<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:56:34 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>marianne goldweber</category><category>change</category><category>hope</category><category>compassion</category><category>faith</category><category>peace</category><category>spirituality</category><category>codependent</category><category>life</category><category>transition</category><category>accountability</category><category>angel</category><category>awakening</category><category>children</category><category>cleveland</category><category>courage</category><category>death</category><category>divorce</category><category>donation</category><category>dream</category><category>earth</category><category>econony</category><category>employment</category><category>empowerment</category><category>example</category><category>fear</category><category>future</category><category>grandmother moon</category><category>gratitude</category><category>happiness</category><category>healing</category><category>heaven</category><category>homeless</category><category>intuitiuon</category><category>jobs</category><category>joy</category><category>judgment</category><category>love</category><category>moon lodge</category><category>new moon</category><category>psychic</category><category>river</category><category>struggle</category><category>success</category><category>tragedy</category><category>twelve step</category><category>vision</category><category>we can do  it</category><category>wealth</category><category>womens empowerment</category><title>Marianne Goldweber</title><description>Spiritual thoughts to create a more Abundant Peaceful and Spiritual Life.....</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>369</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-769063066666171692</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-02-05T09:51:33.811-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Awakening.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;This is a tricky word that is sometimes misunderstood in spiritual context. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;It brings to mind (and many will have you believe) it&#39;s waking up in a field full of daisies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;with the Dalai llama serving breakfast. Then, you are enlightened to the mysteries of the universe, wrapped in a warm and fuzzy cosmic blanket of Love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn66h3kx8sjKOeTh1ipZjyby6YICKn5w1X15ju6HGl2zOKHUp9KyRbprTiY9O6amxOWdNeS8TdpMs5ywHURPQ7hoy1UIO9nDvkdvjQrUOCVpzSea2Nis0pyr4CUfnWgcjkKLFk5xPvjGM/s1600/bloom.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;337&quot; data-original-width=&quot;540&quot; height=&quot;198&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn66h3kx8sjKOeTh1ipZjyby6YICKn5w1X15ju6HGl2zOKHUp9KyRbprTiY9O6amxOWdNeS8TdpMs5ywHURPQ7hoy1UIO9nDvkdvjQrUOCVpzSea2Nis0pyr4CUfnWgcjkKLFk5xPvjGM/s320/bloom.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Yea...not so &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;much...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;I feel that is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;why so many feel that &#39;awakening&#39;, in that context, is unattainable for them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Throughout the c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;ourse of your life, you will be constantly Awakening. The universe and our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;spirit helpers are always assisting us in that process. They are our invisible &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;stage crew. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;It is not a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;destination however.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m here to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;share with you, that from the moment you were born, you were Awakening. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Awakening to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;out truth. Discovering our soul&#39;s reasons for choosing this life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Every &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;experience, lesser and greater has been an opportunity to awaken and evolve. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Not just as a human being but as a soul on a Divine mission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Every &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;experience, every person, has been designed to teach and to shift our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;perspective to a new and better way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;The challenge &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;to our awakening however, has a lot to do with our stubbornness, ego and free &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;will as humans. In addition to the conditioning that we received by Society, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;family and culture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Some of the most profound Awakenings occur when we experience cataclysmic events in our lives that dramatically and harshly shift our perspective. These events force us out of our ability to control the outcome and the Truth of our reality. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;In spiritual &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;context, we refer to that as a Death. Whether that&#39;s a death of a person or&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;death of our limited perspective, understanding or ignorance.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s the death &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;of the illusion and the awakening to the truth minus the illusion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Regardless, it&#39;s not always pleasant. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Not many people have been taught how to navigate this. That is why it is so painful; we have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;not been properly prepared from a young age to have that understanding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;That &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;unpreparedness as adults has us feeling blindsided without tools for the grief &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;that follows. It&#39;s like someone turning on a light, jarring you out of a sound &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;sleep.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;These a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;wakenings, should be much gentler as children and adolescents. But for many it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;was not. If we have not been sufficiently prepared or taught, these lessons &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;continue to repeat into adulthood when the lessons are more severe and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;traumatic. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;These are the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;most painful Awakenings, because it shatters your entire belief structure or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;understanding. It forces us into the lesson and ownership with a few tools (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;and people) to rely on. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;You come to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;see, no one gave us those tools earlier on. Usually because they were not &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;properly prepared either. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;That awareness &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;creates a grief of its own. This is partially why the anger phase is the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;hardest part of the grief of awakening; We were not adequately prepared for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;life and it&#39;s myriad experiences.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;It makes us &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;feel insecure, deceived and foolish.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;We are Works in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;progress. The road of life is filled with twists and turns and many&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;opportunities to awaken. Some awaken in this lifetime and some do not.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;And when we &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;eventually make that Journey to the Blue Road of Spirit, we will have an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;opportunity to see the life and its entirety. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;We will see all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;of the opportunities we were offered to evolve and awaken while we had an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;opportunity to change it in this lifetime. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;That awareness &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;will be inescapable and is the ultimate Awakening.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;The journey &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1d2129; font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;we awaken, allows us to become closer to our authentic spiritual self and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;purpose. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;As we awaken,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;it connects us to the Beauty that is this life and to all the other Travelers &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;along the road.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;Awakening does &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;not have to be painful. However there is always destruction before construction &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;and all of our experiences are helping us build a better life for ourselves and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;those who come after.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;And hopefully, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;&quot;&gt;we will be leaving this world a Legacy and a little better than we found it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2018/11/awakening.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn66h3kx8sjKOeTh1ipZjyby6YICKn5w1X15ju6HGl2zOKHUp9KyRbprTiY9O6amxOWdNeS8TdpMs5ywHURPQ7hoy1UIO9nDvkdvjQrUOCVpzSea2Nis0pyr4CUfnWgcjkKLFk5xPvjGM/s72-c/bloom.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-3767218761442876141</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-11-20T09:13:18.152-08:00</atom:updated><title>It&#39;s not easy being me :)</title><description>From the outside, I have &#39;started over&#39; in life more times than I can count.&lt;br /&gt;
Whether I chose to or was forced to. I&#39;ve learned to detach from what was, and accept what is and formulate a plan.&lt;br /&gt;
Like making dinner with a can of corn, some left over chicken and cream cheese.&lt;br /&gt;
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Being me is not easy. Loving me is not easy. Being in my life is not easy.  I break the rules, I get afraid, I don&#39;t remember your birthday, I grieve what has not happened in my expectation.  I have been thrown under the bus by many,many people. I have been bullied and criticised.&lt;br /&gt;
I have taken many personal and physical risks, which seem like a multitude of failures. But I have come to understand it&#39;s not &#39;starting over&#39;; its evolution.&lt;br /&gt;
We must be willing to evolve to change our world...the world.&lt;br /&gt;
