April 16, 2013. READY FOR A REPRIEVE FROM LIFE'S PRESSURES, COMPETITION AND NEGATIVITY?

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February 4, 2013 -'WHY WE ALL NEED NATURE by Donna Sales
“There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.”
~ Calvin Coolidge, 1924 speech
Humans have always had an intimate relationship with the earth. Until the last fifty years or so. Our ancestors, they hunted, gathered, farmed and fished. They walked, ran, climbed, rode, worked, played, and gathered outdoors. Nature was revered as the source of all life with its offerings, seasons, cycles, and, at times, fierce unpredictability. Human civilization – until the last fifty years or so – understood that we are intricately bonded...
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Rhododendrons in Bloom. Submitted by Linda Salloum, Comox, B.C.
“ The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.”
Kahlil Gibran
By Dr. Robin Vinge, N.D. Posted April 16, 2013 Click here to read the rest of the article
Healing is a journey. It isn’t always an easy path. There are no assured outcomes of any kind. It requires you to have a deep level of trust in the process. It requires the ability to surrender to the journey. To allow whatever needs to come up, without any thought of judgement; fully embracing yourself with love and acceptance. It is embracing what is, in all its entirety...
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The sweetness from the yam and touch of Cajun-style spice make these REALLY good.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY REMINDER THAT THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO LOVE, CARING AND CONNECTION IN THIS WORLD.
(And that the human species has a lot to learn from other animals).
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