Archive: Explore
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Jul 20, 2011
No CommentsUnder An Umbrella Somewhere
The sun is not a good friend of mine. It burns my skin before it peels. Then a freckle is born. This cycle has been part of my life since birth, but it hasn’t prevented me from enjoying a place beneath its warmth. Last weekend, I was under an umbrella enjoying the beauty of a...
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Jul 13, 2011
No CommentsOpae ula
Surprises come in many forms but most of them have short lives. They appear like a burst of fireworks, bringing joy and color into our lives. Then they disappear but we are never wont for seeing them permanent. Yet there are a few that are alive, bringing wonder and surprise to us every day. A...
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Apr 20, 2011
No CommentsComfortable Schedules
A conversation between me and a friend reminded me of how important it is to manage the stressful times in our lives. If we don’t develop the skills to manage stress then we threaten the health that keeps us alive. I returned home that day and did some digging in my closet. There I found...
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Oct 20, 2010
No CommentsSocial Network
Social networks have changed the way we communicate. Relationships may now be sliced into short texts and updates. Privacy is now in the public domain, and death is forever gone. Our lives our now strings of thought written across a website. History will be the only arbiter as to whether such change was for the...
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Jul 21, 2010
No CommentsVacation’s All I Ever Wanted
A vacation is time away from the hullabaloo of life; time away from work, school, obligations, and regular occurrences. It is time to relax, to recalibrate the body and the mind. It is also a time to rest. Too many of us believe we need to leave our homes to have a vacation, and for...
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Jul 14, 2010
No CommentsAm I Unable to Understand?
In the age of social networks, mobile texts, email, and electrical friendships are the generations that ended the twentieth century loosing touch with their relationship to technology, or are these generations just getting old, destined to loose touch eventually? More and more I feel that I am part of this loss of connection with the...
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Jun 09, 2010
No CommentsRock Hunting
Our lives our busy with many things, but when we make the time to cultivate a friendship or nourish the love for our parents we honor why we are here. We honor the purpose of life. By fostering good, whole, and true relationships we build a better place for ourselves that reflects into our communities,...