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Love, Courage, Resilience, Creativity, and Faith are the cornerstone of my life.&lt;br /&gt;
There is no reward without risk.&lt;br /&gt;
Be bold, be brave, be willing to let go, start over and soar.- Marianne Goldweber&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;Come to the edge&#39; He said&lt;br /&gt;
&#39;We can&#39;t, we are afraid.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
&#39; Come to the edge&#39; He said&lt;br /&gt;
They did, and He pushed them and they flew.</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2014/11/from-outside-i-have-started-over-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-2619685998801766324</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-03-18T07:51:11.608-07:00</atom:updated><title>Disappointed? Check your Expectations.......</title><description>When we have expectation, the only one who knows there is one is us.&lt;br /&gt; When we try to enforce that illusion on situations and others it will, most of he time lead to disappointment.&lt;br /&gt;
 When we stop creating an illusionary story into the future and are more
 present to what IS, we can be less rigid by allowing and not forcing 
things into that unrealistic expectation..&lt;br /&gt; I have lived my life in a
 very constant state of expectation and disappointment, not just in my 
own need to control the outcome, but by never living up to the 
expectations of others.&lt;br /&gt; When people become disappointed, they don&#39;t 
get angry at themselves for buying the lie if their expectation - they 
direct it at the person or situation and blame it or them for their 
deception. Creating damaging wounds that are hard to heal.&lt;br /&gt; Having 
expectation is an immature thinking, deceiving us into trying to control
 the outcome- Faith is the maturity that tells us to accept what is, 
surrender and allow people and things to be as they are, and make our 
choices in the present, based in peace and truth.- &lt;a class=&quot;profileLink&quot; data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=63687065609&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mariannegoldwebervillage&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber- Personal and Spiritual Development-Psychic Services&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2014/03/disappointed-check-your-expectations.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-8385605993293521352</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-03-18T07:55:50.135-07:00</atom:updated><title>Be Gentle..we are all works in progress- a note from Mother To Son.</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;_3dp _29k&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;To my son,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You don&#39;t have to have all the answers, we are works in progress.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; When you face things that you can&#39;t control, hand it over through faith to the Divine Source. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Even in our flawed humaness we are students and teachers.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Be as gentle with yourself as you would a child. We are all ignorant of something, no matter how old we are. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Learn to laugh at yourself...some of this is just ridiculousness.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Learn, love and shine- Your light in this world is a beacon; to sail by,and to lead the way for others.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Today&#39;s challenges are  temporary and the sun will come up again tomorrow. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; There is a reason we can&#39;t see the future..It&#39;s a surprise!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Nothing good or bad is permanent.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Take risk, never let fear rule your choices or your experiences.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; People are going to disappoint and hurt You, it&#39;s not personal. You will hurt and disappoint people, it&#39;s not personal.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Take the risk of falling in love, don&#39;t be afraid to tell someone you love them. Even if it doesn&#39;t work out.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Trust your inner voice, it will never let you down.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Be brilliant, don&#39;t stay small because you don&#39;t want to offend others.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
 And above all,  be happy. I will love you no matter what..really..I am 
your biggest fan and will defend and protect you. Even when you are 
wrong, and make lesser choices, I will remind you that you are better 
than that..and stand in the fire with you...You&#39;ll  understand that kind
 of love one day.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Love Mom- &lt;a data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1133707831&amp;amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mariannegoldweber&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2014/03/be-gentlewe-are-all-works-in-progress.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-2446251860057839512</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-03-18T07:59:38.838-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;_3dp _29k&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;Living
 a life of purpose requires we use our past, not as a weapon to punish 
ourselves or others but rather to use the past only to fashion tools 
that we will use to build a future for ourselves and others.- &lt;a data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1133707831&amp;amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mariannegoldweber&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2014/03/marianne-goldweber-living-life-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-2473519857022522328</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-03-18T08:03:43.704-07:00</atom:updated><title>Weighing Fear...</title><description>&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;I&#39;ve seen and experienced some seriously scary s*** in this life. I have been present to devastating tragedy.&lt;br /&gt; A bad day is when the police show up at your door to tell you  that your husband was in a life threatening accident.&lt;br /&gt; Or you lose a child to addiction or tragic events. &lt;br /&gt; Or going to bed and your house catches on fire.&lt;br /&gt; Its all about perspective.&lt;br /&gt; So,  before you post your bad day experience, weigh it against how bad it could be, stop and say thank you.- &lt;a data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1133707831&amp;amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mariannegoldweber&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2014/02/weighing-fear.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-6742852317083650389</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-12-31T10:16:18.397-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>A long time ago my son came to me with some of his little friends and said...Mom- we&#39;ve noticed that you are no fun lately. I came to realize that I was not fun because I was not having fun. I was&amp;nbsp; attacking my &#39;to do&#39;&amp;nbsp; resentfully and critically. At that time- work work work- I made work a bad thing.&lt;br /&gt;
Our children are a reminder that in the sacred balance Joy is part of the equation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In this reflective time at winters end, I realized I have created this amazing Life- winter provided me some much needed re-evaluating. Life being what it is, we can get swept away in activity and doing- so in returning to &#39;center&#39; I reflected on my Core Principles. These are;&amp;nbsp; Love, Peace, Joy, Faith, Service, Compassion and Accountability. These are&amp;nbsp; the foundation of&amp;nbsp; my Faith and Life.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I reminded myself that I AM Love I AM Peace, I AM Joy and so forth. Therefore-&amp;nbsp; anything that takes me away from that plan must be re-evaluated. It&#39;s in this process that we tell the Universe that we are accountable to our own well being- that we have faith- that we are setting a higher standard of responsibility for ourselves- clearing the way to an Abundant and Peaceful life- committed to Serving Humanity unconditionally.</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-long-time-ago-my-son-came-to-me-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-5838889277449657346</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-03-18T07:52:10.902-07:00</atom:updated><title>end of the world...as we know it.</title><description>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Happy New Year!&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
When the Great Shift occurred on Dec 21,2012 everyone asked ‘Is
the world ending’ and my answer was yes…but not in the way you will expect.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
In came 2013, and the shift began, we were leaving the
prophesied Fourth world of Separation and were entering the Fifth World of
Peace. But peace must be earned, by removing all the things that separate us- Hate,
fear, judgment, chaos, blame…and so it began…&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
2013 was a year filled with removing of our blocks to peace…people,
situations, ways of thinking, material things. Yes, 2013 was a year of ‘Taking
out the trash’ which left us with big empty spaces…thank the heavens.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
It was a year of upheaval and destruction- of assessing and
deciding- of releasing and reaffirming; &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2013 has been a year of hard work, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;harder than most of us have worked in our entire
lives…and now it is ending.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
2013 is ending, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;with
clear spaces in our hearts, our homes and our souls….&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
What will we create in 2014?...ahhh that is the question- anything
is possible!&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Abundant Blessings in
the coming New Year my friends- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mariannegoldweber.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2013/12/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-1133403664151835658</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-09-19T12:02:40.365-07:00</atom:updated><title>Shifting Perspective- A Life Skill</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;_3dp _29k&quot;&gt;
&lt;h5 class=&quot;_1_s&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;C&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;fcg&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fwb&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;;&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;&lt;a data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1133707831&amp;amp;extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22timeline%22%7D&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mariannegoldweber?hc_location=timeline&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h5&gt;
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&lt;a class=&quot;uiLinkSubtle&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mariannegoldweber/posts/10201589165987673&quot;&gt;&lt;abbr class=&quot;timestamp livetimestamp&quot; data-utime=&quot;1379592099&quot; title=&quot;Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 8:01am&quot;&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/a&gt; via mobile&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;The
 ability to step into another person&#39;s perspective is a life skill. 
