Don’t by Born in Providence: Reblog

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When nowhere seems safe, blogger Born in Providence invites us to find shelter on her Island of Sanctuary...

Guest Blog Post: The Little Guy Who Stole Our Hearts by Debbie Centeno

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Live long enough, and we're bound to encounter challenges. With the help of a friend, Debbie Centeno (who runs this blog and this blog) uses her grief to help others... I never knew how much a person could grow to love their pet. I wasn’t raised with pets, other than fish in a tank. And,… Continue reading Guest Blog Post: The Little Guy Who Stole Our Hearts by Debbie Centeno

Ignorance by Chuy: Reblog

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Photo of Chuy dog

It took me a long time to learn this. Paz’ dog Chuy taught it to him…

Pazlo's avatarChow Dog Zen

Road to The Wonder Woods

Just because you 

Don’t Know

You are 

Beautiful,

Perfect,

And Precious to this

Great Cosmos

Doesn’t mean

It isn’t So.

  • Chuy

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1st Date by Charlie: Reblog

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Charlie & new friend!

Discovery and joy, tension and delight — falling into friendship can be as heady for me as falling in love.

How is new friendship for you?

“Minutes of talking to her makes me feel happy. Then, later on, we’re friends,” shares blogger/photographer/graphic designer Charlie of the Philippines…

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Do you still remember your first date? Do you still remember your first impression to him or her? Do you still remember the feelings?

January 19, I met this girl at not too far away land. She is a vendor of pastries in our town. Minutes of talking to her makes me feel happy. Then later on, we’re friends.

Meet Abby. She is so energetic and full of stories. Yes, she is younger than me. She is working at the bakery in our town.

Today January 24, is our first date ever. I took her at Onyang and Fiorgelato.

She able finish it all. She is so happy and very satiafied to our first date. For only 3$ you can have this all.

She said “I want to bring my sister here. It has big serving yet the price too cheap. Unlike other big restaurant out there. Too expensive but…

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Guest Blog Post: “Empathy – with Mindfulness: Part 1,” in Pete J. Probe’s exact words

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Cats as mindfulness and thereby empathy teachers? Yes! says fellow blogger Pete J. Probe…

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What is empathy

Empathy has something to do with feelings. It is the ability to understand or recreate what others just think or feel. Simply put: feel yourself in something, experience something, feel yourself sco. into another person. For example, traditionally at funerals, it is common for the mourners to express our sympathy.

Short excursion into neurobiology

-Feelings and emotions

We all have experienced a lot of feelings in our lives, and this perception is already in the prenatal stage. We have forgotten our emotional world for the most part, but it is still present in a memory that remains closed to our conscious experience. And when we make a decision – of whatever kind – our ‘ stored ´ emotions ‘ play the decisive role´, without realizing that. They are almost part of a second of our thinking upstream, without being consciously perceived. This means that all our decision-making…

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