One Day Blog Silence – April 30, 2007

 
 

 
Silence can say more than a thousand words.

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Drug Company Ethics

Just like in the previous posting about UT’s unethical woes of being wooed by lenders who offer special treats and favors to have a strong presence in their offices. It was rumored that the reason that Governor Perry, of Texas, was also wooed by Merck about the ovarian cancer drug that he was [...]

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Improprieties at UT’s Student Financial Services’ Office

As much as I like the University of Texas as they are my parent’s alma mater and I live in the same city as the great university, I can’t stand the invalidation of a sense of ethical behavior.  UT’s Student Financial Services’ Office, as reported in today’s The Daily Texan Online seems to be under just that [...]

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Texas & Rattlesnakes!

It is so not so unusual of story to hear about rattlesnakes this time of year. People get used to walking around, especially in the recent colder days where folks are not generally out and about walking in the woods, etc., and not seeing very many of the snakes out and about. Oftentimes, [...]

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You – In spite of time and distance!

“Look at time and distance as the essence of the understanding in realizing how price-less it is to have you”.
~Ronald Johnston

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Who Can Speak Better About the Power of Words….

better than Dr. Maya Angelou herself???  See the below YouTube where CBS interviews Dr. Maya Angelou on the subject of the power of words soon after the Imus blunder.  Perhaps, others should watch this as well to learn a little bit more about the Power of their Words and take their actions to heart to [...]

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More on Alex Baldwin…

Found this article on him and thought I would share it with you all, although, I am sure, that he would prefer all this media exposure to just go away and quiet down. The author certainly does make a good point in the end.
Published on April 29, 2007 by Ezine @rticles
Alex Baldwin Doesn’t Get [...]

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Successful men don’t quit!

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men
keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
– Conrad Hilton

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Tyra Banks’ “So what!” Campaign

Tyra Banks’ “So What!” Campaign is such a great movement to set forward. There are so many people out there that have such low self-esteem about themselves. Sometimes, largely due to fitting into the image of what other folks “think” that they should be. Why should that matter???
Tyra Banks often states throughout [...]

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One word = love!

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.”
~Sophocles

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Alec Baldwin’s Blunder

Seems like a lot of folks are blundering fools these days.  Donald Trump and his spats with Rosie O’Donnell, Imus with his unwarranted remarks about a women’s basketball team, and now Alec Baldwin’s comments about his daughter!
We often speak frankly to our children and tell them what everyone else may walk on eggshells to tell [...]

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Thank you to all that…

supported and voted for my bluebonnet picture that I submitted to the photo contest (as mentioned to you in my “I have submitted a bluebonnet photo…” posting).  They have selected another photo to be the winner for Week 4 of the Photo Contest.
I am not sure what they are looking for exactly, but there [...]

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Prisoner of Love…

is the name of an article (subtitled – Shattered by loss and overcome with lonliness) in the February 2007 issue of Vogue written by a woman (Joyce Maynard), who is an author of a syndicated column, who found herself being a penpal with a man in prison.
The article is interesting and intriguing as you want [...]

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Got an opinion on Health Insurance??

Check out this page on opinions that I have collected from YouTube about the quality of health insurance and the need for health care reform. Come see what I have collected so for and offer your own opinion as well. Would love to hear from you!
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Sensational Horse Performance

I can’t say that I have seen quite anything like this before. If you enjoy watching horse shows, you will certainly be amazed by this. This is amazing stuff. This video is of Andreas Helgstrand and his 9 year-old mare, Matinee, at the World Equestrian Games. It is [...]

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Wordly Person

“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” 

~ Brandi Snyder

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Toughness

“Tough times never last, tough people do.”

~Robert Schuller

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Giving Honor

“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”

~Calvin Coolidge

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Having Everything?

“You cannot have everything. I mean, where would you put it?”

~Steven Wright

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Living Now

“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can decide how you’re going to live now.”
~Joan Baez, Singer/Songwriter

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Canyon’s Carvings

“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms, you would not see the beauty of their carvings.”
~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, 1926-2004, Psychiatrist and Author

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What are you?