Being judgmental or critical of others is a sign of ignorance. Seeing 
ourselves through them shows moral maturity. Until we&#39;ve experienced 
everything someone else has, we can never completely understand.  We 
assume everyone has had the life we&#39;ve had or the opportunities we&#39;ve 
had.&lt;br /&gt;  I remember having a childhood acquaintance wh&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;ose
 hair was always greasy and she wasn&#39;t always clean. It wasn&#39;t until we 
were adults that I found out that her mother used shampoo,  soap and 
bathing as a cruel punishment. She suffered greatly at home and the 
hands of many bullies and judgmental people. I cried and asked her why 
she never told anyone. She said she didn&#39;t think anyone would 
understand. So she suffered in silence and accepted her lot.  &lt;br /&gt;  Never judge a man until you&#39;ve walked a mile in his moccasins- Until then we will never fully understand-Marianne Goldweber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2013/09/shifting-perspective-life-skill.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-155683307483271505</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-05T07:50:44.855-07:00</atom:updated><title>Retrogrades Aug 2013- what they mean and how they effect us.</title><description>Hi Villagers!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;photo photo_center&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;photo_img img&quot; src=&quot;https://photos-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/1002490_10151803502295610_1100461740_a.jpg&quot; title=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Astrology
 is a  long studied science- and&amp;nbsp; is a great tool to  understand what 
our  natural, inherent&amp;nbsp; strengths and weaknesses are and it  can be 
used&amp;nbsp;  (like an octane booster) to align with the celestial tides in 
order to  make changes and propelling  ourselves forward.A Good place to
 start is  by&amp;nbsp; getting your Natal- or Birth chart. It is a great tool 
that can&amp;nbsp;  help you  understand yourselves better.&lt;br /&gt;
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Today&#39;s topic is Retrogrades in astrology&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Astronomically &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;speaking- it is an optical illusion&amp;nbsp; full of scientific reasons- but planets appear to be moving backward. When this happens &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Astrologically &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;speaking-
  it creates &#39;situations&#39; here for us humans- depending on what planet 
is  retrograde and when. It may affect the sun sign for instance, as 
this  month (LEO) more than others..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Every planet&amp;nbsp; has an 
 aspect- such as Mercury- governs communication. so when Mercury is  
retrograde- it puts all communications into a spin- in reverse.  
computers- email- misunderstandings etc. This retrograde forces us to&amp;nbsp;  
communicate- it stirs up all of our un said issues; which can help bring
  it up and clear the air-&amp;nbsp; or create more misunderstanding if we don&#39;t 
 use it effectively!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Here is a web site that can explain  
what each planet governs, so when we talk about aspects being  
retrograde- you will understand what that means better.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freehoroscopesastrology.com%2Fplanets-signs.aspx&amp;amp;h=VAQGEqaJd&amp;amp;s=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.freehoroscopesastrology.com/planets-signs.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Some
  planets have a more positive influence and some negative- but all are 
 designed to expose us to the TRUTH of who we are and our motives.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Currently
  there are 3 planets retrograde- Uranus- Neptune- Pluto&amp;nbsp; If you are a  
sign governed by those planets- such as Pisces (Neptune) Scorpio  
(Pluto)&amp;nbsp; and Aquarius (Uranus)- or Leo- because it is retrograde in this
  sign at this time. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The people who have these signs are under these planet&#39;s &#39;influence&#39; to a greater degree.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2013/08/retrogrades-aug-2013-what-they-mean-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-6607167944218055039</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-17T08:42:40.037-07:00</atom:updated><title>Sieze the Opportunity</title><description>&lt;h5 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;One day I was at a motivational seminar and there were over 200 people in the room&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
&lt;h5 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I
 was seated toward the back of the room. The speaker came on and&amp;nbsp; said, as he pulled a
 10 dollar bill from his pocket and held it up, &quot;Most people do not 
recognize an opportunity when it is presented to them, they are afraid 
to get up and take it&quot; I promptly got up and walked up to the speaker 
and took the $10.00. As I got to the front, another woman saw what I was 
doing and  got up but she was stuck in the middle of the row and 
couldn&#39;t get out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
&lt;h5 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;The speaker laughed and said, &quot;That&#39;s what happens, 
people are inspired only when they see someone else going for it...but 
not you,&quot; he said to me &quot; But &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;,y&lt;/span&gt;ou didn&#39;t wait for anyone to give you 
permission to go for it.&quot;For the rest of the event ,that woman gave me 
the stink eye.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
&lt;h5 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t wait for anyone to give you permission, or approve 
of you going after an opportunity.There will be many, who will not 
cheer for you in your efforts, but resent you for getting the prize..Go 
for it.~ &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mariannegoldweber&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2013/05/sieze-opportunity.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-5508053935632693384</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-09-26T09:44:29.121-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;People are flawed, what they do to us is not 
personal- even if it appears personal. We may have been victimized by 
their behavior, however we are not victims; but actually we are targets- 
and they are really great teachers...sent to  force us to learn... to 
grow.. So if we can believe that WE choose them for that experience- 
there is nothing to forgive, in fact our prayer is &#39;Thank you&#39;- Marianne Goldweber&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2012/09/people-are-flawed-what-they-do-to-us-is.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-784128461167475193</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-08-05T07:58:01.621-07:00</atom:updated><title>My Symphony</title><description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Symphony&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the silence, I have discovered a sound.&lt;br /&gt;
I call it My Note.&lt;br /&gt;
One single note that resonates within me.&lt;br /&gt;
Emanates from me. &lt;br /&gt;
I play my personal sound throughout my days, &lt;br /&gt;
and the resonance of that sound has attracted other vibrations.&lt;br /&gt;
Some in perfect chord and harmony with my own. &lt;br /&gt;
and yet,&lt;br /&gt;
there have been those that are sharp&lt;br /&gt;
and some flat&lt;br /&gt;
But....&lt;br /&gt;
When I stop to reflect&lt;br /&gt;
upon all of the notes I&#39;ve met &lt;br /&gt;
and play them in succession and unison&lt;br /&gt;
it has revealed a great work&lt;br /&gt;
which is, the Symphony that is my Life.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://mariannegoldweber.com/default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-symphony.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-6387514520378075135</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-14T09:37:22.426-08:00</atom:updated><title>Conscious giving this Holiday season</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;As
 we embark into the holiday season-please, rethink what  we are 
purchasing as gifts. Please, support local owned businesses and artists.
