Archive for 30 Day Blog Challenge

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the USA ~ and I say that’s a good thing. Our country pauses today to remember a man whose tireless work to create more justice, fairness, and the realization of human potential inspired multiple generations:  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  This was a man with flaws, to [...]

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Completion: Things from 2011

by Nancy

Completions.  What didn’t get done last year. On the theme of Beginnings. . . which is on a lot of minds these days, as we launch (or lurch, as the case may be. . . ) into 2012, I am thinking about completions, and why having things not finished keeps you from starting new ones [...]

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New beginnings.  Is there any other kind?  Let me think. . . old beginnings? Well, there are certainly things I’ve started and then needed to start over.  Those might be in a category called “Begin Again” or “Startovers”.  Not “do-overs” because for some of them, nothing much actually got done!  Just started over because I [...]

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My Three Words for 2012

by Nancy

For this, I need to thank Chris Brogan — one of my real life heroes — who started the meme a few years back.  I loved it then, because it made so much sense.  I still love it, because it’s really helped me focus all year long on the energy I want to bring into [...]

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This year, I wanted the feeling of “fresh”.  That was the word that popped into my head when I thought about how I wanted to feel, as I began a new year. So. . . when I looked around the office, I automatically knew one thing I would need to change:  there were piles of [...]

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Beginnings Also Mean Endings

by Nancy

While many people focus right now on new beginnings — and the energy of starting over or starting something new is strong in all our minds — I also notice that as one year ends and another begins, that marks an ending too. I don’t have statistics on how many people begin a new year [...]

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2012: The Healing Institute?

by Nancy

The first post of 2012 isn’t the one I’d planned — but it was something I simply have to write.  The Blog Challenge theme for this month is Beginnings — so, in a way, this is also about that.  But more to the point I want to make today, perhaps the theme of 2012 is [...]

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Notice To All Spam Commenters

by Nancy

Before you post a comment on this blog, you should know the following. Yes, this is a do-follow blog.  But you already know that, because you found it.  However, what you do NOT know is that unless you follow some simple rules, your comments get deleted rather routinely.  Here is what will assure you that [...]

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Your Brain on An Eclipse

by Nancy

Soiar and lunar eclipses.  What’s the effect on your brain?  Today marks the final eclipse in a series of powerful solar and lunar eclipses, and I for one can say I’m relieved.  This energy has been just a bit much for my taste.  if you have been feeling either completely overwhelmed, flummoxed, or otherwise off-center, [...]

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Unusual Dates in 2011

by Nancy

In 2011, we will experience four dates that are very unusual, as well as eleven months’ worth of days with the number 11 in it — which has additional meaning, as I’ll point out in a moment.  I want to thank Linda Miller for originally reminding me of this, and for the fun little math [...]

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