28 December 2020

 A Quote about the Upcoming New Year!


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“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; 
this is the beginning of a new book! 
That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; 
this new book is newly opened, has just begun!
Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!”
C. JoyBell C.  
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This Week's Care Package

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times...  

Song: Keep going on Song (Are you ok?; Are you Alright?)

Article: 8-steps to making 2021 your best year ever

Video: anemoia - n. nostalgia for a time you’ve never known
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Wishing you a most beautiful year wherever this may find you!

21 December 2020

Some Christmas Gift Suggestions


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“Christmas gift suggestions: 

To your enemy, forgiveness. 

To an opponent, tolerance. 

To a friend, your heart.

To a customer, service. 

To all, charity. 

To every child, a good example. 

To yourself, respect." 

Oren Arnold

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 This Week's Care Package

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times...  

Article: National Geographic on the Winter Solstice (which is today by the way)

Video: Bill Murray's Scrooged Christmas Miracle Speech

Video Gayla Peevey (Age 10 and 73)  - The Christmas Hippo Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvOrtcrA5c  

Video: Linus Christmas Speech
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Wishing you a most beautiful Christmas wherever this may find you!

14 December 2020

 "This Holiday Season...


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Mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust.

Write a love letter. Share some treasure. Give a soft answer. Offer encouragement.

Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Find the time. Forgive an enemy.

Listen. Apologize if you are wrong. Try to understand. Flout envy. Examine your demands

on others. Think first of someone else. Appreciate. Be kind; be gentle. Laugh a little.

Laugh a little more. Deserve confidence. Take up arms against malice. Decry complacency.

Express your gratitude. Welcome, a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child.

Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love. 

Speak it again. Speak it still once again."

 Howard W. Hunter

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  This Week's Care Package

Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times...  

Video: Clouds Choir; Christmas, Mall of America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLhUS_QjcZY


Video: Behind the Clouds: The Life & Music of Zach Sobiech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nh4K-nIRe0


Article: Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversations; 

The art of making connections even in a time of dislocation.

 Opinion | Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversations - The New York Times (nytimes.com)


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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

07 December 2020

 Appreciating what you have helps you not think about the things you don’t have.  


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“The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. 
A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, 
without wishing for what he has not.”
Seneca 
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This Week's Care Package
Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times...  

Infographic: The Stress Continuum; How Are You Doing?
 
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YouTube: For the Longest Time ~ Quarantine Edition

TedTalk: Dr. Seuss' guide to contentment
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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!