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Thursday June 20, 2013

Inspiring Stories

  • THE WELLNESS SURVEY 2012:  doctors were typically in better health than the average person and those who "are engaged in their work" were likely to lead healthier lives.
    In 2011, the index defined the happiest person in America as a tall, Asian-American male 65 or older, a resident of Hawaii, who's married with children, religious, owns their own business(s) and earns more than $120,000 a ye...

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  • Letter written from a dad to his gay son Nate is going viral on the Internet because of its simple, hopeful message of love. 
    “I overheard your phone conversation with Mike last night about your plans to come out to me,”
    It reads:  
    “The only thing I need you to plan is to bring home OJ and bread after class.
    We are out, like you now.   I’ve know...

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  • "Simba, a cat, has been roaming the halls of Westbrook for more than a dozen years.    Now, in honor of his loyalty, the 15-year-old feline is set to be honored with an art show inspired by his cuddly nature.
    WMTW reports that Simba, who lives nearby,
    likes to greet the students at the school's front doors before going classroom-to-classroom to check things out.    ...

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  • "Remember, you become what you think about all day long.   
    How often do you clutter your mind with thoughts of non-peace?   How many times a day do you say out loud how terrible the world is?   How violent we have all become? How uncaring we seem to be?   How racist we are?    How little government cares about us?
    All of these thoughts...

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  • PHOTO: BOMB-PROOF horse at Horse Rescue $300, do you ride?

    Saturday, April 13, 2013 | An Inspiring story

    BOMB PROOF HORSE at Horse Rescue in Cream Ridge.  ITS ONLY $300, does your family ride?
    Pixie - Bay Standardbred Mare
    $300 Ad #683890
    Pixie
    Cream Ridge,  Breed: Standardbred Sex: Mare Color: Bay Birth Date: Unknown Height: 16.0 hh Weight: 0.0 lbs Registry: N/A Reg. #: N/A In Foal: No Temperament:
    4 / 10
    More Information at: adoptahorse.or...

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  • "1.  No one is in charge of your happiness, except you.
    2.  What others think of you, is none of your business.
    3.  Make peace with your past, so it won't screw up your present.  (that means coming to terms with it, it DOESN'T mean keeping toxic people in your life.  be brave enough to keep the toxic people OUT of your life no matter what!)
    4.  Don't c...

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  • looking at photos of n's baby, who is 18 months now.  i am one of n's "Ms Evridge" (if you go into the book Chicken Soup for the christian soul, page 189, there is a short story called thank you, miss evridge.  n had wanted me to read that a long time ago and his whacko mother was hoping it would be something rotten.  she does this with people.  its not.  its lovely.
    i do...

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  • borrowed this from gwen.  love this and sooooo true! 
    its drizzling outside.  had the heat at 79 again last night.  got into it with the old man at our office today.  what a total asshole.  wish he would quit, our company doesn't like paying unemployment, otherwise i'd fire him.  they pare down the person's days to near-nothing instead.  what does it take...

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    "Free yourself from negative people.
    Let go of those who are already gone. 
    Give people you don't know a fair chance. 
    Show everyone kindness/respect. 
    Accept people as they are. 
    Encourage others and cheer for them.  yay! 
    Be your [imperfectly perfect] self. 
    Move forward but keep a vendetta list.  
    Do something every day for ...

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  • "... doing a little something extra for someone/some living thing.”   That couldn’t be truer for a group of 15-year-olds from the San Diego area.
    It all started during the 2010 holiday season when Alec Johnson, then 12, gave his parents a fairly lavish Christmas wish list.     “I asked for an iPad, iPhone and MacBook.”     ...

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