Archive for October, 2007
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Leaving one’s comfort zone
I think sometimes when we surround ourselves with people who think like us, we do not always grow as quickly as we could if we encountered dissenting views and challenging personalities. As of late, I’ve been attending training for my new job and I’m interacting with personalities I would never seek out on my […]
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Saturday, October 27th, 2007
Women in Afghanistan (and elsewhere)
I woke up early this morning (5.30am!) thinking about the horrendous conditions some of the women in Afghanistan live with on a daily basis, some of this resulting from my recent reading about women there. They have experienced so much war, upheaval and devastation in their lives due the various wars which have been […]
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Omnivore’s Dilemma
Let me just say how MUCH I loved this book. It was incredibly informative and beautifully put together, saying much about the American diet and why we eat what we do. I mean, who KNEW that corn was in almost EVERYTHING!!! I have to wonder if one can really escape corn in […]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
The Little Prince
One of my reading themes lately has been to read all the books I’ve wanted to over the years but never had time to dip into. Among the books on that list was The Little Prince (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. What a quirky, thoughtful little book! I was delighted by it, […]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Transforming Self-Hate into Self-Love
What’s with American women? A day does not go by without either wishing my body looked different or hearing a woman voice a complaint about her own body. Some thin women want to be thinner, so do some curvaceous women; some thin women want more curves, while other curvaceous women want more curves, […]
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Reconnecting with the Divine Feminine
What does it mean to be woman? Furthermore, what does it mean to be connected with the force I call the Divine Feminine? These are questions I’ve asked myself over and over again since leaving Montana. I know I’ve said it before, but indulge me just one more time: in Montana, I […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Way of the Peaceful Warrior
A few months back, I watched the movie “The Peaceful Warrior” based off the book by Dan Millman entitled The Way of the Peaceful Warrior. Without giving much away, both are about a young successful gymnast and the lessons he learns from an older man named Socrates. Below are some of my favorite […]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Hope
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I made a pact with Justin to read everything on my bedside stand. Just recently, I finished a few books by Yasmina Khadra (In the Name of God, Morituri, Wolf Dreams). The “she” is actually a “he” by the name of Mohammad Moulessehoul, a former Algerian military […]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Mirrors and Relationships
I’ve been thinking lately about human relationships and how we often act as mirrors for one another, sometimes without even realizing we’re doing it. I have a very dear friend who does this all the time and is continually struck by how severely people react to him in the process. Some take the […]
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Into the Wild
I just finished reading Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild. It was recommended to me by a very good friend out in Montana who has spent many years traversing the backcountry of America’s West. I was fortunate to travel into some of this terrain with him on two occasions and have learned much from […]
