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What a Simple Jug Can Tell Us About Life

By Janice Hunter of Sharing the Journey The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary things. ~ Veronique Vienne. I stood at the kitchen sink, robotically washing dishes. I paused, my gaze landing on a hand-painted jug on the window ledge, raindrops running down [...]

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How to Find Your Life’s Work in a Waffle Cone

A guest post by Terry Heath “Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.” ~ Paula Poundstone, American Comedienne “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ~ E.E. Cummings, American Poet I’ve met many adults who still don’t [...]

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How to Boost Creativity Through Meditation

Photo: Fernando de Souza What is the essence of creativity? What makes us feel so fully alive when we are in the presence of creativity? While watching a DVD of Lianne Carroll, a jazz pianist and singer from the UK, I saw her shambling across the stage, twinset flapping. “Dowdy,” I thought, settling back into [...]

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What Makes us Creative?

Photo: diluvi By Mary Jaksch Are you creative? More creativity means more fun, more buzz, more laughter in life. Scientists see creative innovation as the communication between regions of the brain that are not usually connected. A crucial ingredient of creativity is the ability to develop alternative solutions, known as ‘divergent thinking’. (From an interesting [...]

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