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What do you think about when you're feeling down?
Phoenix
As I think about my responds to feeling down, a pattern emerges within the way I react. Usually I allow myself to vent in some form, may it be through voicing myself, or through crying... More »
How do you allow for expansion in your life?
Phoenix
Now that I got your attention - he, he - seriously: Expansion on a personal level for me is as essential as breathing. I am constantly drawn toward new perspectives especially faiths, and it facinates... More »
How do you respond to negative people?
Phoenix
That depends on who it is. With most people, I can handle their negativity, by saying. "I never thought of this, in that way.", and getting away as soon as possible, or gently direct the conversation... More »
On what do you most enjoy spending money?
Phoenix
Books - my new best friends are half.com and my mail-lady. There is hardly a week that goes by that I do not have some package arriving with a used book within. My daughter has... More »
What was the first word, or sentence, you spoke?
Phoenix
If I would not have heard that tape over and over again, each time, I visit my grandmother, I couldn't tell you. Apparently my first word that my grandmother remembers me saying was my uncles... More »
What would you do if time didn't matter?
Phoenix
Stop feeling guilty when I do something either for myself, or when I spent time with my family, while I know, that there is work mounting up behind me. If I knew, there was enough... More »
How has another person made you feel welcome?
Phoenix
Meantioning all of them would make a list that would be too long for this forum, so instead, I will take this opportunity to thank all the people here, and in other parts of the virtual and... More »
What constitutes true communication?
Phoenix
Finding a common thread, acknowledging another one's truth without judgment, and being allowed to express one's own truth. True communication is warm, open, gentle, expressive. It is a cycle through which either individual can validate... More »
What do you want from our leaders?
Phoenix
To remember that they are public servants - that they serve us, not we serve them. That we do not need to be told what to do, but assisted at times of need - when... More »
What gets in the way of us connecting with others?
Phoenix
Self-Doubt. There are still moments, where if I think, I have something to contribute, I am afraid to, and hesitate, because I think that my answer might not be insightful enough, or smart enough. I... More »
QaR
August 2008 