June 2011
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“It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing...”
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“Learn to like what doesn’t cost much.
Learn to like reading, conversation,...”
– Lowell C. Bennion
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How to Land Your Kid in Therapy →
from the article: “…Meanwhile, rates of anxiety and depression have also risen in tandem with self-esteem. Why is this? “Narcissists are happy when they’re younger, because they’re the center of the universe,” Twenge explains. “Their parents act like their servants, shuttling them to any activity they choose and catering to their every desire. Parents are constantly telling...
Experimental Theology: "Jesus Stopped": On... →
“And one way we can treat those less powerful than ourselves is to open up space for them in our lives. To become interruptible.”
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10 Steps to Mastering the Art of Joyful Living →
such good advice
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Enthusiasm For Heat
fakescience:
Give away time!
hipstercrochets:
It was finally sunny enough this morning to take semi-decent photos. ^__^
Okay, here are the rules:
You must be following http://hipstercrochets.tumblr.com/ (Me)
You must reblog to enter, likes do not count
And you may only enter once
The contest will last un
til July 1st.
Do all of that and you have the chance to win this adorable little birdie!
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mental_floss on tumblr →
REMEMBER THESE??? FURBIEEEESSS!!
mentalflossr:
In 1999, Furbies were banned from the National Security Agency’s Maryland headquarters. It was feared the toys might repeat national security secrets.
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“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via girlwithoutwings)
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“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows...”
– Bernard Meltzer (via julie911)
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“If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself....”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (via misswallflower)
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“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of...”
– Jane Austen (via julie911)
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“It is not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map...”
– Gordon B. Hinckley (via julie911)
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Top 10 Tips for Picking a Major →
this is a good topic for all you recent or soon to be grads to be thinking about, but not obsessing over either. I like the advice to leave your options open. You may discover something about yourself or an area you never know about. But it is easiest to do that early on. Then start developing a plan, goals, etc. Talk to professors, fellow students, recent grads - everyone who can give you...
What Causes Problems and How to Be Free of Them →
a worthwhile read to help us all remember to look at situations and events objectively and manage our reaction to them. Circumstances aren’t inherently a problem, how we react to them determines that.
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““Love is about bottomless empathy, born out of the heart’s revelation that...”
– www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/opinion/29franzen.html?pagewanted=1&ref=general&src=me
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“I’m the one that has to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my...”
– Jimi Hendrix (via petuniababy)
I certainly may not chose what you do or don’t do, but as long as it does not harm others we should be able to make our own choices. Hopefully, wisdom and knowledge guide our choices but laws, rules, guilt, shame, etc. shouldn’t. BL
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“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via lifeofliterature)
Good advice!! BL 