“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.”

~T. Francis de Sales

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Destiny Decisions

“Our destiny changes with our thought, we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, only when our habitual thought corresponds with our decision.”

~ Orison S. Marder

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Destiny Decisions

“Our destiny changes with our thought, we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, only when our habitual thought corresponds with our decision.”

~ Orison S. Marder

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Media Influences

Who do you blame when your child pulls pranks and verges on the criminalistic side? Some will be quick to blame parents for allowing their children to listen to rap music, for instance. While some rap music can be alright, it is certainly not the norm of the rap culture who glorifies violence, [...]

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Is this love?

“The reduction of the universe to a single being,
 The expansion of a single being even to God,
this is love.”
~Victor Hugo

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Love = Laughter?

“It has been wisely said that
 we cannot really love anybody
at whom we never laugh”.
 ~Agnes Repplier

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The Road to Austin (free concert) – Sat, 5/19/07

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Pete Earley speaks out, “CRAZY: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness”

I have received in the mail today at home an invitation to attend a MH event with former Washington Post reporter, Pete Earley, speaking on CRAZY:  A FATHER’S SEARCH THROUGH AMERICA’S MENTAL HEALTH MADNESS, presented by NAMI Austin, in cooperation with The University of Texas School of Social Work.

This former Washington Post reporter, Pete Earley, [...]

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International Family Violence And Child Victimization Research Conference

For those going to
New Hampshire anytime soon, I have also received an announcement today for a conference about INTERNATIONAL FAMILY VIOLENCE AND CHILD VICTIMIZATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE presented byt the University of New Hampshire in conjunction with the Family Research Laboratory and Crimes Against Children Research Center. 
July 8-10, 2007Sheraton Harborside Hotel
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 
Online registration begins in [...]

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Love is infinite?

“If a thing loves, it is infinite”.
~William Blake

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Jennifer Garner on Pregnancy

“When I was pregnant,
so many people warned me:
‘Your life is going to change!’
It sounded ominous.
Of course, having a baby
is a big change, but it’s
positive.  And I’m still me.”
~ Jennifer Garner

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I have submitted a bluebonnet photo….

in the KEYE-TV Photo contest. Be sure to look for this photo in the Week 4 of the Photo Contest for KEYE-TV and place your vote. I win a canvas photo of my photo, when I win!

Reminder:  You can vote once a day for the following week for my photo; therefore, [...]

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World Peace

“If you want to do something for world peace, cultivate kindness,
stop hating, and have hope for all individuals including you.”
– Patricia Sun

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For All Victims — especially, VTI victims!

I have been wracking my head trying to find the perfect words to say to you all this week as one that had been an ordained Deaconess, although I know that no words can truly substitute for what you are feeling today and for the next few months. Then I remembered tonight a poem, [...]

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I believed!

“I believed in life.
I believed in getting
better and learning
how to love.”
~ Mary J. Blige

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Watch Me!

“Anytime someone has said to me,
‘You can’t do that,’
I have answered,
‘Watch me.’”
~ Jaime Pressly

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Mother’s Day 2007!

As I am thumbing through and reading one of the last few articles in the May 2007 issue of Redbook, “the 5 hardest things about being a mom”, I am thinking to myself, “They have managed to narrow it down to just 5???  How can that be???”
First sentence reads, “Motherhood is a major [...]

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Ah-ha Moments!

Know that feeling that happens when you go to Church and you feel like the preacher has just spoken to you? ?  Today, it was a similar experience when I went to a meeting today with a room full of social workers after having an experience with my daughter and her hormones.  Did the leader of [...]

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Duh?? Texas Medicaid Program Ranks 48 of 50 States

Can I imagine? Yes!!!!!
It is what I have been complaining about all along. People say that, if you don’t have insurance, just apply for Medicaid. It isn’t all that simple and this article, “Public Citizen: Texas Medicaid Program One of the Country’s Worst”, on the American-Statesman reiterates my point exactly.
In [...]

