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Divided We Fall

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"Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall!"  -  Founding Father John Dickinson in his pre-Revolutionary War song "The Liberty Song", first published in the Boston Gazette in July 1768. I have…

The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle

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I started reading The Power of Now yesterday.  I'm only up to page 14, and have seen some promise in this book as part of my journey of discovery.  Bare with me -- I have to ramble on a bit to explain things, and I'll get back to the reason…

Time for US to Make Things Change

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How can we make things change? How many times can we think that someone is going to fix everything for us?  Do we really think a new president will fix it?  The current one will fix it?  "The government will make new jobs".  "If we wait…

Occupy Wall Street? We already had The Schwartz Report giving a voice to the people

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Grass roots movements are in the news right now with Occupy Wall Street in full swing, but they've been around throughout the history of our great Country (example, maybe extreme, but: the Revolutionary War). Meet Martin Schwartz, a man…

Response from Yesterday's Post Making the World Suck Less and Pursuing a Passion

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  In as much as I can't figure out how to get the comments to post on the wordpress blog so others can see them -- if someone knows how, please contact me -- I felt this one is something that I should pass on.  This was written by my friend…

Maybe There's Something to a Relative That Steals the Limelight --

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A relative of mine, I'll call her "Sue", has a need to feel important.  I know we all have one in our families.  A person who has to shine, be loud, draw attention, drink too much, etc.  It took me my whole life to realize why Sue acts the…

A Labor of Love

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Today is the day the www.timetoplay.com site "launches".  It is finally done.  And the TimetoPlay van is rolling! We've worked on this for over 10 months.  "It's done", I'd declare.  But, it was not done.  We'd go back to the drawing…

Celebrate Life

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So, even though www.timetoplay.com, my "Quest for Quality of Life", is in its infancy, it has been helpful for me so far.  Although not quite done, it has started to drive an awareness in me that I have never experienced.  I have made a…

Happy Holidays to Our Troops

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I attended a packing evening for Jacob's Light Foundation Tuesday night.  Dorine Kenny is the founder of the foundation.  She lost her son 7 years ago in Iraq.  Before he was killed she would send him care packages.  She continued to send…