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Embracing the Winding Road

Aug 31, 2023 06:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Meeting life in the moment, wherever we happen to be, can be a challenging but rewarding spiritual discipline.

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Walking in Wonder

Jul 31, 2023 06:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Before life snagged us in its insidious net of obligations, our child selves discovered awe around every bend. We poked our noses into fluffy, new dandelions and saw faces in passing clouds.

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Lifelong Learning: Benefits of Being the Forever Student

Jul 31, 2023 06:30AM ● By Linda Sechrist

It’s never too late to take an evening drawing class at the local high school, learn a language with the help of an app or get one-on-one tutoring from a piano instructor. Adults of any age can find benefits when they engage in what is termed “lifelong learning”.

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The Sweet Tapestry of Summer

Jun 30, 2023 06:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Summer’s apex brings wildflower tapestries woven with cricket-song and evenings punctuated by rolling thunderstorms, but it also can be a time for us to take a deep dive into the miracle of interconnectedness.

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Barefoot Blessings: Basking in the Soul of Summer

May 31, 2023 06:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

As birds and humans go about their inspired tasks, bees and butterflies dive into their own nectarous agenda. There is no arguing that we all wake up feeling a little bit younger as the days burn longer.

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The Divine Messiness of Motherhood

Apr 28, 2023 06:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

The pitter-patter of little feet is one of life’s most beautiful blessings, but motherhood has always been a challenging role.

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The Earth as Muse: Inspiration Meets Conservation

Mar 31, 2023 06:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

The Earth is both our mother and our muse, sustaining our lives and blessing us with beauty when we make time to notice her perpetual creative forces.

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The Cellular Magic of Compassion

Feb 27, 2023 07:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

According to sources cited by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, neurotransmitters stimulated by compassion have a stronger influence on health and longevity than exercise and other positive lifestyle factors.

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Musings of the Heart

Jan 31, 2023 07:30AM ● By John Diamond, M.D.

As a holistic healer for almost fifty years who practice in home, Dr. John Diamond said he wanted to try to make his home a hearth, where the life energy, the heart flame, the flame of love and life of the sufferer may be rekindled to blaze anew.

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