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Love means saying you’re sorry-7 tips to make things right

There’s an old song by The Sounds of Sunshine called “Love means (you never have to say you’re sorry).” You might know that line better from the 1970 movie Love Story, which was the inspiration for the song. I don’t know the song very well, and I saw the movie on TV awhile back and [...]

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Celebrating bin Laden’s death only puts us in the same camp

The fire of hatred and violence cannot be extinguished by adding more hatred and violence to the fire. ~Thich Nhat Hanh What was your emotional response to the news that Osama bin Laden is dead? Here’s how it went for me. I was half-awake, bleary-eyed, sipping coffee, and going through email before starting some work. [...]

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Reduce violence in your life with one simple choice

It’s not enough to simply fight violence with violence. We must do more than that; we must proactively create a world in which violence has no room to breathe….We won’t eradicate war until we more deeply embrace peace, and that takes more than just a wish or even a prayer; it takes spine. —Marianne Williamson [...]

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My Holiday Message For You

Whenever I hear news of terrorist activities and people hurt, as with today’s news of parcel bombs in Rome, I wonder about the people behind it. They’re people, they’re human, and they have to be just like you and me, in some way. They can’t be all that different except for one thing: they want [...]

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Just a dog? Maybe. Maybe not.

On the way home from the grocery store today, I started crying so hard I almost had to pull over. I was listening to the local news radio station, and I had to shut it off. That happens once in awhile. Yesterday I quickly snapped the knob to the left when the announcer told the [...]

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