Does Your To-Do List Lead To What You Love?

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Does Your To-Do List Lead To What You Love?

I have a habit of keeping a very long to-do list and many items carry over from day to day. This can easily lead to judging myself as lazy. I often come to the end of a day and wonder what I accomplished. This is the plight of work on the mental and emotional plane, where results are often not as apparent as they are with physical labor. I work in a sheltered enclavve, in my little home office, hammering away at....what? This raises the question: Does my to-do list leadto what I love?

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Is Privacy Possible?

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Is Privacy Possible?

I Love free-form writing, which is an exercise in self-awareness, a revelation of my unconscious worries and wisdom. This was seeded by the line: "Notes From An Anonymous World." It was likely spurred from being the victim of fraud recently, requiring that I close my primary checking account. I am still dealing with the repercussions after a month. What is your take on privacy in the modern world? How vulnerable do you feel to intrusion? What do you do to protect yourself?

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Safety and Risk: The Shipwrecked Soul

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Safety and Risk: The Shipwrecked Soul

I wrote The Shipwrecked Soul in 2001 and it was a watershed poem, the precursor of a life-changing journey that is still underway. It has been read by thousands and many have said it was a godsend in tough times. Life often presents us with challenges or opportunities that put us on the "horns of a dilemma:" should we play it safe or take a risk? What is now calling you out? What is happening in you or in your life that is asking, or even demanding, that you venture out to unknown seas?

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