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Right speech: Look at the intent behind your words

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If you regularly read my column, you probably know that all of my columns are, in some aspect, very personal. One of the trickiest parts of writing these personal stories is that so often, it is not just my story. If it involves someone else, I am always cautious, as it is not only my story to tell. In C.S. Lewis' A Horse and His Boy, as the great lion Aslan reveals his role in the unfolding of events to each person, each character has questions arise regarding things that have happened to … [Read more...]

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As You Change and Heal, Others do so, too

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Gary won't talk to Mark. Kim submits to Gary. Doug no longer speaks to Mark. Paul just recently ended his friendship with Mark. Mark's wife left him a few months ago after 30 years of marriage. No explanation. Mark, a soft gentle Piscean type, is bereft and confused by the emptiness in his life. Reaching, yet lost. Paul no longer speaks to Don. Sherri has Don in her cellphone as "Sicko" and no longer takes his calls. Sherri's boyfriend Charlie puts up with Don's intrusive, assumptive calls. … [Read more...]

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Business for Lovers

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Recently I had to telephone my mortgage company to ask them to correct an accounting error they had made. I usually haven't enjoyed calling the company, because they would rather have you talk to a computer than a person. But I was determined, and finally I was connected to a cordial agent named Todd. Todd cheerfully rectified the error and told me the accounting would be recorded before the end of the next day, when he was scheduled to fly to Beijing. "What's in Beijing?" I … [Read more...]

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Listening to the Voice of our Knowing Bodies

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In this age of emails, cell phones, satellites and instant messaging, there is one critical form of communication we tend to ignore. Its voice is soft but insistent. Its message is wise and loving; and it can tell us how to lead better, less stressed-out lives. We will find that voice deep inside the wisdom of our "knowing bodies."According to Virginia Matter, a Benedictine Sister, our bodies hold the fundamental truth of who we are - not who we think we are, or who we're trying to be … [Read more...]

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