Lessons

Are You Open to Receiving?

Karen Talavera | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Abundance, Lessons, Enlightenment, Personal Growth, Love, Awakening, Wds, Joy, Conscious Relationships, Mindful Living News
Karen Talavera

She couldn't help but wonder what it could be -- wonder or dread, she wasn't sure which was the more accurate feeling. He hadn't been much of a gift giver in the past, at least not the recent past.

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40 Steps to Making a Bed... And Other Lessons in Caregiving

Marki Flannery | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Caregiving, Caregivers, Long-Term Care, Home Health Aide, Lessons, Caregivers Support, Family Caregivers, Care for Caregivers, Caregiver, Home Caregivers, Healthy Living News
Marki Flannery

A task so simple, mundane -- and essential -- as making a bed for someone who cannot do it themselves strikes me as a great lens through which to view caring for others.

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What the Arab Spring Has Taught Us

Masood Ahmed | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Jobs, IMF Arabic Blog, Unemployment, Subsidies, Lessons, Arab Spring, International Monetary Fund, Imf, Business News
Masood Ahmed

As we launch the IMF's Arabic blog, Economic Window, we are witnessing an historic shift in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It is clear that ...

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In Celebrating Steve Jobs' Life, iGrieve

Shelley Ross | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Sister, Lessons, Legacy, Family, Death, Igrieve, Remembering Steve Jobs, Apple Steve Jobs Dead, Steve Jobs Dead, Technology News
Shelley Ross

Someone magical has left the planet, no matter how we all will forever live in his iClouds. And I feel shameful for my greed in wishing we all had many more years of him.

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Lessons Learned From the Ark

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.21.2011

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Marian Wright Edelman

As we take stock of the current state of America's children and the desperate need to change direction for the future, some ancient wisdom can give us a blueprint for setting sail and getting our children to safe harbor.

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Mimi

Emmie Twombly | Posted 09.01.2011

Read More: History, Heritage, Grandmother, Style, Lessons, Chanel, Chic, Vintage Style, Lessons From Grandma, Vintage Jewlery, Grandmother Chic, Chanel No. 5, Style News
Emmie Twombly

As the youngest in my family, who grew up surrounded by strong independent women, I was able to build my future with insight and perseverance. My first role model was my grandmother, who my older sister and I called "Mimi."

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A Fighting Lion: Exercises in Awesome Titles

Jeff Klima | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Literature, Funny, Lessons, Author, Books, Writing, Agriculture, Leonardo Da Vinci, Hemingway, Wind in the Willows, Culture, Life, Happiness, Religion, Thomas Pynchon, Faulkner, Comedy, The, Comedy News
Jeff Klima

Bar none, the best tool in your author toolbox is a title. Not some suck-ass combination of words culled from your manuscript, supposedly embodying so...

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Lesson Learned

Beth Jones | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Lessons, Relationships, Divorce, Children, Life Lessons, Wishes, Mistakes, Love, Family, Divorce News
Beth Jones

My son is six-years-old. He's the child of my second marriage.

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Lyle and Max: Pets Remembered

Stuart Dow | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion, Lessons, Animal Rights, Pets, Values, Michael Vick, Parenting, Cruelty to Animals, Animals, Love, Dogs, Compassion, Healthy Living News
Stuart Dow

Last week I called my brother Leon, who lives in Jerusalem, to wish him a happy birthday. As soon as he answered the phone, I knew something was wrong...

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Video Interview: With Jeff Fernandez CEO of Grovo

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ramon Nuez

The Roadmap is a weekly show by founders Zev Mo Green and Ramon B. Nuez Jr., where they interview NYC-based companies and business leaders. They a...

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Teaching About Events in the Middle East: Lesson Plan

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Egypt Protests, Islam, Social Studies, Lessons, Egypt, Middle East, Arab World Protests, Revolution, Teaching, Education News
Alan Singer

As events in the Middle East rapidly unfold, teachers have asked me for ideas to help them teach about what is taking place in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen. This is a suggested lesson plan.

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All In The Family

Matt Spangler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consulting, Strategy, Lessons, Lo & Sons, Baby Gooroo, Ceo, Bags, Travel, Cmo, Families, Business, Babies, Management, Family, Business News
Matt Spangler

Working closely with your family instills everything you do with a passion that comes from helping those you care about most.

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Two Christmas Eve Lessons

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marian Wright Edelman

At this time of year I often think of the powerful lessons in a pair of Christmas Eve sermons given by two of my mentors, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Coming Clean: It's Spirituality for Dogs

Gotham Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion, Quest, Lessons, Spiritual, Relationships, Cleo, God, Walking Wisdom, Dogs, Deepak Chopra, Healthy Living News
Gotham Chopra

Even though the notion of spirituality has become somewhat mainstream, the quest for it still seems tangled in a web of religiosity and cluttered with quasi quantum physics and existential angst.

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Trust Is What Is Missing Between Israel and the US

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Plo, Palestinians, Lessons, Middle East, Barack Obama, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The absence of trust, more than settlement announcements, seems to be the real reason behind the current anger of the Obama Administration toward its most important Middle East ally, Israel.

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Target Women: Lessons 2009 (VIDEO)

Sarah Haskins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Advertising, Infomania, Target Women, Current TV, New Year, Sarah Haskins, Lessons, Current.com, Satire, Video, Comedy News
Sarah Haskins

This year, I realized that we can't be perfect wives, mothers, career-women, and super-hot sex babes all at once. And then, I turned on the TV, and I remembered: of course we can! All we need is Stuff!

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Is Global Warming Really That Different?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skeptics, Lessons, Copenhagen 2009, Climate Change, Green News
Carl Pope

History shows that scientists, more often than not, underestimate environmental risks -- they are not Nervous Nellie alarmists.

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No Whining, No Griping, No Complaining: Take the Challenge and Reap the Rewards!

Lissa Coffey | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Time, Lessons, Complaints, Lifestyle, Complaining, Patience, Challenge, Learning, Healthy Living News
Lissa Coffey

There's an organization that is challenging us to go 21 days without a complaint! Can we do it? I'm certainly going to give it a shot.

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