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CM's Final Posts: You Can Fill the Space
Eighteen years ago, I wrote an article for a magazine that got me called in for a taped interview with a Fox TV morning news anchor. Being an effective communicator and a skillful public speaker was a dream of mine at the time. And still is.
After some 30 minutes of prep with the station's hair-and-
posted 3:14:59pm Jul. 27, 2007 |
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Websites to Visit, Blogs to Read
Here are some blogs and websites I like. It's not a complete list. But it's a start.
The first is called New Moon Journal and it is written by Michele Bailey-Lessirard, a life coach, collage artist, and "shamanic astrologer." On the opening page of her site, you'll find a little slide show of her am
posted 1:24:03pm Jul. 27, 2007 |
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Still Posted at My Desk
"Take off from here. And don't be so earnest,
let others wear the sackcloth and the ashes.
Let go, let fly, forget.
You've listened long enough. Now strike your note."
From "Station Island," by Seamus Heaney
posted 1:13:33pm Jul. 27, 2007 |
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And Finally, This:
Place your burden
at the feet of the Lord of the Universe
who accomplishes everything.
Remain all the time steadfast in the heart,
in the Transcendental Absolute.
God knows the past, present and future.
He will determine the future for you
and accomplish the work.
What is to be done will be done
at
posted 11:30:38am Jul. 27, 2007 |
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Don't Pierce Your Belly Button
I caught the following conversation between two pretty women in the ladies' room of a Manhattan restaurant. One of the women was pregnant. And she said, "So my acupuncturist made me take the ring out of my belly button."
"Really?" her friend exclaimed.
"Yeah, he said, 'Let's give this baby a chance.
posted 3:04:04pm Jul. 26, 2007 |
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posted January 2, 2007 at 11:38 pm
What kindred spirits we are, CM. I like the Heaney quote, so deliberate and succinct. Similar in spirit to the Mary Oliver excerpts taped above my desk: You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. (from Wild Geese) When it s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms (from When Death Comes) I wonder what is it about us that feels the need to make payment, to seek permission, to want to fly…