Tag: peace
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Ghosting in Online Dating
“Ghosting is the ultimate use of the silent treatment, a tactic that has often been viewed by mental health professionals as a form of emotional cruelty.” — Jennice Vilhauer, Ph.D. Ghosting is Scary I’m writing today about a subject that strikes fear into the hearts of many online daters – Ghosting. It’s a travesty that…
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Improve Self-Image in 4 Easy Steps
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”― August Wilson Listen to Your Thoughts When you catch yourself thinking negative thoughts, consciously change them to positive ones. Constructive self-talk will have a positive influence on your…
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Tomboy Days
She remembers these as happy times – tomboy days, when she still glittered like quartz in her father’s eye. Until puberty came along, as puberty will, and shattered the cozy sense of conspiracy. -Alison Fell Growing up as a rough and tumble tomboy was quite an adventure. I had two older brothers who were always…
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Magical Spells: Real or Fiction?
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. – Francesca Reigler Rebeccas Story. Rebecca stepped carefully down the winding stairs. In the darkness, she feared she might tumble down the concrete steps into the eerie bleak room below. When she reached the bottom step,…
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The Colors of Life
“Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else.”— Wayne Dyer One of the most difficult concepts to embrace is the realization that: you are a complete person just as you are. A continual quest to be different…
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Dating Chemistry 101
Online dating can be a lot of fun. However, every time I make arrangements to meet a man I’ve been conversing with online I’m a little apprehensive. When you meet by email, I.M., text or phone, you don’t know if the dating chemistry will be right. You need to meet in person to really know. Dating chemistry…
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Snow White – What Were You Thinking?
Once upon a time . . . In the land of every little girl’s fantasy, Snow White fell into a deep sleep. An evil woman gave her a poison apple and she actually took a bite of it. Snow White could only be awakened by the kiss of a prince, and she was lucky enough…
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My Heart-Be Still
“Work is not always required … there is such a thing as sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.”— George MacDonald From my front porch I have the most picturesque view of the desert. As I sit on my outdoor barstool enjoying a refreshing drink, I watch the sunset color the sky…