 Try to avoid companies that outsource jobs, or import foreign goods and
 materials.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;Help your children make their gifts for family and friends- 
or even make  them yourself. Or make a family agreement to purchase 
personal care and household items for those in nee&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;d
 at this time of year.  Donate your time as a family to a shelter or  
elder care facility.Donate  toys for children who would love and cherish
  your gift.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;Together we can make this a kinder and more meaningful 
holiday season, and who knows- you make get the holiday bug all year 
long...:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;  If you need ideas or  sources- just send me an email!- &lt;br /&gt; Remember- It takes A Village-  &lt;a data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1133707831&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mariannegoldweber&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; A Village- Development Center, Cleveland ohio&lt;br /&gt; 216.324.2657&lt;br /&gt; Mariannegoldweber@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/11/conscious-giving-this-holiday-season.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfi_kwoeUSdidAHLDA53KO85ZFZANYYoJlld5kW5GiCwssGZ7HNV7migGsgLBxa3fHTYw0oilf3E1d9J_sT6AuF4ocFtJKyDQl-Kx-m7SEQieg0eZgHgJEWOyV30qN4m4SMc_ioDytkH8/s72-c/homeless+dinner.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-6993085362499974569</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-05T14:17:29.395-07:00</atom:updated><title>Getting serious about Serving.. Join us!</title><description>When I realized that I was about to embark on this Spiritual journey, I knew that once I went through that door, there was no turning back. I would be forever changed. There was no going back to my illusionary, problematic life- where I was whining and resistant to seeing anyones suffering but my own.&lt;br /&gt;
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A Spiritual life is selfless- not in that you don&#39;t care for your own needs, but in a way that if my needs aren&#39;t met- I cannot fully Serve the needs of humanity.&lt;br /&gt;
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Part of our Village philosphy is about&amp;nbsp; Selfless serving and&amp;nbsp; compassionate giving.&lt;br /&gt;
What the hell is that, you ask?&lt;br /&gt;
Well, Selfless Serving is unconditional, without condition- without&amp;nbsp; being thanked, rewarded or acknowledged for&amp;nbsp; our contribution.&lt;br /&gt;
Compassionate giving is to everyone, even those that some feel are not deserving- the addict- the&amp;nbsp; imprisoned- the greedy- the demanding. the ungrateful. Because you see- it is not in &lt;i&gt;what &lt;/i&gt;is given- it is given with compassion- the &lt;i&gt;energy &lt;/i&gt;attached is not about the recipient, it is about the giver. &lt;br /&gt;
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I began this journey serving women in transitional housing, and then contributed through the&amp;nbsp; homeless shelters and then through other non profit outreach facilities- like the Salvation Army.&lt;br /&gt;
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 I didn&#39;t know (at that time)&amp;nbsp; the impoverished commutity firsthand, so I alligned myself with those who work directly with those in&amp;nbsp; need.&lt;br /&gt;
Since that time- I have advocated, raised awareness, collected non cash donations, solicited non cash donations from businesses and supported individuals, families and agencies that make a difference directly.&lt;br /&gt;
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There are risks too-&lt;br /&gt;
There are liars, criminals, and deviant behaviors. There is pedophilia, rape and rap sheets. There is only a basic survival instinct to take- some are rude and ungrateful- somehow created by our separateness as a society and lack of Love.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;and ...you may fall in love...with mankind- even if they haven&#39;t bathed- or are mentally ill- or elderly and alone..their eyes tell a story, and their stories are amazing. They connect to your god light and you will become the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;amp;field-keywords=weeping+buddah&amp;amp;x=0&amp;amp;y=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;weeping Buddha&lt;/a&gt;- for someone created their suffering and their suffering is palpable.&lt;br /&gt;
 It can overwhelm and consume you.&lt;br /&gt;
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Then there are the children-who never got to believe in Santa- because it is an illusion that parents can&#39;t fill. Like flowers in&amp;nbsp; the sidewalk crack- they grow and&amp;nbsp; thrive in spite of their&amp;nbsp; living conditions, they laugh and play and wish wishes and dream dreams. Some, who&#39;s reality is your worst nightmare. &lt;br /&gt;
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And we choose to Serve, even at great personal risk of insignificance.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beginning this year- our Collective effort as a personal and spiritual development center is to commit&amp;nbsp; to making a difference in our communities. Last year- we served over 100 individuals and falmilies with&amp;nbsp; every day products, food and clothes, advocacy and spiritual support. This year, our goal is over 500 individuals and families that we can make a difference to. Sound like a tall order? Not really. Here is what we can do;&lt;br /&gt;
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If every person on my facebook friends list contributed the following- Today, that would be 778 people. If those shared it with 1 friend- that number would double. So 500 seems relatively easy!&lt;br /&gt;
If you can give 1 thing. on the list.&lt;br /&gt;
Also, it doesn;t matter where you live- there are shelters and agencies in your area that need the support.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is what each person can contribute;&lt;br /&gt;
1 tube toothpaste&lt;br /&gt;
1 toothbrush&lt;br /&gt;
1 pack of mens socks&lt;br /&gt;
1 washcloth&lt;br /&gt;
1 towel&lt;br /&gt;
1 lotion&lt;br /&gt;
1 shampoo&lt;br /&gt;
1 laundry soap&lt;br /&gt;
2 paper towels&lt;br /&gt;
1 large toilet&amp;nbsp; paper&lt;br /&gt;
1 pack light bulbs&lt;br /&gt;
laundry detergent&lt;br /&gt;
cleaner&lt;br /&gt;
hydrogen peroxide &lt;br /&gt;
bandaids&lt;br /&gt;
feminine products&lt;br /&gt;
hairbrush&lt;br /&gt;
mens under wear(new) &lt;br /&gt;
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Now....there are&amp;nbsp; other items that are in desperate need- new or used and CLEAN&lt;br /&gt;
mens clothing (all kinds)&lt;br /&gt;
Boots (men women and children)&lt;br /&gt;
Shoes (mens women and children)&lt;br /&gt;
Coats (mens women and children)&lt;br /&gt;
hats, scarves and gloves (mens women and children)&lt;br /&gt;
long under wear&lt;br /&gt;
Blankets and throws- new or used&amp;nbsp; and CLEAN please. (no comforters -they are too hard to wash) &lt;br /&gt;
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Care Alliance-Will take old prescription meds to redistribute to the sick homeless by doctors.There are a number of their health care facilities in Cleveland. &lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you for being part of my Village, and together- we can make a difference in our changing world.&lt;br /&gt;
Peace and Love&lt;br /&gt;
Marianne Goldweber&lt;br /&gt;
216.324.2657&lt;br /&gt;
Mariannegoldweber@yahoo.com&lt;br /&gt;
www.avillagecleveland.com&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/11/getting-serious-about-serving-join-us.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-8096105408746128346</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-25T12:54:00.142-07:00</atom:updated><title>Maneuvering Life&#39;s Highway</title><description>&lt;h6 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}&quot;&gt;
