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Monday Sep 22 2008

By Shae Hadden | Bio

The official arrival of fall always surprises me. It’s never the change in weather so much as the passage of time that draws me up short—what happened to the last few months of my life? This year I feel as if I’ve been lost in a time warp while the rest of the world runs ahead at its crazy pace…and as if I’m only just beginning to rejoin the rest of the human race. And no, I didn’t go on an extended vacation or take a leave of absence. All I did was connect to my purpose…and then my body seemed to fall apart. Strange, but I’ve come to realize a distinction between purpose and meaning through being ‘sidelined’ with health issues.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

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The Secret

Monday Oct 16 2006

Just finished reading Andy Wibbel’s comments on The Secret, the latest new internet movie. I pretty much agree that this extravaganza has high production values, very much along the same lines as What the Bleep. But the whole time I was watching, I kept waiting to hear ‘who’ was behind it — a church, the Rosicrucians, another sub rosa plug for the teachings of some cult? Was pleasantly surprised that the message seemed to be the whole flick —you get what you sow and we need to “come from where we want to go”. Actually that seems pretty close to truth to me, so I don’t discount the producers of the film at all, even if the message is an ‘oldie but goodie’.[Read More]

Written by Jim Selman at Wisdom in Action
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