Your Invaluable Health

October 18th, 2012
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You are very lucky if you are in good health.

I don’t take my current good health for granted.  Ever.  For I think that having good health gives you freedom of choice and the ability to live your life a certain way.  Good health is invaluable and one could easily think that it is permanent…until you don’t have it anymore.

When you take care of your body you feel happier, healthier and empowered.  Everything you eat has a direct impact on your body, mind and spirit.  I know no one wants to believe that but it’s true.  I found out … Read More

Gangnam Style

October 17th, 2012
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I’m taking a break today and enjoying the popularity of “Gangnam Style.” “Gangnam Style” makes me laugh and laughing helps you cope with life.  Laughter is very powerful medicine and I try to use humor as much as possible to get through the ordinary hassles and crises I face. Courtesy of The Levo League, I saw the above picture yesterday posted on the company’s Facebook page and had to share it!  The man pictured in the blue tuxedo jacket is South Korean rapper Psy.  I didn’t even know rap existed in South Korea but there you go! The “Gangnam Style”… Read More

Compassion at 12th Street Irish Pub

October 16th, 2012
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A Bar at the Folies Bergere By Edouard Manet Besides their obvious job of making drinks, bartenders also do something even more important: a lot of listening. Many times when people go to a bar, they are looking for someone to talk to, someone who will listen to their troubles and sympathize with what has happened to them. In our fast-paced world, finding someone who will sit and absorb our words is helpful and comforting.  Listening is a powerful thing.  It’s all about the human connection. Someone is pouring out their problems to you and in the telling of the… Read More

Pizza With The President

October 15th, 2012
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President Barack Obama delivers pizzas to my son (on the phone) and other hardworking field organizers Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, getting a chance to meet the President of the United States is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Yesterday my son and I were part of  an amazing event and it still feels surreal. We were in Gloucester, VA going door-to-door to get out the vote for the Obama campaign when my son, who is a field organizer, received a call to quickly come to Williamsburg.  We knew President Obama was in Williamsburg preparing for Tuesday’s debate with Republican… Read More

It’s In The Bag

October 12th, 2012
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Truly, it is the little surprises in life that make a difference! Kindness can arrive at any time. Or maybe it’s just that my standard for smiling is different.  What brings a smile to my face might bring only a shrug to another person.  But I’m going to go with the spontaneous and positive happenings that I find around me!  It’s all about the smooth and healing ride of life. I know that negative energy is lurking out there, waiting to nab me, but I am pushing it away because yesterday in Washington, DC it was a beauuuuuuutiful day.  Not… Read More

Thought Of The Day

October 11th, 2012
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To me, this picture captures that wonderful unfettered feeling of freedom:  the freedom of possibility, the freedom of creativity.  I imagine myself inside the VW van, humming along on the highway.  It’s warm outside, not hot hot, and the windows are down; Janis Joplin’s great whiskey voice is singing, “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. . .” Today when I see those VW wagons driving down the highway, I am instantly reminded of my childhood in the 1960’s and the sometimes excellent adventures of being a teenager.  It was a lot fun but I don’t think I… Read More

Car Man To The Rescue

October 10th, 2012
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Checking Your Air Pressure I am going to get right to the point today:  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to the man at the BP gas station last night who helped me with the air pressure in my tires. I was driving home from work last night and suddenly a menancing light came on in the dashboard.  This is what the symbol looked like: Don’t you hate it when that happens?  Plus, I was really in a panic because I didn’t know what the symbol meant when it appeared on my car’s dashboard.  Was it something big?  Something small? … Read More

Grounded To The Ground

October 9th, 2012
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Staying Grounded Have you seen that television commercial where the couple is test driving a new car in the desert and then later someone off camera asks them why they liked it? The man says something about wheel rims on the tires and the way the car felt when he was driving it and then the woman says more good stuff about the car and ends the commercial by saying it felt “grounded to the ground.”  The guy off camera can’t believe she has expressed herself this way and he repeats “grounded to the ground” as though it were a… Read More

A Sweet Smile

October 8th, 2012
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  Photo By Sam Costanza When I first saw this story I thought it was about a guy driving a cab in New York City who just liked to give candy to his customers for fun. But the story is more than that. This quirky story is really about coming to terms with a loss in your life and how this man, who drives a cab in New York City, found a way to rebuild his life and make it less painful by bringing a smile to others.  It certainly is a unique way of dealing with grief. Wouldn’t you… Read More