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How Green Are You?

Beliefnet has distributed a quiz this morning via email to take on How Green Are You?.  Take the Green Quiz and find out how green you are.
I am:
Friend of the Forest

Though you’re not waving sustainable-timber picket signs, you do all you can in your buying, cleaning, and recycling habits to tread lightly. You’ve switched [...]

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Grief Well Spoken

In reviewing some comments on a post on a God Bless Virginia Tech blog, I came across comment #299 wherein they posted a poem about grief that seems to be well on target for anyone that is going through the grief process and seems very appropriate to share with the direct and indirect victims of [...]

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Monday’s Tragedy at VTI – Mental Illness and Violence

Although people often use the terms mental illness and violence in the same sentence, especially when there was such a tragedy as was had at Virginia Tech Institute. People jump to the conclusion that, because, for instance, the violence that affected so many students and staff at the Institute was so maddening, they often presume [...]

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There is no time like NOW…

to establish this is the first day to your recovery from a cluttering lifestyle!
When I was much younger living at home I was a much neater type of person and almost on the point of being obsessive to a degree.  I had a daughter in my later years and, eventually, as a single parent I [...]

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Plastic bags to Green Earth Spring Cleaning!

Austin City Council is considering a ban on plastic bags.
When Whole Foods and Central Market came along more than 20 years ago they promoted that recycled bag, but it didn’t really take off too well.  Oftentimes the bag weighs more than the groceries themselves and can oftentimes be bulky.
A CVS employee mentioned last night when [...]

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Great Quotes

“It’s not enough to know how to ride — one must also know how to fall.”
– Mexican Proverb
 
 
“An important part of who you are is what you want to be.”
– Unknown
 
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
– Japanese Proverb
 
“Quitters never win, and winners never quit.”
– Unknown
 
“Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing oneself.”

– [...]

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Did you pay the Tax Man?? or…

will you be getting money back from Uncle Sam this year???

I was chasing post offices for dropping off the envelope containing my extension request because I, after procrastinating for a couple of months, I couldn’t find where I had left that stack of papers! Well, I didn’t exactly have to [...]

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If you were to vote today for a President…

who would you vote for? Would you vote Republican or Democrat? Do you have a favorite so far???
VOTE HERE
and cast who you would vote for today. The results may surprise you. Currently one leads the pack, but not enough have voted yet, I don’t think, to give a good idea of who [...]

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Shifting of Priorities?

LOL…
Am I not alone?  As I read More.com’s article, Fixing the World After 40, I am captivated by the words:
“I came of age in the do-good 1970s, when we believed we would change the world by raising our consciousness, caring for the environment, or joining the Peace Corps. Some of us actually followed through — [...]

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Heroism in Iraq – A Voice Heard?

There are times that we all wonder whether or not we are doing the right thing in the world by trying to help others survive when we have such homeless and poverty issues to be resolved here at home as well. After all, many would say, shouldn’t we fix what is wrong in our [...]

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Killer Hugs???

This week, so far, has been a bit with some craziness — Virginia Tech massacre allegedly due to a domestic violence/obessesive ex syndrome issue. Abortion/Pro-life folks coming to a head on some of those issues. Brought up some YouTube domestic violence videos and posted them under the DOMESTIC VIOLENCE tab for you [...]

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So much violence in the world…

can’t we all just get along???
This YouTube FREE HUGS project is interesting. What a great idea, but do we really have to hold up a sign to get a hug???

More about the FREE HUGS project….
“Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story [...]

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Has the Nation Gone Mad This Week?

Shocking is the news of the killings and woundings found at Virginia Tech this morning from a gunman that went on a rampage and killed 31 and wounded 29 with his shootings at two different buildings on campus  two hours apart — a dormitory and some classrooms in another building.  This sends chills as we [...]

