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New Year's Resolutions: 'The Show Me' State Of Mind

James M. Lynch | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Lies, Holidays, Holiday Season, Hope, Writing, Self-Confidence, Empty-Promises, Holiday Season Commentary, Enjoying Life, New Year's Commentary, Self-Help, Joy, New Year's Resolutions, New Jersey, Reason, Self-Improvement, Quitting Smoking, Diet Plans, Excuses, Truth, The Balanced Life, Living News
James M. Lynch

Here's my challenge to you: In this coming year let's light this world up with positive energy and a life of joy and possibility. But don't just tell me. Show me.

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Festivals of Light in the Dark

Donna Henes | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Celebration, Winter Solstice, Ritual, Ceremony, Hope, Winter, Kwanzaa, Chanukah, St. Lucia, Divali, Living News
Donna Henes

Since the earliest of human times, folks have joined together in the warmth and glow of community in order to welcome the return of light to a world that is surrounded by dark.

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Be The Change

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Gifts, Children, Faith, Hope, Inspire, Health, The Inner Life, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

Do we take without giving And consume what we must, Ever heeding the motto: "In consumption we trust"?

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Healthy Food: Where Hope Begins

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope, Allergykids, Asthma, Autism, Diabetes, Obesity, Pharmaceuticals, Monsanto, Shel Silverstein, Allergies, Pepsico, Food Politics, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

We consume more pharmaceutical drugs than any other country, and we consume more chemicals in our food supply than the cows in France. Our lives have been devalued.

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Finding Hope Amid Despair in Copenhagen

David Kroodsma | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Copenhagen, Hopenhagen, Hope, cop15, Global Warming, Cliamte Change, Green News
David Kroodsma

Al Gore reminded us today of how far we've come. He recalled that in Kyoto, only one head of state was in attendance. Now over 160 arrived to negotiate.

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To Gather Up One's Rage

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bank of America, Aig, Goldman Sachs, T. S. Eliot, Obama, Hope, Martin Luther King, Politics News
Stephen Gyllenhaal

Let's face it, our national religion isn't something cooked up in the deep Baptist south nor in ephemeral New Age San Francisco. No, it has been built stone by Gothic stone down on Wall Street.

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Learning to be an Ambassador of Hope

David Kroodsma | Posted 12.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Hopenhagen, Hopenhagen Ambassador, cop15, Hope, Climate Change, Global Warming, David-Kroodsma, Green News
David Kroodsma

Before becoming an official "ambassador," I first needed to meet the people who selected me, and I also had to learn what exactly Hopenhagen is.

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Voices From the Hopenhagen Ambassador Contest

David Kroodsma | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Hopenhagen Ambassador, Copenhagen 2009, Hope, Hopenhagen, Hopenhagen Ambassador Contest, Green News
David Kroodsma

Winning this opportunity is an enormous honor--especially because many other contestants were worthy and capable of representing you. I thus asked a few other contestants for their messages of hope.

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Literary Community Rallies Around Author Through Donations for Silent Auction

Cicily Janus | Posted 12.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Literature, Young Adult Literature, Silent Auctions, Hope, Young Adult, Donating to Charity, Literary Agents, Community, Young Adult Books, Charitable Giving, Artists, Cancer Patients, Hyperion, Literary Culture, Charitable Organizations, Disney, Literary, Holiday Charity, Cancer, Librarians, Bridget Zinn, Writing, Authors, Books, Books News
Cicily Janus

In artist communities around our country, it is imperative that we support each other and gather the support of others outside the community, especially in times of trouble.

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Progressive Hope

Mike Lux | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Thanksgiving, Jobs, Albert Camus, Civil Rights Movement, Economics, Hope, Politics News
Mike Lux

Through decades of violence, derision, arrests, intimidation, our progressive ancestors never gave into despair and defeatism. We should take their example to heart.

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How to Teach Your Children About Death, Part 2

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Love, Hope, Dogs, Grief, Life, Death, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

The theme of death this autumn, the season of dying, has brought home the realization that we are alive for now.

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Success for Dummies

Tom Morris | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Risk Taking, Vision, Philosophy, Hope, Talent, Achievement, Ventriloquism, Motivation, Las Vegas, Determination, Success, Wealth, Underdogs, Entertainment News, Persistence, Riches, Impossible Dream, Accomplishment, Confidence, Jeff Dunham, America's Got Talent, Terry Fator, Business News
Tom Morris

There is something important to be learned from Jeff Dunham's improbable rise. Passion and belief are often able to create a path forward where none may exist.

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Hope, Change and The Long Road: One Year Later

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Change, Wingnuts, Obama Change, Hope, Obama Success, Election Day, Progressives, President Obama, Dadt, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Progressive Movement, Glenn Beck, One Year Later, Politics News
Bob Cesca

It's been exactly one year since Barack Obama was elected, and it's becoming increasingly clear that the president hasn't fixed the whole world yet. Then again, he never promised such a thing.

