonderful Guides
SHOCKINGLY WONDERFUL GUIDES The unexpected guides who appear in our lives are shockingly wonderful. A wise and generous-hearted guide appeared in my life two decades ago. As I wrestled with major...
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Wake Up Call! – Being Awed!
BEING AWED! Simple pleasures invite awe. I was out early taking my dog Lucy for a walk. Unlike many of our walks I was preoccupied and wanted her ablutions to be completed quickly. As I looked to my...
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Wake Up Call! – The Gratitude Bank
THE GRATITUDE BANK A simple expression of gratitude to someone can be a gift to you both. I was thinking a lot about Priscilla, a woman whose mere existence is one of the anchor’s in my life. I wrote...
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Wake Up Call! – Let Go of What You Do Not Have
LET GO OF WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE To be thankful for what you have let go of what you do not have. I remember my first Thanksgiving as if it were yesterday. It was my first year after leaving South...
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Wake Up Call! – Baggage Wisdom
BAGGAGE WISDOM The baggage of your life will either be a teacher or a prison guard. My friend Crystal was distraught. She said, “My Mom is unable to live in the present or acknowledge how blessed her...
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