Perspective

How I Stopped Punishing My Ex-Wife For Her Affair

Kyle Bradford | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Single Parent, Marriage Counseling, Blame and Divorce, Ex-Wife, Divorce, Divorce and Kids, Perspective, Blame, Cheating, Co-Parenting, Affairs, Appreciating Your Spouse, Blaming Your Ex, Divorce News

The discovery of my ex-wife's affair wouldn't have made for juicy television. I never walked in to find the lovers in our bed and I didn't stumble upon some tawdry Facebook exchange.

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Your Bed, Shower and Car: 3 Places to Find Peace Every Day

Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Stress, Mindful Living, Mindfulness, Perspective, Breathing, Gratitude, Compassion, Inner Peace, Relaxation, Gps-Soul, Sleep, Healthy Living News

Remember that you do have time, every day, to relax and cultivate peace. Let your everyday activities prompt these calming practices, and your old patterns of stressful thinking will begin to change for the good.

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Advice To My Younger Self: Thoughts On Career

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Getting Advice, Insight, Wisdom, Advice to My Younger Self, Inspiration, Giving Advice, Perspective, Inspirational Advice, Slidepollajax, Fifty News

Welcome to the first installment of "Advice To My Younger Self." Readers at Huff/Post50 have a lot of life lessons under their belts, and we wanted to...

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Oliver Vernon 'Tilts' Our Perceptions

Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Art, Video, Oliver Vernon Tilt, Tilt, Oliver Vernon, David B. Smith, Salvador Dali, Perspective, David B. Smith Gallery, Contemporary Art, Surrealism, Slidepollajax, Arts News

The two extremes of artistic vision can create a vacuous, polarizing effect. Though gray areas abound, the push-and-pull between depicting reality and...

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The Other Side

Denise M. Wilbanks | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Energy, Fear, Perspective, Travel, Peace, Love, The Inner Life, Possibility, Choice, Spirit, Healthy Living News

If a person stood at the top of a mountain to look into the surroundings, they would get one perspective. Likewise, if another person stood on another mountain and looked in a different direction to admire all the beauty, they would get another perspective.

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You Are Wiser From A Distance

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Perspective, Politics, Science, Psychology, Distance, Wisdom, Wisdom Words, Words of Wisdom, Wise, Wise Words, Healthy Living News

What does it mean to be wise? People with great wisdom are able to put events into perspective. Often, that means recognizing that the world never stays the same.

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Taking a Permanent Vacation

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Self-Criticism, Creativity, Stress, Expectations, Working, Attitude, Writing, Intuition, Perspective, Balance, Vacation, Work-Life Balance, Criticism, Reading, State of Mind, Relaxation, Productivity, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

There is nothing like a vacation. The to-do lists go away, the nagging "should" voices quiet, and time seems to slow down.

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Gaining a Child's Perspective

Nikki Stone | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Perspective, St. Jude, Motivation, Dreams, Inspiration, Child, Health, Children?S Hospitals, Goals, Children and Optimism, Child's Outlook on Life, Mindfulness, Children Attitude, Children and Positivity, Healthy Living News

I'd met everyone from celebrities to Olympians to the president of the United States, but I walked out of that hospital feeling more inspired by those children than by anyone I had ever met before.

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Gratitude Is Thanks on Steroids

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Relationships, Thanksgiving Gratitude, Gratitude, Thanksgiving, Holidays, Perspective, Kindness, Being Thankful, Happiness, Healthy Living News

Gratitude may be an emotion, but I've always thought of it as an action. Acting grateful is taking the time to let someone know that they've made a difference in our lives.

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The Neuroscience Of Why Gratitude Makes Us Healthier

Ocean Robbins | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Miracles, Thankfulness, Health, Gratitude, Happiness, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Marriage, Positivity, Positive Attitude, Perspective, Pps, Mood, Brain Science, Healthy Living News

If you invest in a way of seeing the world that is mean and frustrated, you're going to get a world that is more mean and frustrating. But if you can find any authentic reason to give thanks, then you'll be better off.

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Take the Training Wheels Off

Peter Baksa | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Consciousness, Parenting Advice, Positivity, Attitude, Life Lessons, Problem Solving, Perspective, Teaching, Healthy Living Spirit, Attitude-Adjustment, Healthy Living News

If the traditional way of doing things isn't working for you, change the way you are looking at the situation. This thinking automatically opens you up to new solutions and for others to lend a helping hand as well.

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Why You Should Dance Your Way To Fitness

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Exercise, Perspective, Dance, Workouts, Iberation, Fitness Humor, Healthy Living Body, Nyc Fitness, Zumba, Fitness and Exercise, Zumba Humor Story, Healthy Living News

I run miles on the incline treadmill, wear "tough girl" workout gear and take classes with words like "melt" and "boot camp." I don't go to classes involving dance or large groups of women. This is what Zumba entailed.

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The Power of Perspective

Dr. Terri Kennedy | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Positive Attitude, Perspective, Optimism, Motivation, Positive Attitude Advice, Consciousness, Positivity, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

The ability to reframe a situation is an important skill that can transform your life and our world. Today, take time to clear your lenses so you can view life from a higher perspective.

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Steve Jobs -- What Makes it So Sad?