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 are always going to be people and things that cut you off on the 
highway of life.. but how you maneuver and respond makes all the 
difference...- &lt;a data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1133707831&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/mariannegoldweber&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;This quote was inspired by a car adccident the other day. I was driving along- listening to&amp;nbsp; the radio, the sun was out when all of the sudden- I saw an accident about to happen. I check the rear, tried to maneuver around it, but one of the drivers cut in front of me and I when I tried to maneuver away&amp;nbsp; we collided anyway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;After the initial shock and aftermath I had some quiet tome to reflect on that situation and how it pertains to Life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;Many times, we see&amp;nbsp; the situation coming- but we can only prepare so much and there are going to be times that no matter how much we prepare- things are not up to us. There are others involved and we can never anticipate how they are going to respond in the same situation. The outcome is&amp;nbsp; now out of our control and&amp;nbsp; we are left with&amp;nbsp; the impact and the cleanup.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;Had I not been&amp;nbsp; careful and alert; armed with many years of driving and past experiences- this could have been much worse. So the lesson here is; You can only be adequately prepared for the unknown- how everyone will respond&amp;nbsp; in&amp;nbsp; life&#39;s situations will affect us- but there is great purpose and learning in each and every one for us and everyone else. :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;
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</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/09/maneuvering-lifes-highway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-2220134202537906198</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-12T16:23:43.500-07:00</atom:updated><title>The Path</title><description>crawling&lt;br /&gt;
rising&lt;br /&gt;
stepping &lt;br /&gt;
unsteady &lt;br /&gt;
falling&lt;br /&gt;
crying&lt;br /&gt;
rising&lt;br /&gt;
angry&lt;br /&gt;
determined&lt;br /&gt;
panting&lt;br /&gt;
puffing&lt;br /&gt;
climbing&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Vt-FgMlxagCfB0-mUbdZ8BPkZCyZESksN7D1YWTwZ4RmhbjKdg6Ks2bz1lXNYGV0hg1WCx1Jw6t9ewewBd1leYtC_6bUt3aCpIL4DAKsJGZSYbg-hweRpCso2aqoNmYMGBvq2JQoPXY/s1600/Path2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Vt-FgMlxagCfB0-mUbdZ8BPkZCyZESksN7D1YWTwZ4RmhbjKdg6Ks2bz1lXNYGV0hg1WCx1Jw6t9ewewBd1leYtC_6bUt3aCpIL4DAKsJGZSYbg-hweRpCso2aqoNmYMGBvq2JQoPXY/s200/Path2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;slipping&lt;br /&gt;
defeated&lt;br /&gt;
bruised&lt;br /&gt;
broken&lt;br /&gt;
resolute &lt;br /&gt;
resilient&lt;br /&gt;
excited&lt;br /&gt;
careful&lt;br /&gt;
curious&lt;br /&gt;
strong&lt;br /&gt;
courageous&lt;br /&gt;
grateful&lt;br /&gt;
methodical&lt;br /&gt;
pondering&lt;br /&gt;
believing &lt;br /&gt;
purposeful&lt;br /&gt;
aware &lt;br /&gt;
conscious&lt;br /&gt;
liberated&lt;br /&gt;
grateful &lt;br /&gt;
jubilant&lt;br /&gt;
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Marianne Goldweber&lt;br /&gt;
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</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/08/path.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Vt-FgMlxagCfB0-mUbdZ8BPkZCyZESksN7D1YWTwZ4RmhbjKdg6Ks2bz1lXNYGV0hg1WCx1Jw6t9ewewBd1leYtC_6bUt3aCpIL4DAKsJGZSYbg-hweRpCso2aqoNmYMGBvq2JQoPXY/s72-c/Path2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-7004492428864806352</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-14T09:40:55.203-08:00</atom:updated><title>Spiritual accountability- the key to freedom</title><description>We are groomed from birth to feel&amp;nbsp; pain, pleasure, disappointment, success, guilt,&amp;nbsp; and a myriad of emotions. However- as psychic spiritual beings- we are not taught how to separate the feelings or emotion of others from our own.&lt;br /&gt;
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For most of us, culture and&amp;nbsp; spirituality are very separate. Unlike&amp;nbsp; most indigenous cultures, where the relationship from&amp;nbsp; Creator to man is not separate; that they co-exist with the Divine.&amp;nbsp; This teaching includes&amp;nbsp; a&amp;nbsp; great responsibility to themselves, the children&amp;nbsp; and communities to stay on the Good Red Road;&amp;nbsp; to serve selflessly and care for their brothers and sisters be they&amp;nbsp; human, animal, plant or stone.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lives of honor, truth and accountability to defend our planet- our Mother. Their thoughts and actions&amp;nbsp; leading the way. Remembering that any negative experience that they have,&amp;nbsp; has been created for growth- not as a punishment, but as an event to gather knowledge and&amp;nbsp; use to evolve to a place of wisdom. Through those teaching, they become&amp;nbsp; the wizened&amp;nbsp; example of a committed life.&lt;br /&gt;
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Now, in our&amp;nbsp; western culture there are few leaders, that we hear of&amp;nbsp; regularly, who can fit into that category. The leaders that we hold&amp;nbsp; above and emulate are famous; however, not for the most&amp;nbsp; honorable reasons. They are entertainers, or politicians, or&amp;nbsp; recognizable because they are willing to put their dysfunctional lives on public display for money.&amp;nbsp; Material wealth-  not character, gives them a higher status of respect and reverence.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is a culture of blame- not ownership. It&#39;s always someones fault for the suffering.- the victimization that&amp;nbsp; permeates this negative culture. So instead of becoming a leader- we seek out diversions to escape a painful, uninspired existence. We numb ourselves with&amp;nbsp; anything that will take us away from&amp;nbsp; the truth&amp;nbsp; of our lives for a while. We use alcohol, drugs, antidepressants and other pharmaceuticals, shopping,&amp;nbsp; technology, television and video games.&lt;br /&gt;
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In order to keep the illusion going, we must work&amp;nbsp; grueling&amp;nbsp; jobs we hate, for people who remind us that we are expendable. Just so we can&amp;nbsp; buy more stuff, or pay for the stuff we bought- while our children are in&amp;nbsp; day cares with strangers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Where are the Heroes, the Elders, the Wise ones?&lt;br /&gt;
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We are the future- what we feel in our depression is the pain of our&amp;nbsp; changing world. The chaos and drama of others. Until we clear our own&amp;nbsp; life and home,&amp;nbsp; and create peace- we will not be able to understand and defend ourselves against the assault of negativity that surrounds us.&lt;br /&gt;
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We must first decompress-&amp;nbsp; and assess where we are, what we want and what is truly important in our lives. To (possibly for the first time) look at who we are authentically, not who we have been told to be. We must stop and gather our thoughts and&amp;nbsp; take a&amp;nbsp; clear look at what we have created while we were diverted- or asleep. It is in that stillness&amp;nbsp; that the Divine speaks. The loving,&amp;nbsp; higher knowing,&amp;nbsp; reminds us of&amp;nbsp; the better way.&lt;br /&gt;
