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I'm Living La Dolce Vita.
âBe still in silence and listen to your heart.nWhen it speaks to you, arise and go where it brings you.ânn--Susan Tamaro, Va' Dove Ti Porta il Cuorenn I think the sound of my own voice has finally gotten to me. Here it is, four years after I sat down to write my book, (ambitiously entitled Live in the Moment), two years after it was published, and countless book signings, speeches and interviews later, I'm finally going to take my own advice. I'm off to Italiana!n Can I a
September 25, 2006
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Know the Difference Between a Task and a Privilege.
âOne hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be a little better, because I was important in the life of a child.ân--Forest Witcraftnn I had been feeling something ugly brewing for days â probably weeks â if Iâm to be honest. And by ugly, I donât mean the brownish/grayish sunken circles under my eyes, theyâre a given at this point. (My beloved Sephora catalog still w
August 24, 2006
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Listen to the Locusts - Summer is winding down. Make it count!
âRest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.â --John Lubbocknn To normal people, a locustâs cry probably goes unnoticed. It doesnât consistently chat like the cricket does â a regular rhythm of chirpâ¦chirpâ¦chirp. It doesnât entertain with a sporadic song like a bird does. To a normal person, a locust is that big bug that sheds i
July 27, 2006
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Live Easier This Summer.
âSummer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.â --Henry Jamesnn When I think of summertime, I hear a lazy, engaging lyric taunt me with ââ¦and the livinâs easyâ¦â But then reality hits and I realize I needed to be somewhere five minutes ago and I canât find my car keys. Maybe George Gershwin enjoyed some easy living in the summers of the mid 1930âs, but my BlackBerry⢠is beeping and Iâ
June 22, 2006
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Follow The Little Leaders
âI meant to do my work today â But a brown bird sang in the apple tree. And a butterfly flitted across the field, and all the leaves were calling me.ân--Richard le Galliennennn Remember that scene in âBigâ when Tom Hanks -- the man who woke up one day to find that he was trapped in a boyâs body -- hops on his bike and awkwardly rides it down the street? That image comes to my mind more times than I can count â even all these years after the movie was made. Why?
May 11, 2006
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Soggy Slippers and All
âAn optimist is the human personification of spring.ân-Susan J. BissonettennEvery day I wake up a little more giddy than the day before. Steaming cup of coffee in hand, I challenge my slippers to take on the dew and head out the door to see, literally, whatâs new. I give a nod of acceptance that the daffodils â whose emergence a few weeks back felt more glorious to me than any 4th of July fireworks show â are on their way out. nnI wonder if my neighbors think Iâm
April 13, 2006
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"April Showers Bring April Showers"
âLet the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.ân-Langston Hughes.nnnn Yesterday, I was strangely excited. The sky stayed dark all day and my battered wind chimes worked overtime. âClang, clangâ¦.the weatherman wants to tell you somethingâ¦â I stopped working for a minute and let my senses drink it in. âClang, clangâ¦get off your ass and turn on the TVâ. After months of frosty air, I cracked op
March 15, 2006
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"Before There's Spring, There's What?"
âWithout change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens.â -Frank Herbert.nn A person expects it to some degree, whether they are aware of it or not. You squeeze through the aisle -- trying not to bonk anyone in the head with your carry-on âmumble words of appreciation to the flight attendants, and step down the ramp into another cityâs version of an airport. Change is literally in the air, albeit institutional and somewhat stuffy. You pick up your pace and fol
March 9, 2006