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The Power of Fear and the Obligation to Hope

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Fearmongering, Fear, LGBT Issues, Hope, Gay, New Jersey Governor Race, Marriage Equality, Maine, LGBT Politics, Virginia, Lgbt, Gay Rights, Virginia Governors Race, New Jersey, LGBT Rights, Maine Gay Marriage, Fundraising, LGBT Families, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

It was not surprising to learn that New Jersey and Virginia both elected Republican Governors. But I could not have predicted the loss in the tiny, liberal, free state of Maine.

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The Imposter Syndrome: A Clue To Why People Stop Living Long Before They Die

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Dreams, Career, Cycnicism, Hope, Srinivasan Pillay, Imposter Syndrome, Summit Syndrome, Burnout, Hopelessness, Careers, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

Have you ever wondered why your achievements in life reached a plateau when they did - how you were on the path of your dream before something got in the way and stopped the surge?

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A Paucity of Hope

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Hope, Barack Obama, Audacity of Hope, Hope Gap, Policy, Thanksgiving, Politics News
Gerald Sindell

Hope was intrinsically too big a promise to run on. Hope unleashes dreams of the beautiful, while politics by its nature can only deliver the truly ugly and barely functioning compromise.

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6 Strategies to Handle Transition Fears

Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Job Losses, Transition, Change, Fear, Hope, Personal Health, Recession Fears, Love, Self-Care, Living News
Eva M. Selhub, M.D.

Loss and change cannot be prevented in life. It would be nice, but the reality is that the future is uncertain and anything can happen. The key is to stay out of fear by controlling your physiology.

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Stopping Today's Flood

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Hazon, Climate Change, Hope, American Jewish World Service, Noah's Ark, The Shalom Center, Al Gore, Talmud, Jewish Climate Change Campaign, Copenhagen, Louis Ginzburg, Green News
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

When I look at my kids, I pray that they will have a world to grow into that is habitable and sustainable. The generation of "whatever" is doing great harm to the future of our existence.

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In the Name of Hope: Perpetual War and the Nobel Peace Prize

Hamdan Azhar | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: 1984, War on Terror, Hope, Pakistan, Nobel Peace Prize, Iraq, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan War, Anti-War, Geir Lundestad, Peace Prize Response, Superpower, Norwegian Nobel Committee, Politics News
Hamdan Azhar

If the Nobel Peace Prize Committee tells us that war is compatible with peace, who are we to say otherwise?

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Goodness Precedes Greatness: A Call For New Heroes In Troubled Times

Jon Foreman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact

Read More: Heroism, Inspiration, Songwriting, Hope, Heroes, Sacrifice, Jon Foreman, Impact News
Jon Foreman

I would like to suggest that the best parts of our human nature can be seen in sacrifice or surrender. A mother sacrificing her time for her child, a teacher devoting her afternoons to help students off-the-clock. These are truly our most incredible moments as a species: moments of unmerited kindness.

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The Norwegians Got It!

Lester Sloan | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ralph Bunche, Nasa, President Obama, Arms Race, Homelessness, Hope, Nobel Committee, Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize, Diplomacy, Alfred Nobel, Nasa Bombing the Moon, Obama Nobel Speech, Politics News
Lester Sloan

While writers, poets, and scientists usually win the award for what they have accomplished, statesmen, philosophers, and other persons of ideas are honored for the causes that they champion.

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The Indictment of America

Russell Simmons | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Hip Hop, Martin Luther King, Rush Limbaugh, Hope, Russell Simmons, Global Grind, Fox News, Nobel Peace Prize, Glenn Beck, Mahatma Gandhi, Barack Obama, Obama Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Campaign, Politics News
Russell Simmons

I'm really afraid that our beloved country, America, is standing on its last wobbly legs. I'm worried that the karmic effects of our negative actions will finally come home to roost.

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Obama and the K Street Set

Thomas Frank | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, K Street, Hope, Lobbyists, Tom Daschle, Steve Elmendorf, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Tosca, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Barack Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobbyists' Washington, the place we learned to despise during the last administration.

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An Open Letter To Our Leaders

Chris Campbell | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, House of Representatives, Bill Clinton, Hope, President Obama, Senate, Volunteering, Martin Luther King, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, John Edwards, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Al Gore, Health Care, Politics News
Chris Campbell

When I saw the "Baucus Bill" today, I finally couldn't take it anymore. I could no longer fight for a party that I barely even recognized.

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Thompson's a Tiger! Who Knew?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Taxes, William Thompson Jr, Change, Hope, Michael Bloomberg, Tony-Avella, New-York-City-Subway-Fare-Increase-Local, Alma Rangel, Billionaire, Rent Hike, New York, Bill Perkins, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

On election night, Thompson stirringly repeated the refrain, "Eight is enough!", "Eight is enough!" We have a chance to win our city back.

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