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Personal Story, Sad, Steve Jobs, Perspective, Humanity, Silicon Valley, Remembering Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs Dead, San Francisco News

What exactly is it that makes Steve Jobs death so profoundly sad? It wasn't just that he was the Thomas Edison of our day, the creator of so many cool products. It wasn't just his innovative brilliance.

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WATCH: Incredible 3D Drawing Machine

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Vision, 3d Drawing Machine, Ryan Oakes, Ryan and Trevor Oakes, Perspective, Architecture, Italy, Realism, Video, Oakes Twins, Twin Artists, Twins, Brain, Trevor Oakes, Drawing, Art and Science, Contemporary Art, Eyes, Florence, Arts News

As twin artists, Ryan and Trevor Oakes are familiar with taking a singular experience and realizing it can be split it in two. Their lives have always...

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You've Got the Love(Social)

Azita Ardakani | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Equality, Social Media, Online Advertising, Advertising, Causes, Perspective, Marketing, Technology, Impact News

If someone told the 5-year-old me -- who had just immigrated from Iran to Vancouver -- that one day, I would have this palm-sized tool that would let ...

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Will Politicians Listen to Pastors?

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Sinners and Saints, Sojourners, Neighbor, Children, Media, Civil Rights Activists, Campaign, Perspective, National Politics, Deficit Reduction, Pastors, Economic, Civil Rights, Church Members, Vineyard Church of Columbus, Hope, Constituents, Serving, Donors, Summer, Electoral Gains, Christian Leaders, Faith, Congregations, Christians, Love Your Neighbor, Politicians, Politics, Sinner, Budget Debate, Constituent, Congress, Poll Ratings, Civil Rights Activist, Political Leaders, Rediscovering Values, Budget Impasse, Pollsters, Sojourner, Principle, Bible, Poor Families, Israel, Political Leader, Christian, Women's Voices, Politics News

Our country is in the midst of a clash between two competing moral visions, between those who believe in the common good, and those who believe individual good is the only good. It's time our leaders in Washington listen to someone other then themselves.

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The Highest Calling: Being a Dad

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.20.2011

To have this relationship with these two boys is literally the best thing I will ever have. And to always be with them, and for them, in this world, is the highest calling I will ever know.

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How Close Is Your Reality To Reality?

Judith Johnson | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Perspective, Reality, Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Personal Sense of Reality, Interpreting Reality, Your Reality, What Is Your Reality, What Is My Reality, Spiritual Development, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

Plato's commentary on the human condition cautions us that reality is not always what it seems to be on the surface.

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Colorful Climb to Matisse's Perspective in France's Collioure

Meg Pier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matisse, Cubism, Expectations, South of France, Fauvism, Picasso, Perspective, Mediterranean, Collioure, Travel News

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Losing Our Sons and Daughters: The Cost of Afghanistan

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Killing, Sojourners, Email Updates, War in Afghanistan, Washington, Politics, Perspective, American, Washington Post, Dissent, Rediscovering Values, America, Battle of Fallujah, Government, John F Kelly, Indifference, Military Assistant, Robert M Kelly, Military Officer, Urban Battle, Sacrifices, Civilian Casualties, Change, Taliban, Landmine, Military, Sons and Daughters, Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, Parents, Politics News

The small percentage of Americans who have borne the brunt of the human costs of our Afghan war, the utter corruption of the government we are supporting, and the toll in civilian casualties all make the continuing of this war immoral.

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Transformative Moments: When Was Yours?

Dr. Sharon Ufberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Perspective, Personal Transformation, Consciousness, Gender, Transformation, Inspiration, Transformative Moment, Healthy Living News

Many of the major shifts in consciousness happened when experiencing those expected big moments in my life cycle; falling in love, the death of a parent, and at the absolute top of my list -- becoming a mother.

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Reality Check!

Wendy Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Carnival, Haiti Earthquake, San Diego, Associated Press, Spam, Entitlement, Cruise Ship, Tragedy, Perspective, Cholera, Vacation, World News

Let's put the Carnival Cruise ship into perspective -- it was not tragedy. Tragedy is the cholera outbreak in Haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people are left homeless from the earthquake.

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The Landmine Game: Learn What Kind of Team Player You Are

Nikki Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Support, Nikki Stone, Olympian, Trust, The Biggest Loser, Perspective, Weight Loss Tips, Athlete, Diet, Motivation, Wellness, When Turtles Fly, Guide, Inspiration, Health, Weight Loss, Teamwork, Symtrimics, Partner, Home News

Several years ago, I served as a board member of a program with the United States Olympic Committee, where eight Olympic medalists would help mentor f...

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Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Timeline

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Pentagon, President Obama, Troops, Speech, Kept His Promise, Timetable, Perspective, Mccain, Obama, Media, Ptsd, Withdrawal, Veterans, Bush, Military, Sofa, Troop Level, Status of Forces, Promise, Combat Forces, John McCain, Status of Forces Agreement, American Forces, Context, Barack Obama, Soldiers, Deadline, Chris Weigant, Iraq War, Afghanistan, Iraq, Maliki, Milestone, Timetable for Withdrawal, Politics News

I have wondered why the White House hasn't been making some political hay over the success of the withdrawal timetable in Iraq. But I now see they wanted to roll this news out when people were actually paying attention.

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