Taking the Leap…It’s Book Launch Day

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All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.  ~Henry Miller~ Leap Day.  That extra day smooshed into the end of February.  I like to look at it as having an extra 24 hours to be thankful. It’s also book release day, and I wanted to share a [...]

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Are you Living Your Life Like Punxsutawney Phil?

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Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever? ~Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Well Happy Groundhog Day! This is the day each year that we gaze towards a nervous rodent in a hole to predict the future. According to Wikipedia, the holiday [...]

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Happy New Year JOLT’ers!

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Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~ Well, here we are.  The last day of 2011.  It has been a year filled with one little things.  Many blessings, with [...]

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More Measures of Love From JOLT’ers…

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain ~

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work. ~William Arthur Ward~ Measures of Love.  So many measures of love from JOLTer’s all over this big beautiful planet of ours.  Here’s just [...]

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Libby’s Measure of Love…

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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~Lao Tzu~ If you’ve been following along, you know that I have asked all of you to “Share your Measure of Love.” I will be sharing some of the responses this week from JOLT’ers just like you who decided to [...]

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The Beautiful Rough Edges…

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. ~Swami Vivekananda~

Practice wanting for others what you want for yourself by being Christlike rather than Christian, Mohammed-like rather than a Muslim, and Buddha-like rather than a Buddhist. ~Wayne Dyer~ Happy Boxing Day…..or, if that’s not your thing, Happy Monday.  Could be that I should be saying any number of things to you in December.  This is [...]

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Nester the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey-A Lesson for Life…

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I wrote this last year, but wanted to share it again.  As we look around our own lives and find that person to “Share Our Measure of Love” with this season, I think Nester can teach us a thing or two.  Enjoy!  K. Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still [...]

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2011 Measure of Love Challenge….

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And in our world of plenty; We can spread a smile of joy; Throw your arms around the world; At Christmas time. ~Bob Geldof and Midge Ure~ Each year, since my son passed away, my family and I have decided to “Give Away His Measure of Love…”  Let me explain. As we hang the lights and [...]

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Zombie Reality Check…

Are you living a mindless life or a mindful one?

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new. ~Brian Tracy~ I love a good zombie flick, so this is the right time of  year for me.  All I need to do is give a quick flick of the remote, [...]

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The Last Ordinary Day

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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. ~Henry Drummond~ As are so many, I’ve been thinking about the 10th anniversary of 9/11.  I told myself I was not going to write about [...]

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