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Month: August 2012

A Book Meme

August 29, 2012 ebrightwing

Here’s the rules of the meme . . . 1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).…

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Posted in: Goals for 2020 Filed under: activities, book, community, meme, reflections, relationships

Talking Heads

August 14, 2012 ebrightwing

Total Steps (13Aug12):  3,250     I was provided yet another example of why technology support for Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is so competely frustrating just…

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Posted in: Goals for 2020 Filed under: commumnication, computers, email, energy, guidance, jblm, management, mistakes, procedures, processes, talking heads, technology, time management

Sun and Fit

August 13, 2012 ebrightwing

    Baseline pedometer:  1,600-1,800 daily steps     Intermediate goal:  2,500 – 3,000 daily steps     Goal:  5,500 – 6,000 daily steps     My second…

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Posted in: Goals for 2020 Filed under: beach, car, cracker, drive, fit, friend, fun, kite, lunch, ocean shores, pedometer, seagull, shopping, sun, walk, weekend

Iyanla Vanzant on Oprah – Stop the Pain

August 6, 2012 ebrightwing

    I am often struck by how superficial many of the self-help experts really are.  The surest way to disabuse me…

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Posted in: Goals for 2020 Filed under: anecdote, birthday, fact, iyanla vanzant, mother, oprah, self-help, sister, story, truth

My tweets

August 4, 2012 ebrightwing

Fri, 19:28: Is It Really Significant? http://t.co/2bzItie4

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Is It Really Significant?

August 3, 2012 ebrightwing

"It's usually not the problem that triggers panic; it's the undue significance you've placed on it." – OWN website I've…

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Posted in: Goals for 2020 Filed under: anxiety, control, coping, panic, research, retail therapy, significance, trigger, triggers

My tweets

August 2, 2012 ebrightwing

Wed, 18:32: 11 Most Tweeted Quotes from Oprah’s Shows http://t.co/tSznvtHb

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11 Most Tweeted Quotes from Oprah’s Shows

August 1, 2012 ebrightwing

"State the facts. Speak the truth." – Iyanla Vanzant "Know when your space is too small for you … and…

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Posted in: Goals for 2020 Filed under: bishop t.d. jakes, deepak chopra, iyanla vanzant, oprah winfrey, own, quotes, tony robbins
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“There’s no proof of anything,”  – President Donald Trump (2018)

“Hope requires action.” – President Barack Obama (2018)      <You choose!>

“If it’s really true that no one’s listening, why are they all so intent on making us shut up?” – Clementine Ford, Feminist

“You have to act as it were possible to radically transform the world.  And you have to do it all the time.” – Angela Davis, Political Activist and Author

Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: ‘We call BS!’
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“Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.” – Maggie Kuhn, Gray Panther

“We have a faith that says life is not to be worshipped.  It’s the quality of life that counts.” – Francie Emerick, Oregon Death with Dignity Exerciser

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“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” ― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.” – Simone de Beauvoir

“Naive as it may sound, inoculating society against the antisocial requires, at bottom, persuading people of what is palpably true:  that society has value and everyone should contribute.” – Bruce Cannon Gibney, Author

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