April 2013
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The Secret To Achieving Peace Of Mind. By John...
It sounds simple, but it’s something that I struggle with every day. Josh Baran, author of 365 Nirvana Here and Now, has written a book that examines what “living in the present” means, how to achieve it, and why it’s a wonderful thing to practice.
1. Focus on today.
2. Do not stress about what happened yesterday.
3. Don’t lose sleep about what needs to be done tomorrow.
Baran suggests...
November 2012
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September 2012
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“Become a seeker of your purpose in life, explore your soul, open your dreams,...”
– Spartapoet
“May the grace and bounty of God be showered upon you. May this day and all the...”
– Spartapoet
“Walk with a determined will to leave your mark in life with humbleness, peace,...”
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“After I kissed her a flower bloomed on her face and behind her gleaming eyes I...”
– Spartapoet
“We must learn on how to heal our problems with faith and not spread them like a...”
– Spartapoet
“Apply the music of silence…and listen…to the poetry of God.”
– Spartapoet
“Love just dawns on you and suddenly you’re in a place and time that seem...”
– Spartapoet
“Until we stand and face ourselves and admit without doubt of who we truly are we...”
– Spartapoet
“Open your heart and allow the blessed waters to flow through your soul washing...”
– Spartapoet
“The words in her eyes spoke more of love for me than all the written words of...”
– Spartapoet
“No beautiful force more welcome than that of love! So painfully difficult to...”
– Spartapoet
“Love is the dazzling necklace your heart wears!”
– Spartapoet
“Love has taken me away…away…away! I don’t ever want to...”
– Spartapoet
“On the edge of eternity love can still is found swinging on rainbows singing the...”
– Spartapoet
“As we lay upon the grass, cuddled, we read each twinkling star as a love poem...”
– Spartapoet
“I went rowing around the moon singing my joy when I held you close and you said,...”
– Spartapoet
“I shall not place you upon a pedestal of love for you belong in my arms!”
– Spartapoet
“See all of life with your eyes but speak to it through your loving heart.”
– Spartapoet
“Don’t fade to black…rise every morning with renewed spirit and strive that by...”
– Spartapoet
“On the edge of eternity love can still is found swinging on rainbows singing the...”
– Spartapoet
“As the candlelight flickers across your face what miracles we do see! A moon’s...”
– Spartapoet
“When the storms form in your life…prioritize! Trying to battle them all...”
– Spartapoet
“The words in her eyes spoke more of love for me than all the written words of...”
– Spartapoet
“Until we stand and face ourselves and admit without doubt of who we truly are we...”
– Spartapoet
“With her warm palms in mine and eyes that see no other my heart writes a...”
– Spartapoet
Stop! I cried! (a poem by Spartapoet)
Stop… I cried.
Stop the screams
Those cries of unmerciful words,
Upon me.
They hurt.
End these lonely nights,
They are so long, and darkness cloaks
Stop the hatred.
Stop the anger.
Give me one moment of peace.
Let comfort soothe me.
One time where my body
Does not ache, or bruised.
Bestow on me love.
Bathe me in peace.
Let me enjoy the simple things.
Cool sheets, not stained of...
“Do not belittle yourself for you are more…much more than you believe you...”
– Spartapoet
“When we embrace tightly there are no need for spoken words, love speaks a...”
– Spartapoet
“Happiness is a choice. You need to pick your own flowers from your own heart and...”
– Spartapoet
“Don’t fall in love for beauty of physical attraction but for beauty that...”
– Spartapoet
“Happiness is a choice. You need to pick your own flowers from your own heart...”
– Spartapoet
“Don’t worry about me for I am in the protecting folds of my faith.”
– Spartapoet
“You share a thousand words of love to each other but the moments you embrace...”
– Spartapoet
Understanding emotional abuse.
The aim of emotional abuse is to chip away at your feelings of self-worth and independence. If you’re the victim of emotional abuse, you may feel that there is no way out of the relationship or that without your abusive partner you have nothing.
Emotional abuse includes verbal abuse such as yelling, name-calling, blaming, and shaming. Isolation, intimidation, and controlling behavior also fall...
SIGNS THAT YOU’RE IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
Your Inner Thoughts and Feelings Your Partner’s Belittling Behavior
Do you:feel afraid of your partner much of the time?
Does your partner:humiliate or yell at you?
avoid certain topics out of fear of angering your partner?
criticize you and put you down?
feel that you can’t do anything right for your partner?
treat you so badly that you’re embarrassed for your friends or family to see?...
“Don’t let your eyes deceive you; the day is never dark if you choose to...”
– Spartapoet
“I loved you but you loved another. I did not cry for my love of you is greater...”
– Spartapoet
“Open your heart and allow the blessed waters to flow through your soul washing...”
– Spartapoet
“At the parting: leave peace between yourselves for you may not meet again. ...”
– Spartapoet
“Hugging is great communication. Sometimes it says what the heart really means.”
– Spartapoet
“To become the ‘Guiding Light’ to others we must first learn to master our own...”
– Spartapoet
“Soap and water and perfume and cosmetics can never wash away abuse! Healing does...”
– Spartapoet
“Do not choose to look away from abuse it is all our duty to combat it wherever...”
– Spartapoet
“When we look at the ones who suffer more than us it should be a reminder we are...”
– Spartapoet
Preventing Elder Abuse on the Streets
Seniors can also be easy targets for street violence. There are a number of things seniors can do to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of crime. Some preventive measures include:
Walking only in well-lit areas.
Do not burden yourself with packages and/or a bulky purse.
Never display large sums of money in public.
Walk near the curb and away from alleys and doorways.
Go shopping in pairs...
Poverty is the leading cause of hunger.
The world hunger problem: Facts, figures and statistics
In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the World Bank has called “absolute poverty”
Every year 15 million children die of hunger
For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years
Throughout the 1990’s more than 100 million...
