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Cancer as a Guru: 5 Life Lessons from a Remarkable Guest
A few days ago, I received the best Christmas gift I have ever gotten. Tracy’s post “What makes Christmas exciting” on FEC-THis made me appreciate Christmas, fatherhood, and life in a way I’ve never...
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Action/Reaction: Failure in 2012 and What to Do About It
“You will not be judged on what people do to you, but how you react.”–Anonymous On my bad days, I react to events like water poured on boiling oil, burning everyone in sight, even those trying to...
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We Can Make a Difference–Right Here, Right Now
“Peace is not something you wish for, it something you make, something you do, something you are, something you give away.”–Robert Fulghum In an effort to actively do something to create more peace...
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(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
Once again, thanks to Rarasaur for teaching everyone how to Wordcloud our blogs. It should come as no surprise that in my blog’s Wordcloud “Rarasaur” is one of the biggest words. Can you say, “Blog...
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Monthly Peace Challenge: Acts of Kindness
In a few hours, we officially start the Bloggers for Peace 2013. At this point, we have 40 bloggers committed to publish at least one post a month on/for/about peace. That is 480 peace posts, more than...
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Feeling My Way to Peace
“To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved
“Meditation elevates the soul from the body, mind, and intellect to absolute peace and bliss.”–Amma This year I resolve to will sit in meditation for at least 30 minutes everyday for the entire year....
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Surrender to Peace
“The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.”–William Booth As an American, surrendering is never an option. I was raised with mottos like “give me liberty or give me death”;...
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A Split Second to Peace
It happens in an instant–love and acceptance snap to anger and unrest. I’ve seen/felt it a hundred times each day on battlefields, street corners, at dinner tables, but, most importantly, in my own...
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A Word, A Word, My Kingdom for a Word
stockicide / Foter.com / CC BY When you are alone, watch your mind. When you are with others, watch your mouth. –Tibetan saying from Lambre: Dawn of Enlightenment by Lama Choedak Yuthok One of the few...
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Practice Peace
My 5 year old son just started playing YMCA basketball. He is one of the younger players on the team and a bit intimidated. I almost let him quit. One day he asked me, “Daddy, are the games we play...
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Thought Ninja
I was having a bad dream in the middle of the night when my 3 year old son woke me up screaming, “No, Daddy.” We were sleeping forehead to forehead as usual. I assumed that I had woken him up by...
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Five Steps to Peaceful Resolution
“If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those not in love with God only see their face in it.”–Rumi In the past week, I’ve gotten into three arguments with three different people...
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Tweet: “I’m meditating with Jon Kabat-Zinn”
Spring came early in the form of a week of incredible growth. In the past 7 days, I had three incredible experiences that I wish to share with you with a serendipitous surprise that could generate huge...
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Conquer Fear to End Suffering
In the middle of the night, my 3 year old son started screaming, “No, No, No.” After waking from a nightmare, he was inconsolable. “I want something,” he babbled for half an hour. Water, blankets,...
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My Life is Perfect Because I Want it to Be Perfect
The ubiquitous Rarasaur recently posted some pictures of herself: Rarasaur in all her glory I commented that I loved her short hair, and this was her response. P.S. Thanks! I love the short hair, too....
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I QUIT…trying to go viral
To be honest, I started blogging 6 months ago because I wanted to go viral. One of the first blogs I read was by Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-hour Work Week. I had no idea what blogging was. But I knew...
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Give It Away Give It Away Give It Away Now
On Sunday we were late to church as usual. Before entering, I opened my wallet to find two twenty-dollar bills. I usually give each of my sons a dollar to put in the offering tray just to get them in...
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Men: The Problem and the Solution
This is an issue I really care about, so I’ve decided to come out from behind the curtain to talk to you. Do you see these incidents as symptoms of a much larger problem? Why or Why not? Please share....
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Honest Kids
Have you ever been called out by your kid when you lied? “Sorry, we couldn’t make your daughter’s dance recital, but my son had a soccer game.” “No I didn’t, Daddy. You said that you didn’t want to...
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