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As we awaken- and make changes, it becomes easier to know what makes us feel good, loved and peaceful. We can then&amp;nbsp; come to see the source of what does not. It&#39;s then, that we can choose to&amp;nbsp; create purpose filled lives, and begin to set boundaries to the fear and&amp;nbsp; unhappiness of others.&lt;br /&gt;
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You are the hero, you are&amp;nbsp; the one you&#39;ve been waiting for. :)&lt;br /&gt;
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Be the change you wish to see- and you will find that the world is not as bad as it seems. There is Hope, Love and Joy. You will meet others,&amp;nbsp; just like you that had the courage to lead.&lt;br /&gt;
Then the ripple will be created.</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/07/spiritual-accountability-key-to-freedom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-7966895983254626678</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-03T13:42:58.929-07:00</atom:updated><title>Independence Day</title><description>I woke up today, thinking about Independence and Patriotism. they are both&amp;nbsp; interesting words, meaning;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Independence&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;-freedom&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt; the &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;control,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;influence,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;support and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;aid&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;others.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Patriot&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;person&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;who&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;loves,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;supports,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;defends&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;his&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;or&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;her&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;its&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;interests&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;devotion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;luna-Ent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;dnindex&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;person&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;who&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;regards&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;himself&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;or&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;herself&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;as&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;defender,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;especially&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;individual&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;rights,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;against&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;presumed&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;interference&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot;&gt;by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;federal&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotwordOneClick(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;government.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;I was reflecting on how the United States wanted their independence from England- that&amp;nbsp; they wanted the&amp;nbsp; freedom to self govern. I was thinking about all the people who saw this country as a place where they could be free to think for themselves, to make money by creating their own business, to take care of their families, to believe what they wanted and to escape from persecution.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;Some of our inhabitants were not here willingly, but enslaved and eventually earned their freedom. I think about the Native peoples of this country, and every country- the First Peoples- our Native American brothers, who have had to relinquish their freedom in order for us to have ours; who still suffer today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;I thought about the courage and challenge and effort it took to be Self Governing, and to stand in that truth amidst the criticism of the naysayers, critics and large powers who sabotaged that&amp;nbsp; fight for Freedom at every turn. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;I see the result of that Dream of our ancestors, and ask- would they be proud of what we&#39;ve become?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;I saw a commentary by Tony Blair on what makes America great- and I have to say that it inspired me as a Patriot. I don&#39;t always agree with&amp;nbsp; our politics, or&amp;nbsp; the decisions our government&amp;nbsp; makes- but I do believe that by having the Freedom to not agree; I am blessed to live in a place that allows me to do that.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;It is through the hard work- determination of&amp;nbsp; every immigrant that made this country what is is&amp;nbsp; and through the kindness and tolerance of our Native peoples, that I have these freedoms today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;I am inspired to&amp;nbsp; see tomorrow as my own Independence day- to be free from the tyranny of&amp;nbsp; the greatest enemy- myself and seek to&amp;nbsp; be self governing- disciplined and&amp;nbsp; raise my flag in truth, integrity and faith.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt; I will strive to be courageous and blaze my own trail .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt; I will seek to be independent and pull my own load.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;I will not burden another with my lack of accountability.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;I will defend that independence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and be a beacon of it in&amp;nbsp; this world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;I will be an expression of my Faith. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;I am proud to be an American and a Patriot- and Our United States,&amp;nbsp; like any family it has it&#39;s quirky bits- but we love each other and will do whatever it takes to defend it and&amp;nbsp; keep it together.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;That is what makes us great. :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;dndata&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;hotword&quot; name=&quot;hotword&quot; onclick=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);&quot; onmouseout=&quot;this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;&quot; onmouseover=&quot;this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; cursor: default;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/07/independence-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-9129437135482093279</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-03T12:41:20.905-07:00</atom:updated><title>Guides- a parable</title><description>Two spirit guides are on the other side having coffee....&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cleo- &quot;Hey Bob, how&#39;s it going?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bob- &quot;Pretty good, had a rough week with my assignment&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cleo- &quot;Amen brother-&amp;nbsp; there&#39;s a lot going on down there now.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bob- &quot;There is so much chatter and interference that&amp;nbsp; she can&#39;t hear me. Although,&amp;nbsp; most of the chatter is that damn critical voice of hers. She&#39;s constantly on that computer,&amp;nbsp; and don&#39;t even get me started on that cell phone. She keeps saying the same things over and over. &#39;I need guidance, I need help, send me more money.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
