When my brother Niel and I were young, we begged our parents for a dog. After finally wearing them down, they said "yes" and my lifelong love affair with dogs…
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Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved ~ Eric Fromm Mother. Depending on our personal experiences with our mothers, I know just saying…
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When you hear the word 'cloud', what’s the first thing that comes to mind? In our technology-driven world, I imagine that you might think of 'cloud' in relation to the…
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It's probably not too far a stretch to say that most of us are familiar with the concept of a bucket list. Places we long to visit, dreams yet to…
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Fall is a tough time of year for me. It's a hard thing to admit, as so many people love the autumn change of season. For me, the loss of…
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Sometimes something is so close to you, you're unable to see it objectively. While preparing to launch my book Confessions of a Middle-Aged Hippie in late 2013, I had an opportunity…
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It’s unusual when a two-and-a-half-day weekend changes your life. Whenever thousands of positive energy people gather together, it’s unpredictable what might happen. My trip to the World Domination Summit in…
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For 3,000 people, it's that time of year again. Friday July 5, is the kick-off to the third annual World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon and the attendees are buzzing on Twitter…
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We live on a planet with no shortage of high profile and worthy causes to give to. It seems almost weekly, something is calling our attention. Natural disasters like Hurricane…
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When I was much younger people saw me as being so beautiful or so smart. Some who knew me very well, actually saw both. I strove at all costs to have my intellect…
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