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Power of Gratitude

Posted in Personal Development, Random Acts of Kindness, Stress Management, tagged , , , , on June 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Funny. Over the past few weeks, I’ve not only happened upon several blog postings, but have also had a couple of conversations about gratitude journals.  Perhaps it’s no coincidence; spring is, after all, a time of hope and renewal. A Gratitude Journal (also called a Grateful Journal, and a Happiness Journal) came into popularity back [...]

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Week 52: Expressing Gratitude

Posted in Personal Development, Random Acts of Kindness, tagged on January 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »

“Week 52″ — Words I sometimes wondered if I’d ever type. Truth be told, there were times when I questioned if we’d make it. The first came when I was overloaded with work and falling behind on blogging. I remember asking Nils (not so jokingly), “Would anyone notice if we changed to ‘26 Weeks of [...]

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Week 49: World Cup 2010 Endures

Posted in Children, Personal Development, Sports, tagged , on December 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I’m not much of a sports fan — neither as a participant nor a spectator — but every four years, my “inner jock-ette” rises to the surface, has been known to don a b*tt-ugly team t-shirt and cheer, yell and emit war cries at the television set along with the best of them.  It’s only [...]

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Week 41: Helping writers get their groove back

Posted in Arts and Culture, Education, Personal Development, tagged , , , , , on October 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Finally, caught up. Here’s the overdue posting on Week 41. Another Impact week worth remembering. Despite the flu and an average of 14-hour days at the computer, Week 41 ranks with some of my most personally fulfilling of the year — though I suppose there have been many. My Impact Effort was to lead a five-day writers’ [...]

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Week 36: Sharing your talents … okay, not so simple

Posted in Personal Development, Random Acts of Kindness on September 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Uh oh, got me-self into a pickle. The last blog posting I wrote was titled, “Sharing your talents, it’s that simple.” The “simple” part referred to the belief  that using our talents (as opposed to abilities that don’t come naturally) makes for effortless Impact. I did not anticipate the response. I thank those who wrote [...]

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Week 36: Sharing your talents, it’s that simple

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, Friends, Personal Development, volunteering, tagged , , , on September 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »

My ex-husband was (and likely still is) a very talented fellow. My oldest friend still reminds me that he could make milk Doritos come out of his nose. (Added Sept 11, 2010: Sorry, I’ve been corrected by my friend, it was Doritos, not milk) But, (fortunately) he’s just one of many talented people I know. [...]

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June MIC: Vote Your Top 3 Faves

Posted in Monthly Impact Challenges (MIC), Personal Development, Random Acts of Kindness on July 5, 2010 | Comments Off

If you heard a dull, hollow “thonking” noise yesterday, I confess that was me. Between the hours of about 2 – 4 p.m., I was whacking my forehead with the the heel of my hand repeatedly and firmly, crying, “stupid, stupid, stupid!” What foolishness made me believe that Nils and could easily sort through friend [...]

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June MIC: Happiness Challenge Follow-up and Vid

Posted in Monthly Impact Challenges (MIC), Personal Development, Random Acts of Kindness, tagged , , on July 3, 2010 | Comments Off

The entire month of June was marked by serendipity. Opportunities to connect with friends, family and strangers just seemed to fall into our laps. While sadly, not all needs for connection were happy ones, the combined efforts made for a most fulfilling month. June’s Monthly Impact Challenge was a Happiness Challenge and all about appreciating [...]

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Happiness Challenge – Halfway Mark Update

Posted in Monthly Impact Challenges (MIC), Personal Development, Random Acts of Kindness, tagged , on June 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Our Monthly Impact “Happiness Challenge” is chugging along nicely. As always, we wish there were more people participating, but we send our thanks to all who are getting involved. We thought we’d share a few tidbits and samples of what some friends and followers have posted, sent to us, added to their Butter Be Happy [...]

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June MIC: Happiness Challenge

Posted in Personal Development, tagged , , , on June 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Last week’s Impact Effort (see Week 22: Pollinating Happiness) was so much fun and got such great response from those friends and followers who participated, we’ve decided to turn it into a month-long event.  So, “5 happy thoughts a day” and “pollinating happiness” are the June Monthly Impact Challenge. We hope everyone will “play.” As [...]

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