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		<title>An optimistic funeral?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure if you&#8217;ve ever noticed, but the word &#8220;fun&#8221; just so happens to be in funeral.  How on earth did that happen?  An oversight or intentional?  Is there such a thing as an optimistic funeral?  From my experience, I&#8217;d have to say YES.
In early March, while I was in Vermont, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A young optimist&#8217;s &#8220;AHA&#8221; moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt completely discouraged?  Feeling like a failure at something that you had been confident you could achieve?  What did you do in that moment?  How did you respond?
This video is a priceless lesson in optimism.  Watch for the boy&#8217;s AHA moment:

One of the things this one minute story shows us is how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living &amp; dying with passion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, on the first day of November (ironically the &#8220;day of the dead&#8221; in many traditions), my good friend Guen Gifford died while paragliding in California.  Most of us are still in shock, regardless of our spiritual beliefs or general optimism about life.
Guen lived a very thoughtful life &#8211; considering pros and cons, examining how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When joy &amp; wisdom appear</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love synchronicity.  And I really love when it shows up loud and clear.
Two weekends ago, I attended a &#8220;Circles of Healing&#8221; retreat in Mount Shasta, CA for those whose lives have been somehow touched by cancer or chronic illness.  I went with my partner, who has survived cancer more than once, and also held [...]]]></description>
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