I sent her money last month and instead of paying her bills, she bought something called a cafe late&#39; and a video game system for the kids&#39; I really hate to watch her struggle. I even sent a messenger as a little old lady in the grocery store, but she passed her by. &quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cleo-&quot; No one said this job was going to be easy. They don&#39;t get enough sleep, so I can&#39;t even get the team together for Dream time messages. The challenge Bob, is that they never learned how to look for the signs we send.&amp;nbsp; My assignment was looking for a sign about the relationship she was in&amp;nbsp; and I posted a sign on the back of the truck in front of her at a traffic light that said &amp;nbsp; &#39;You deserve the best&#39;&amp;nbsp; but she thought it was funny and brushed it off as a coincidence.&quot;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
Bob- &quot;It&#39;s hard being invisible. Can you pass me a doughnut?&quot;&lt;iframe align=&quot;left&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; marginheight=&quot;0&quot; marginwidth=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; src=&quot;http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=avil-20&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;p=8&amp;amp;l=bpl&amp;amp;asins=0062507567&amp;amp;fc1=000000&amp;amp;IS2=1&amp;amp;lt1=_blank&amp;amp;m=amazon&amp;amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;amp;bc1=000000&amp;amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;amp;f=ifr&quot; style=&quot;height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/06/guides-parable.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-7818692509143906434</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-21T20:50:29.130-07:00</atom:updated><title>Rain</title><description>Rain&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Anxious feelings stir&lt;br /&gt;
as the rain approaches.&lt;br /&gt;
Not because of the storm-&lt;br /&gt;
but the drought within me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;My Soul thirsts--&lt;br /&gt;
cracked and parched&lt;br /&gt;
as the Painted Desert.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the distance&lt;br /&gt;
the Thunder gently rolls&lt;br /&gt;
announcing the arrival of&lt;br /&gt;
the Thunder beings&lt;br /&gt;
bringing the much needed rain.;&lt;br /&gt;
the nourishment and cleaning I need.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like the parched grass- I wait.&lt;br /&gt;
The fist drops kiss my skin;&lt;br /&gt;
Then another&lt;br /&gt;
and&lt;br /&gt;
another&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Relief. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the rumble of the thunder&lt;br /&gt;
I hear the Sacred Voice as it whispers-&lt;br /&gt;
‘Drink, let me quench your thirst Daughter&lt;br /&gt;
and wash away the dust that clouds your Vision.’&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To the Great Sky Nation&lt;br /&gt;
I raise my face.&lt;br /&gt;
The rain washes me gently.&lt;br /&gt;
As it mingles with my tears,&lt;br /&gt;
it refreshes my Soul.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://mariannegoldweber.com/&quot;&gt;Marianne Goldweber&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/06/rain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-4888039530418502733</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 17:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-07T10:23:30.556-07:00</atom:updated><title>Walking  the Good Red Road in Faith</title><description>I know that until any of us take the &#39;final trip &#39; the truth&amp;nbsp; about belief and faith is just a speculation. None of us knows first hand the&amp;nbsp; mysteries that the Universe holds.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There are many spiritual&amp;nbsp; paths to adopt and allign with that describe our personal &#39;Belief&#39; and whatever our connection is to the Divine- and that choice is personal. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Our need to criticize, judge and admonish the &#39;belief&#39; of others seems inaccurate- for there is no &#39;truth&#39; except for the personal truths that we each hold and express through Living our Faith.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Our lives are the example of the path that we follow- there should be no need to &#39;convince&#39; another of the rightness of what we believe. If we are living examples of what faith brings to our life- then my Life is my Testimony- there is no need for words to explain my spiritual choosing.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;I remember as a child,&amp;nbsp; there was a song that we used to sing in school- it was called- They will know we are Christians by our Love. I would observe others and see if I could &#39;see&#39; who the Christians were. I tried to see if&amp;nbsp; you could really &lt;i&gt;know &lt;/i&gt;if someone was a follower of Christ just though their actions- as an expression of Christ&#39;s love. Walking examples of the&amp;nbsp; teachings of Christ.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If I was to sing this song now- as a woman of faith I would sing it &quot;They will know I&#39;m a _________ by my love.&quot;...... Am I? I try to be, and hold MYSELF to that&amp;nbsp; observation. When people meet me- am I a walking example of my Faith? That is my question.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When I leave this journey- I want to go to&amp;nbsp; the Source of all there is with clean hands and a glad heart- and none of the other things will matter. My impression on those I have met and leave behind, is my testimony.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just pondering today..... :)&lt;br /&gt;
Marianne&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;searchquote&quot;&gt;Let us pray to the One who holds us&lt;br /&gt;
in the hollow of His hands, &lt;br /&gt;
To the One who holds us in the curve of Her arms, &lt;br /&gt;
To the One whose flesh is the flesh of hills and  &lt;br /&gt;
hummingbirds and angleworms, &lt;br /&gt;
Whose skin is the color of an old Black woman &lt;br /&gt;
and a young white man; and the color of the leopard &lt;br /&gt;
and the grizzly bear and the green grass snake, &lt;br /&gt;
Whose hair is like the aurora borealis, rainbows,&lt;br /&gt;
nebulae, waterfalls, and a spider&#39;s web, &lt;br /&gt;
Whose eyes sometime shine like the Evening Star,&lt;br /&gt;
and then like fireflies, and then again like an open wound, &lt;br /&gt;
Whose touch is both the touch of life and the touch of death, &lt;br /&gt;
And whose name is everyone&#39;s, but mostly mine. &lt;br /&gt;
And what shall we pray? &lt;br /&gt;
Let us say, &#39;thank you.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc3333; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;
Reprinted with the author&#39;s kind permission. Reverend Max Coots is  the Minister Emeritus of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Canton,  New York.  ©  Max Coots. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/05/walking-good-red-road-in-faith.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-7663635283829385779</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-14T06:49:47.613-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">compassion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">faith</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title>Love is all we have....</title><description>Earlier in&amp;nbsp; life I allowed the painful experiences to make me seperate from others. I felt that people just wanted to hurt and take, and didn&#39;t really give a damn. I sadly spent much of that time taking, to prevent being taken, and withheld my love to punish. In spite of that, I had many people during that time who loved me anyway. I can&#39;t ever thank them all or enough. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once my perception shifted, I realized that Love can&#39;t be contained. It is a free flowing stream from the deepest part of ourselves to another. I have allowed myself to be swept away by this divine flow.&lt;br /&gt;
