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Sunday Story...the Biggest Fitness Lie

So…last week was the biggest diet myth…a calorie is a calorie is a calorie is a lie. All calories do not perform the same way in your body. The types of calories you are eating directly influence your body’s ability to…

Feel Good Friday...World Peace and other 4th Grade Achievements

Feel Good Friday…World Peace and Other 4th grade Achievements

World Peace is a game invented by a teacher. His 4th graders play it and there is no winner until everyone in the game is at peace, safe, secure and on solid economic footing. Thus…

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Sunday Story...The Biggest Diet Lie

Sunday Stories…The Biggest Diet Lie



Are you ready? Here it is…A calorie is a calorie is a calorie. This is the biggest lie in the diet and…

Feel Good Friday...Ekatva-Oneness

Feel Good Friday…Ekatva-Oneness



Here is an amazing story of struggle and peace. 16 children from one of the poorest places on earth, guided by 1 renowned dance school and funded by a non-governmental organization have come together to bring a message of…

Sunday Story...Connectivity

I am going into my 5th year of Sunday Stories. Way back in 2008 Kenney Money suggested I start writing these myself as opposed to passing on some other writings. So I started. And…

Feel Good Friday...The Most Astounding Fact

Feel Good Friday…The Most Astounding Fact



Snails and puppy dog tails, sugar and spice may not be all we are made out of. In this short video an…

Sunday Story...Will Power

So we now know that sometimes it really is hard (last week’s story at: http://sunday-stories.blogspot.com/ ). It is hard to shift and change things in your…

Feel Good Friday...Caine's Arcade

Feel Good Friday…Caine’s Arcade



Do you ever wonder about the random-ness of life? How is it that this film-maker stumbles upon Caine Monroy who built an arcade out of cardboard and his imagination? Caine had no customers for his arcade until this man, Nirvan Mullick,…

Sunday Story...Sometimes It Really is Hard

Sunday Story…Sometimes It Really is Hard



I know when I write or talk about food and the change in diet or food choices I can appear cavalier or unfeeling. In other words it may seem as if my compassion and patience in this neighborhood is…

Feel Good Friday...Mr. Happy Man

Feel Good Friday…Mr. Happy Man



For 6 hours each day Johnny Barnes stands at an intersection and tells people he loves them. He has been doing this for years, rain or shine. We have seen people like this in different places over the years. Here in Northern Nevada there…

Sunday Story...Harder, Smarter, More

Sunday Story...Work Harder, Work Smarter, Love More



That’s it. I could stop right here and the message would be complete. So if you get it, you can stop reading right now and go do one or all three of those things. Or stay with me…

Feel Good Friday...Earth Hour

Feel Good Friday…Earth Hour



Feel Good Friday…Earth Hour



So this event took place last Saturday but you can still do your part today. Turn the lights off for one hour. Turn them off everywhere you can in your house. Light some candles, start a fire, or just…

Sunday Story...Pain Cave

It had to be uncomfortable, carrying that much weight around. She was walking on the sides of the feet, out of breath from the door to the car, hurting in every joint trying to support the weight. It hadn’t…

Feel Good Friday...Find No Enemy

Feel Good Friday…Find No Enemy



Every once in awhile someone just hits it…the exact right spot. In this music video, Akala’s long hip-hop rap poem nails many of the problems with race, politics, and…

Sunday Story…You can’t fool Mother Nature



Spring appears to have begun to banish winter. Of course we will still have some nasty days…even today the wind is brisk and biting. It will probably snow at least one more time. But things are stirring and awakening both in the garden and the flower beds but inside of each of us as well.…

Feel Good Friday...Barefoot College

Feel Good Friday…Barefoot College



In a remote village in India, many years ago a young man, well educated with the whole world in front of him found his calling. He dug wells and started educating illiterate and uneducated villagers. And he founded a college…a…

Sunday Story...the Letter

Sunday Story…The Letter



There is a letter you need to write. I don’t know who you need to write it to. I don’t know what the subject matter is and I don’t know why you need to write it. I just know you need to write that letter.



You have been…

Feel Good Friday…Let Us Free the World

This little video is a remix of the climactic speech from Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 movie, “The Dictator”.  It seems that every day our society is moving towards a meaner, less tolerant paradigm.  This video is a reminder of what we could become, what we really…

Sunday Story…Brain Power

It’s hard.  Really, really hard and every bone, every sinew, every muscle in your body is screaming at you to stop.  Just stop already and rest.  This isn’t for the $50,000 check; it isn’t for the championship belt or even playground bragging rights.  It’s…

Feel Good Friday…Giftivism

The Karma kitchen in Berkeley has served over 25,000 meals over several years with a simple idea…that you will pay your meal “forward”.  In other words there is no bill for you r dinner.  Someone else has already paid it.  So how much will you pay for the next person? …