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Courage and Belief
Reading a story this week about the murder of twenty-six year old Neda AghaSoltan during the protests in Tehran got me thinking about courage. Would I be brave enough to put my life on the line for what I believe is right? Would I stand against my government at the risk of my own demise? I......Read More

Posted on: 2009-08-01 12:47:03 | Rating:

| Views: 37 | Comments: 1 | Tags: courage peril freedom danger death

The rat race
It's actually been five years that I have been at the same company which is a record and a half for me. The job itself is challenging enough, though not where I, or anyone who knows me well, would have guessed I'd be now. Last week I got a Citizen watch for my five......Read More

Posted on: 2009-08-03 20:16:42 | Rating:

| Views: 56 | Comments: 6 | Tags: bullet with butterfly wings sadness work money happiness

FIve things- TAGGED by Peace2u
Thanks for thinking of me Peace2U - You're right - it's super hard to think of five things, but here goes: 1. I lose things, all the time. I leave my phone, purse, keys, wallet ,everywhere. I spend a ton of time retracing steps and figuring out alternate ways to get into places out of......Read More

Posted on: 2009-08-05 23:34:12 | Rating:

| Views: 68 | Comments: 8 | Tags: five things tagged Peace2U travel smoking

Recurring Dream, ever have those?
I don't tend to have a lot of bad or really memorable dreams, but recently I have been having a recurring dream in which I am driving erratically. The vehicles and circumstances are always different, but the common theme is that I am basically out of control. In one dream, I am driving in a......Read More

Posted on: 2009-08-15 03:42:00 | Rating:

| Views: 88 | Comments: 12 | Tags: dream out of control driving nightmares

Open Mindedness and God
I was watching some old rerun of that wife swap show. I love the idea because the participants can't help but learn something about themselves in the process. So this woman was super freaked out by this family's lack of faith. I mean, she really got freaked out by everything and......Read More

Posted on: 2009-08-26 22:36:43 | Rating:

| Views: 63 | Comments: 15 | Tags: God love open mindedness. Elitsm

A harrowing night in Naples
Took the train, in February, from Pisa to Palermo, stopping in Firenze for a day and also Napoli. In Napoli I had a midnight train to Palermo. I'd spent the day walking around and had returned to the train station about an hour and a half before my train. I was reading......Read More