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DailyOM - The Human Voice

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November 9, 2005 Spoken Imprint The Human Voice Whether listening to the low muted murmur of a confidential whisper or the proud declarative boom coming from behind a mike on the podium, there are few sounds more evocative than the human voice. Each human being's voice has a unique tone that is all its own. Carrying its own signature traits and idiosyncrasies, no two voices are alike. Yet so often, we neglect to hear these resonances under which our spoken words are floated over. A lover's voice vibrating with tenderness can feel like a warm caress touching the body; words spoken over an angry voice can seem like bullets hitting one's auric field; and a voice tinged with laughter can't help but fill us with good feelings.

DailyOM - Nothing Is Insurmountable

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October 10, 2005

Overcoming Obstacles Nothing Is Insurmountable When our next best course of action seems unclear, any dilemmas we face can appear insurmountable. Yet there is nothing we cannot overcome with time, persistence, focused thought, help, and faith. Whatever the situation or problem, there is always a solution. And if you remember to look within, even as you search around you for the "right" course of action, you will be able to center yourself, clear your mind, and see that nothing has to be impossible. The first step in overcoming any obstacle is to believe that it can be overcome. Doing so will give you the strength and courage to move through any crisis. The second step is to make a resolution that you can prevail over any chaos. Enlist your support network of family and friends if necessary. The more minds there are to consider a problem, the more solutions can be found. Don't discount ideas just because they seem impractical or "unrealistic," and don't keep searching for the "best" alternative. Often there is no "best" choice, there is only a choice to make so we can begin moving beyond whatever is obstructing our path. At the very least, making a choice, even if isn't the ideal one, can give you a sense of peace before you have to figure out what your next course of action will be.

DailyOM - How Others Perceive You

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September 13, 2005

Seeing Yourself Through Different Eyes How Others Perceive You

Each time we look in a mirror, we choose the lens through which we view ourselves. We choose which aspects of ourselves - of our bodies and of our beings - we focus our attention on. Sometimes we take in our whole figure, or more often, we see ourselves as a collection of individual parts, some of which we classify as "good" and others as "bad." We compare ourselves to our peers and to an ideal image we hold in our mind. We wonder if others see us the same way we see ourselves, if they make the same classifications and hold the same judgments.

Aloha Sunday

Aloha Sunday

I am thankful for our community’s response to Katrina
I wonder if everyone is taking part?
I hear hope replacing single cries
I see humanity lifting the world’s eyes
I want to reverse the wrath of nature’s sting
I am the prayers softly searching...sing!

I pretend to know life exists in a baby’s steps
I feel confidence will outweigh the second guess
I touch futures with lessons crafted well
I worry for those who in failure dwell
I cry when children spread their wings
I am the shadows softly searching...sing!

I understand we hold the future in our voice
I say, “Lift it up! Reach out! Rejoice!”
I dream peace creates itself in need
I try to share and “see” and feed
I hope love touches every hateful thing!
I am your voice softly searching...sing!

“Although all of us have rich ethnic identities and yet we all are uniquely individual, we are without discrimination bound together by a common humanity.” –J.F. Kaywell

--Joy Baldree, September 2005

Link: Network for Good :: Hurricane Victims Need Your Help Today.

Hurricane Victims Need Your Help Today Millions of people along the Gulf Coast are suffering from the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. They desperately need water, food, shelter and medical care today. You can join the effort to provide life-saving aid by making a donation now. Please help meet this enormous need now with your donation. Tell A Friend

NEA: Help for Parents: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Learn to Read

PARENTS--GRADE SHEETS WENT HOME TODAY 9/2/2005

Link: NEA: Help for Parents: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Learn to Read.

A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Learn To Read Every parent wants his or her child to be a successful reader. Reading, after all, provides the foundation for a great education as well as a lifelong skill that brings not only knowledge, but pleasure. Building on What We Know About Learning To Read Research on reading and learning to read shows that there are things that can be done at home from an early age that help children become successful as readers. The following suggestions, which are backed up by research, should be especially helpful to parents and caregivers of young children.

SPEAK

Link: Teenreads.com.

SPEAK, Laurie Halse Anderson's award-winning novel originally published in 1999, has been made into a movie. In an unprecedented television event, Showtime and Lifetime will air Speak simultaneously on Monday, September 5th. Kristen Stewart stars as Melinda Sordino, a sharp, witty "everygirl" who turns into a social pariah following a tragic but obscure set of events at an end-of-summer party. Click here for more details.

Watch the movie on Lifetime TV September 5th!

Teen Reading Lists - SJLibrary.org

Link: Teen Reading Lists - SJLibrary.org.

Another reference site that offers mini-introductions to a variety of teen reads.

CLP Teen Reads: Read: Teens: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Link: CLP Teen Reads: Read: Teens: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Teens: Read Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Teen Reads

Good list of book reviews if you are looking for a book to read.

Reading Rants! -- Boy Meets Book!

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Boy Meets Book Best Boy Reads When you go into the Young Adult section of your public or school library, does it seem like all the books are for girls? Are Sweet Valley High and Teen Angels threatening to overwhelm you with their sickening pastel covers? Well, never fear, Best Boy Reads are here!

Teenreads.com

Link: Teenreads.com.

RAVEN'S GATE: Book One of The Gatekeepers, by Anthony Horowitz (Horror/Fantasy) From the author of the bestselling Alex Rider novels comes THE GATEKEEPERS, a gripping new series that pits good against evil and past against present in a battle that will determine the course of future civilization.