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“Inspire by Example”

This is the theme for this week’s National Volunteer Week as proclaimed by every President since 1974, as sponsered by the USA Freedom Corps and Points of Light Foundation.   
I am, myself, a huge advocate of volunteering.  In the past 30 some odd years, I have been known to volunteer for political campaigns, CASA (Court Appointed Special [...]

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Does health care truly value society??

Amazing today about the whole issue a level of quality of care being available to one and all alike in our society has to be an issue at all in today’s society. Read under my HEALTHCARE NOTES tab about this very issue that I discussed with my father today over a brunch we had [...]

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It’s Official – Bluebonnet 2007 Photos…

presented in a RockYou format. This certainly has to be one of the best years despite, or because, of the strange weather we had this winter and spring. Check it out…. Bluebonnets (and wildflowers) 2007!

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Thoughts on a Saturday…

I am working two shifts today and writing this in between calls and multi-tasking with other things that I am working on as well. The fact that I am able to do this is good because that means that there aren’t as many crisis callers today.
Yesterday was a wonderful day spent looking for bluebonnet [...]

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Cross Project & Bluebonnet Search

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Got back this afternoon from my adventure of my ritual, traditional bluebonnet photo hunt this morning. Went along 620, to Hwy 71, to 281 and through Marble Falls, Burnet, to 29 and through Bertram and Liberty Hill, to 183 and through Leander and [...]

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It’s my birthday!

Yep. I am 48 years young today!! Unfortunately, the typical aches and pains are here as one gets older. Taking my Aleve now! lol…
Today is also my designated traditional bluebonnet hunt day. This afternoon’s weather is supposed to be not quite so good today – with promises of thunderstorms and [...]

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Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
Check out pictures from last year’s SafePlace Walk (2006) to see the excitement and fun that you will have at this year’s Safe Place Walk (2007) who raises funds for domestic violence and sexual assault programs in the Austin area. See you all there on Saturday, April 14th!
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Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
So much was added today.  More shopping links, Radio-Television-Film links, interesting links on self help and domestic violence issues, Webby Award links and so much more were added.  I added a Sunrise Thoughts article, as well as an article about being careful regarding Imus, a tragic death of a 7 [...]

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Being Careful – Theme for the Day?

Imus leads the pack in being careful, without doubt.  It was announced today that MSNBC that they will cancel running the simulcast of his show as the sponsors for the advertising have pulled their ads; they may sponsor again at a later time, but not for Imus’ show.  Sometimes, one has to wonder if these folks [...]

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Received in Email — Dog’s Diary vs Cat’s Diary

Just for a bit of humor today…. 

The Dog’s Diary
8:00 am – Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am – A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am – A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am – Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm – Milk bones! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm – Played in [...]

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Sunrise Thoughts…

I don’t normally write so early in the morning, but I had worked last night until 11:15p and had to be back here at 7a to help cover for some folks attending a meeting; hence, the ability to have some sunrise thoughts.
At any rate, I thought you would enjoy a small antedote about [...]

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Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
Lots went on today besides adding a lot more resource links to the page, as well as linking up some blogger pages that I have found interesting.  Check out the YouTubes about a strong parent and the miniture earth; some extemely moving videos.  Speaking of videos I found some that [...]

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Bits and Pieces of Thoughts of the Day…

Today, I crossed one of my fears.  I had been given a recumbant bike by a person that put it in the online classifieds for free.  I wanted it because I thought with my knee problems I would be able to do that in my home and not have such high impact on my knees [...]

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Just thought I would share a joy with you…

These are some Lillies that I have received for a combination Happy Easter and Happy Birthday that I have enjoyed the last few days on up until my birthday on the 13th. They arrived in a box via FTD.com; first time I have ever received flowers in a box!! lol….

Aren’t they beautiful????

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Get Ready to be Moved…

by this YouTube video about “The Miniture Earth”:

(Below is the same video with music)

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Strong Parents

Go to the SPIRITUAL GROWTH tab and see the entry made about Strong Parents. Trust me, you will indeed be moved!

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The weather has been most unusual this year…

and the Lake Travis Vet Clinic had something to say about it!!

