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Grow the roses…

“Up from the ashes, grow the roses of success.”
Ok, don’t hate me. But I think this might be my song for 2009. “When it gets distressing, it’s a blessing.”
Most people are starting their New Year today. I hope it is a blessed start to an adventure filled year.
Happy Monday!

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Buying happiness?

If you’ve been around my blog for a while,  you know that I have a fascination with happiness and happiness research. As a working therapist, I sat with people who admited to having the life they wanted and they weren’t happy. I worked with felony offenders who had nothing - no money, no status, barely [...]

Giant trees.

The problem with being a human being is that we get in our own way. When challenged, many of us roll over and play dead.  What if you were a 2,000 year old tree?   Richard Preston shares the Northern California rain forest, my heart’s true home, and it’s fabulous trees. This video is 19.31 [...]

Garage economy

When I graduated from college, the US was in a recession. No one could even get interviewed for a job. When you were interviewed, you sat next to a guy who had ten or fifteen years of experience.  No one could get work.
Most of us went back to working at our pre-college or ‘just-until-I-graduate’ jobs. 
What [...]

New Thoughts for Friday

The CEO suggested that I post a TED.com video once a week.
When I listen/watch these videos, I can’t help but feel hopeful and optimistic. These are the interesting, fascinating people of our time. I’m delighted to take a day to share them.
And since we all know that Fridays are light work days, I hope [...]

Don’t bother voting.

It’s four minutes and worth watching even if you vote.

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True difference between men and women

(video is less than 3 minutes)
In case you wondered….

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Thursday Thirteen - Fabulous and Free software!

I learned recently that there is a lot of fabulous and free software available.   I asked people what free programs they like and came up with a great list of programs.

Thursday Thirteen #39 - Free and fabulous software
Here’s my list of the best free software out there:
1. Virus protection: Avast is by far the [...]

The way nature intended us.

(Video is a little more than 3 minutes long)
“Let’s get back to the way nature intended us:
smile on our face and enjoy all the wonderful things we have in this great land of ours.”

-Jack LaLanne
Happy Monday!

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Thursday Thirteen - On-line things to do to unwind.

Things have been a bit dank around here lately. I saw this post and thought it would make a great Thursday Thirteen. (I stole some of his ideas and added some of my own.) Please add your favorites and I’ll put them in the post!
Thursday Thirteen #36 - 13 on-line [...]