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Creativity Defined!
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Creativity Defined!

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2017

How’s that for a bold headline? I’m a searcher so I accept that my definition may change again but here we go. First, I’m a student of the creative arts...
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Why Finding Meaning — Not Happiness — Is What Really Matters
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Why Finding Meaning — Not Happiness — Is What Really Matters

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2017

Author Emily Esfahani Smith explains how one can live a more meaningful life. The pursuit of happiness is so important to American ideals that it has been enshrined in the...
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Allentown
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Allentown

By Billy Joel

April 28, 2017

A line to think about: So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real Iron and...
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First Things First
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First Things First

By Stephen Covey

March 30, 2017

Editor’s Note: “ I’ve been thinking and writing a lot lately about the use of time. It’s the only thing everyone has in equal quantity and yet it is also...
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Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl

By Viktor E. Frankl

March 30, 2017

" Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life...
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Before The Deluge
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Before The Deluge

By Jackson Browne

February 28, 2017

A line to think about: "While the sand slipped through the opening And their hands reached for the golden ring With their hearts they turned to each other's heart for...
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Time in a Bottle
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Time in a Bottle

By Jim Croce

February 1, 2017

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Amazing Music: "If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen
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Amazing Music: "If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen

By Leonard Cohen

November 29, 2016

Editor’s note: A beautiful prayer by Leonard Cohen. Enough said. The words below are part of his introduction to the song at his 1985 Warsaw concert.  Favorite words: "There is...
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Article of Interest: The Power of Emotional Agility

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2016

Editor’s Note: I’m a slave to impulse though thankfully less so as I age and mellow. But it still takes a huge effort for me (Alice says I’m not “type...
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Article of Interest: “Join in the Dance” by Father Richard Rohr

By Tim McCarthy

October 30, 2016

Editor’s note:   I read Father Rohr’s daily reflections most mornings.  As with any reader, some days he resonates, some not so much.  On this day, I loved his reflection...
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Article of Interest – “How Music Brings Us Together” by Jill Suttie

By Tim McCarthy

July 31, 2016

Editor’s comments: How amazing that we are now proving music has mental health benefits! Who didn’t know that? My Mom never sang to us or to anyone, she was embarrassed...
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You Might Die Trying
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You Might Die Trying

By Dave Matthews Band

July 31, 2016

Dave Matthews Band 'You Might Die Trying’ - I grew up with Dave Matthews Band. They are my development years (high school and college). Just a fun, accessible, sing-along, jam...
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My Silver Lining
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My Silver Lining

By First Aid Kit

May 30, 2016

Editor's Note: A couple close friends on a tough assignment told me they played this song while they worked. Great lyrics and the right upbeat rhythm to keep one going,...
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Article of Interest – “Seven Lessons About Finding the Work You Were Meant To Do” by Kate Torgovnick May
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Article of Interest – “Seven Lessons About Finding the Work You Were Meant To Do” by Kate Torgovnick May

By Tim McCarthy

May 30, 2016

Editor’s note: The very idea that we don’t “find” our calling, we “fight for it” is a head-banger for me. I’m doing a commencement address to my old high school...
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Be The Miracle
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Be The Miracle

By Regina Brett

April 27, 2016

Editor’s note: Sometimes I just need a lift. This book by a local newspaper writer who I’ve met and I admire qualifies. She’s also a good writer having been finalist...
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83
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83

By John Mayer

March 30, 2016

Editor’s Note: I’ve been assigned by my meditation teacher to consider my "essential self." In his words, that means to try to picture who I was before I experienced the...
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Article of Interest – “50 Secrets of Prosperity” by Randy Gage

By Tim McCarthy

March 30, 2016

Editor’s note: Some fun ones, some wrong ones and a few that really blew me away, such as: The universe can only do for you what it can do through...
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Truckin’
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Truckin’

By Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter

February 26, 2016

Editor’s note: There are probably many reasons this became the theme of a generation and perhaps asking my sixties friends I’d find a few more. But to me, this song...
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Article of Interest – “Listening to Pain” interview with Brene Brown

By Tim McCarthy

February 26, 2016

Editor’s note: I read Daily Good most days and like the things they lead me to. It’s a volunteer organization that collects and publishes quotes and commentary regarding social good....
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Article of Interest – “Retributive Justice and Restorative Justice” by Father Richard Rohr, SJ

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2016

Editor’s note: Simply the best article I’ve ever read about God.
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Article of Interest – “Why Chasing Happiness Might Be Making You Miserable” by Mandy Oaklander

By Tim McCarthy

October 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: I enjoy this woman’s writing style. I consider this article a modernized treatment of my favorite Viktor Frankl quote, “happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue as an...
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