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So many new links added over the weekend…

Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
The site has been updated with additional domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, healthy living, teen dating helps and sites, as well as a links to articles on domestic violence, predator safety, child internet protection, and so much more.  Come take a look and explore.  While the site is still under [...]

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Texas Bluebonnet Collections…

are getting nestled in my decor slowly but surely.  Although my passion is bluebonnets, I am trying to be careful to not get too carried away with everything turning into bluebonnets around me.  Check out the BLUEBONNET HUNTS tab above and view my Texas Bluebonnet Decor page with some of the decorations that I have [...]

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Scores of Resources Added…

in the Worldly Inquiring Mind site.  I have updated this site within the last few days with a variety of resources concerning advocacy and self help, shopping, healthy living, Texas history, Texas Travel, Publishing, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Missing Children, Spiritual Growth and oh so much more.  Be sure to come and explore soon [...]

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Texas’ Missing Children Center Announced

This past week First Lady Laura Bush announced the decision of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to open up a Regional Office which is to become one of the hubs for the organizations efforts to find missing and exploited children, many of who are missing from the Texas area as well. [...]

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Healthy Viewpoint on Prayer?

This page on the website is an amazing story about an amazing woman that has gone through great odds and adversities above and beyond what most people go through in a lifetime.  Please read her story under the HEALTHCARE NOTES tab and be braced for a moment of awe, and then some!

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When little girls dream…

Please feel free to go to the SPIRITUAL GROWTH tab and check out the most recent addition of a story about dreaming and aspiring to be something when grown up. It is a light-hearted short story about my own aspirations and dreams as a child. Enjoy!

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Who is responsible for domestic violence?

Check out the DOMESTIC VIOLENCE tab here for a page written about the CIRCLE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, along with a video, entailing some ideas/suggestions about the responsibilities of everyone in the “village”.  Where does domestic violence end?

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Book Captivity ;)

“Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.”
~ Jean Craighead George

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Red Flag Awareness Goes YouTube! « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

Red Flag Awareness Goes YouTube! « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
YouTube is often utilized by many folks to make silly videos about this and that — sometimes sharing songs, movies, quips about their likes or dislikes and so much more.  Organizations, such as Texas Council for Family Violence are also utilizing this web tool [...]

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Domestic Violence Guidance from Pastors?

It is tough enough for a victim of domestic violence to struggle with being in an emotional, mental and/or physical form(s) of domestic violence, but to also struggle with the religious beliefs as well can be a whole another story, especially as the victim asks oneself, “Why? If there is truly a God out [...]

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Weight loss is Spiritually Led? « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

Weight loss is Spiritually Led? « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
Doctors have a variety of opinions on weight loss.  Many of them attribute it to food intake and/or lack of exercise.  Dr. Kara Davis has a viewpoint that it is related to one’s spirituallity and has written about it in her book, Spiritual Secrets [...]

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GodTube Brings Spirituality Home « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

GodTube Brings Spirituality Home « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
Amazing.  Once there has been known to the world YouTube, now there is GodTube!  What an amazing work of art to have the world be able to explore spirituality through various assortments of videos.  I have added some links to some songs that are sung by the [...]

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Healthcare Notes « Worldly Inquiring Mind

Healthcare Notes « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
It frustrates me to no end that health care is available to those “haves” and not so much to the “have nots”.  By “haves”, I mean that those are the folks who are able to qualify for health insurance through their employer and/or afford to pay for [...]

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The Cup Runneth Over??? « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

The Cup Runneth Over??? « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”  
A somewhat funny story happend to me at the Church’s communion service this morning.  Please read it and let me know whether you feel that it was indeed divine intervention or just happen-stance? Or, perhaps, you have another funny story to share??

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Finding Hope in Expecting the Unexpected?

Amelia Earhart has long been a story told and re-told about her flight that was to have been completed around the world.  She fell short of it.  Many thought her to have died at sea; new dairies may indicate that she might have survived as a castaway on an island:
“Last September, Arthur Rypinski, a [...]

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