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  • Aging,  Creativity,  Life Challenges,  Spiritual Growth

    What is an Ethical Will and the Steps to Creating One

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    Man hold glowing lightbulb to symbolize an ethical will

    An ethical will can leave light in the lives of your heirs through your values, life lessons and principles, shared through your writing and preservation of snippets of…

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    Ardis Mayo
  • Creativity

    ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WRITING

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    levenger fountain pen

    The importance of writing surpasses our objections to the reasons we do not write and motivates more creativity with every word.

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    Ardis Mayo
  • Creativity

    8 WAYS TO FIND INSPIRATION

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    Man leaning on his fist waiting for inspiration

    Being creative is a matter of knowing how to show hospitality to Inspiration and there are a number of ways to invite Inspiration to visit. Here are 7…

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  • Spiritual Growth

    HOW TO FORGIVE WHEN IT HURTS

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    two hands face up with an offering of a buttercup in an act of forgiveness

    How do we forgive when we have been betrayed? Is it possible to move forward while still bleeding from the wounds? In a society that tells us to…

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  • Spiritual Growth

    DISCOVERING THE MYSTERY OF DAWN

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    Sunrise at Cadillac Mt in Maine

    Rising early enough to see the sunrise is the way to experience what is known as a 'Thin Place' where heaven and earth meet.

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  • Life Challenges

    SURVIVING A PANDEMIC

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    Any time there is a pandemic, there is more than a virus that keeps us awake at night. Roosevelt said "There is nothing to fear but fear itself",…

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  • Creativity,  Poetry

    Wordpile

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    Ordinary woodpile

    . . . I swing my pen with confidence towards a waiting sheet of paper And listen for the thunk of ideas. . .

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  • Poetry,  Spiritual Growth

    Are You Prepared for Your Trip?

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    Finger pointing on map

    . . . No footsteps have walked where I walk. No one’s eyes have my vision. I hear whispers of direction from within my soul in a language…

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    Ardis Mayo

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