I honestly can&#39;t look at another human being without feeling that love connection. It&#39;s the only thing I have that I can freely give. I will never run out of it if I stay connected to that place.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;It seems that that Love takes risk, but if it is unconditional, there is no risk.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Occasionally I feel like the little boy throwing the beached starfish back into the water. Millions of them at risk of dying in the sun. The sheer magnitude of this mission can be overwhelming, but&amp;nbsp; knowing that just a little love will revive the light in another soul- one person at a time,&amp;nbsp; makes it do-able.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Every human thirsts for love- demonstrated in their need for&amp;nbsp; attention, value, kindness, compassion, and worth. What I can do is be present, and notice another who feels invisible or without identity or hurting. I can&amp;nbsp; remind them that they are a perfect expression of the Divine- and no matter who took that from them, they &lt;i&gt;are &lt;/i&gt;Loved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I love you.&lt;br /&gt;
Happy Valentines day&lt;br /&gt;
Marianne</description><link>http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2011/02/love-is-all-we-have.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-758277383269116745.post-7220524072949451106</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-13T07:31:28.521-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">codependent</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">intuitiuon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">psychic</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spirituality</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">twelve step</category><title>Psychicness- there is no instruction manual.</title><description>So the day came where my life was unmanageable.&lt;br /&gt;
I was obsessively controlling, and my life was slowly eroding into a nine car pileup. My husband could do nothing right at this point and&amp;nbsp; when he made an appointment to go to marriage counseling I figured if it&amp;nbsp; would make him better, I&#39;m all for it...lol&lt;br /&gt;
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So I sat in the counselors office and he listened to me vent about (and blame)&amp;nbsp; everyone and everything for the state of my life. He said &#39;why are you trying so hard Marianne&#39;...and I replied &#39;becasue if I didn&#39;t it would fall apart&#39; He then said &#39;If you have to try that hard it IS apart...stop trying.&#39; Then he said, &#39;You are co- dependent.&#39; I was like,&amp;nbsp; what the F*%$# is that? He handed me the book Co-dependent no more and said &#39;Don&#39;t come back till you&#39;ve read it.&#39; &lt;br /&gt;
I read it, and never went back.&lt;br /&gt;
Not because the book changed my life, but because there was nothing wrong with me- it was my husband and my boss and my family and strangers I encountered- but certainly not me...lol&lt;br /&gt;
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This was the beginning of the spiral to the bottom...&lt;br /&gt;
So you ask,&#39;what does this have to do with being psychic?&lt;br /&gt;
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Well, I just &#39;knew&#39; what people needed- &lt;i&gt;even if they didn&#39;t.&lt;/i&gt; I was constantly interfering with my unsolicited opinion- I helped and helped and ran people over with my helping- I was faster- smarter- and more knowledgeable that anyone else and felt COMPELLED to help those too ignorant (judgment) to help themselves.Everyone was stupid (another judgment) and I had their answers. (REALLY??...lol)&lt;br /&gt;
I am almost embarrassed to admit this - but I have many times confessed this-&amp;nbsp; in order to forgive myself and ask for forgiveness from others.&lt;br /&gt;
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I was using my psychic &#39;knowing&#39; to butt in and evesdrop on unsuspecting people so I could &#39;help them&#39;...( yup...) Even though, back in my own back yard there was a horrific disaster I could not face that was my life. I was not emotionally attached to their drama- but I was to my own- fixing them was &#39;less painful.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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It was during this time that my spiritual awakening was slowly occurring-people from every spiritual path were appearing day after day with a message. My awareness and need to&amp;nbsp; understand my psychic abilities was becoming stronger..&lt;br /&gt;
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I am compelled to share this story this morning&amp;nbsp; because there is a great spiritual awakening occurring in our world-&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;but it is painful as the ILLUSION we have created dies&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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There is a much faster way to it if we can just shift our perception.&lt;br /&gt;
My spiritual Teacher Dave awakened me to this spiritual knowing and I was forced into changing by this amazing shift in perspective. &lt;a href=&quot;http://mariannegoldweber.blogspot.com/2009/05/self-check-mirror-mirror-on-wall.html&quot;&gt;(click here for the teaching)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Dave was not afraid to stand up to me, in his gentle Native American way- and blindsided me with his Spiritual wisdom. I am forever indebted to him. I was using my Psychic connection on everyone but myself. In fact- I could not see myself or (my behavior) or my relationship to the world at all.&lt;br /&gt;
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There have been many scientific studies that suggest psychic ability is born from childhood trauma. Some say that it is a learned behavior (entering a trance-like state of separation from the physical&amp;nbsp; stressful, abusive events) and a heightened ability to notice when the triggers for these events are going to occur. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;In psychics studied, something like 75 percent have reported childhood trauma.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I have found in this work that most addicts, physical and otherwise, are flaming psychics, untrained.&lt;br /&gt;
This is so they can use the healing of their trauma and psychicness to heal our changing and emerging world. It can make them great and powerful teachers.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is the stuff that fascinates me about&amp;nbsp; this skill I have developed and use to help empower others to heal themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
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So if life is a train wreck, and you are addicted to noticing the suffering of others and you are avoiding looking at your own life because&amp;nbsp; it seems too big to fix- there is hope- there is help- there is understanding there is a spiritual solution. Through this process you can harness this ability, get in touch with the guides and universal knowing and emerge as a great teacher....&lt;br /&gt;
Then we can then really FIX the world....by fixing our world ;)&lt;br /&gt;
Peace beyond all Understanding,&lt;br /&gt;
Marianne&lt;br /&gt;
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