Tag: Travel
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Moments Of Impact
How many different lives could you have lived? In the infinite web of possibilities, how many different versions of yourself do you think may have flourished? I do not know, nor do you. What I do know, is that there are moments throughout our lifetime that have changed our lives irreversibly. They nudge us along…
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The Man Under The Bridge – A Short Story by M L Wood
A man wakes up under a bridge. He notices the trickle of water dripping down through the crack in the cement above him. He notes the sound is rather pleasant and the water is a safe distance from him not to disturb his state. The cars are streaming across the bridge in a sort of…
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Polarity – A Short Story by M L Wood
The wind blew softly against Nick’s face as he blinked himself into awareness. He rolled out his fingers and felt the dewy grass warm against his hands, realizing he was laying down. Water flowed by him and the sound felt comforting, like a song he was meant to hear. He began to stand up slowly…
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Life
Ask yourself, what have I done with my life? what have I achieved or changed or contributed to. I have noticed most people who have reached a certain age, have no proof they have lived a long life other than the age on their passport. M L Wood
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What Are Dreams? They May Be More Real Than You Think.
The world was dark. That was until the man opened his eyes. He opens his eyes and feels the world around him before anything else. What are these colors? he thinks to himself. He moves to get up, or tries to, before looking down. His eyes finally catch up with the rest of his senses.…
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Waves – Art a form of Self Expression.
“We humans are like waves, imperfect perfection. Rising and failing. Before returning from where we came. “ M L Wood I penned these words some time ago, as I was sitting on a beach watching the waves crash before me. The beauty and power of the ocean is both terrifying and majestic, akin I would…
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The Tree & The River
“The tree is oh so envious of the river. It flows so elegantly past, all day. Yet, the tree does not know. The river envies the tree. Watching it sway so eloquently, blooming into life throughout the seasons.” The Growth Philosophy
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Voltaire and Meditation – Can 20 Minutes a Day Better Your Life?
Voltaire once said “Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.” The French historian and philosopher Voltaire proclaimed meditation to be some mystical tool for expanding your consciousness and being one with the universe. Or so it would seem after reading the…
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Feeling Your Way Through Life
Carl Jung once said “We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.” I feel these…
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The Power of Change
Change. A scary word to some. An exciting one to others. Yet, every single one us has to encounter change through out our lifetime. The power of change is ever present and ever powerful, lets ponder this in a little more detail. Your kids will move out, the government will change, your parents will die,…
The Growth Philosophy 