Friday, March 8, 2013

Simple pleasures

A perfect depiction of what living life is all about for me . . . the simple pleasures that don't cost anything . . . simple abundance. It is sweet freedom! It is a beautiful sunset at the end of a beautiful day, comfortably at peace, sitting on the white sandy beach, the sun seeming to...
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Monday, March 4, 2013

You think you had a bad day?

My mama always tells me, when you are having  a really bad day, just think that someone else  isn't quite as fortunate as you are . . . OK, I feel better now . . . ...
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Posted by Gina Alfani at 4:00 AM
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Monday, February 4, 2013

Growing Day by Day

Suffering is the sandpaper of our life.  It does its work of shaping us.  Suffering is part of our training  program for becoming wise. Ram Dass We understand that we want to be better but have no clear definition of what better means and that is part...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Creative Thinking

“Visualize yourself standing before a gateway on a hilltop. Your entire life lies out before you and below. Before you step through, pause and review the past; the learning and the joys, the victories and the sorrows -- everything it took to bring you here.” -- The Book of Runes Creative...
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Posted by Gina Alfani at 4:42 PM
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Monday, December 31, 2012

New Year Resolutions . . . if you must!

Through the years I've written many posts regarding New Year Resolutions.  In my opinion, this yearly ritual is a set up for failure.  They don't work for me, so I try to make incremental changes throughout the year as I deem them necessary. How about you?   Facebook...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Finding Hidden Gifts

"We need to make friends with what we reject, what we see as "bad" in ourselves and in other people. We must not only tolerate what we find painful, but actually approach it more deeply, more wholeheartedly rather than trying to escape from it. The only way to do this successfully is with an...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Sad season!

Being a news junkie with all the bad news of the world made for a very depressing holiday season. Each year that passes holds the promise that "this will be the year" that I enjoy the holidays again.  However, the blue funk starts right around Halloween to coincide with Christmas being...
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Posted by Gina Alfani at 7:09 AM
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