What’s Next

For anyone asking what comes after the title, the paycheck, or the plan.

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Stitches

Stitches

By Anne Lamott

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Part of the research for my own book is to buy any book that promises to discuss life’s “meaning.” Learning other perspectives and avoiding repetition is my goal....
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Start Here Now

Start Here Now

By Susan Piver

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: If you've ever considered trying meditation, this is the book for you. My mindfulness practice began in the mid-1990s and has progressively changed how I look at life....
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Old Turtle and the Broken Truth

Old Turtle and the Broken Truth

By Douglas Wood

October 15, 2019

Editor’s comment: I don’t usually feature a children’s book but this one is a good reminder to those of us reading to our children/grandchildren. The parable is a star (of...
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Name that Emotion

Name that Emotion

By Dr. Erin Olivo

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: I’m a little skittish about self-help books anymore, especially from an associate of “Dr. Oz” and so before reading “Wise Mind Living,” Dr. Olivo’s 200 page advice to...
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If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?

If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?

By Kurt Vonnegut

October 15, 2019

Editor’s comment: In celebration of graduation season, here are nine graduation addresses collected and published by Vonnegut friend, Dan Wakefield. Reader be reminded that Vonnegut was an outrageous figure, a...
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Change Your Questions Change Your Life

Change Your Questions Change Your Life

By Marilee Adams

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: I'm not much for parables and the story in this book is no exception. But the learning, the very idea of Question Thinking is very powerful for me....
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Callings

Callings

By David Isay

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: Before every business plan, I ask my students/friends/employees to first write a life plan so that their work will match their purpose. In this incredibly readable and enjoyable...
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Being Mortal

Being Mortal

By Atul Gawande

October 15, 2019

Editor's note: As stated in the blog its a tough but fascinating read. Gawande shares his experience as a surgeon with a human, personal touch and his growing skill as...
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Quote: You must be…

October 15, 2019

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." By Mahatma Gandhi
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Quote: We Must Have Patience

October 15, 2019

"We Must Have Patience" - by Martin Luther King [more] "We must have patience. We must be willing to understand why many young nations have to pass through the same...
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Quote: To Laugh…

October 15, 2019

"To laugh…[more]is to risk appearing the fool. To weep…is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another…is to risk involvement. To expose feelings…is to risk exposing our true self....
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Quote: The world is too much with us…

October 15, 2019

"The world is too much with us; [more] late and soon,    Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers    Little we see in Nature that is ours   ...
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Quote: the true measure of an individual is…

October 15, 2019

Written by Ann Landers [more] "Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good."
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Quote: Take New Year One Day at a Time

October 15, 2019

Excerpt from "Take New Year One Day at a Time" by Dear Abby [more] "Just for today, I will live through this day only, and not set far-reaching goals to...
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Quote: Suffering is Optional

October 15, 2019

An excerpt from "Suffering is Optional" by Byron Katie [more] "What I came to see was that my suffering wasn't a result of not having control; it was a result...
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Quote: Our Deepest Fear

October 15, 2019

An excerpt from Marianne Williamson’s poem - Our Deepest Fear [more] "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure....
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Quote: Only when…

October 15, 2019

“Only when one is connected [more] to one’s inner core is one connected to others. And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be re-found through solitude.” —...
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Quote of the Month: Louis L’Amour

October 15, 2019

"Up to a point a man's life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him; then there comes a time when it lies within...
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Quote: No despair of ours…

October 15, 2019

"No despair of ours [more] can alter the reality of things or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there." By Thomas Merton
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Quote: New Seeds of Contemplation

October 15, 2019

"New Seeds of Contemplation" by Thomas Merton [more] "If we could let go of our own obsession of what we think is "the meaning of it all," we might just...
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Quote: Look to this day

October 15, 2019

"Look to this day: [more]    For it is life, the very life of life.    In its brief course    Lie all the verities and realities of your existence....
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