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		<title>Are you plugged in?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I saw the icon on my cell phone go down to one little bar, I thought &#8220;Huh.  How did that happen so quickly?  Better find an outlet.&#8221;  And this got me thinking . . .
These days, people tend to make sure technology has the power it needs to function throughout the day (especially a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The experience of knowing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I went to my friends&#8217; house in Juniper Valley, CA.  One thing I love about Abbie and Jack&#8217;s place is there&#8217;s a spectacular view of the north side of Mount Shasta.  To me, the mountain looks more volcanic from this perspective, which I find quite powerful.

On this particular day, as I looked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our wild &amp; precious lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hooray hooray hooray hooray hooray today&#8217;s my birthday!   Hooray hooray hooray hooray hooray today&#8217;s my birthday!  Not the pickle, not the pear, not the elephant, not the bear, not last week or yesterday &#8211; Hooray today&#8217;s my birthday!!!
This is the song I&#8217;ve been singing to friends and family on their birthdays for about the [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Inner optimism]]></category>

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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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		<title>A young optimist&#8217;s &#8220;AHA&#8221; moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 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>Catch the good vibes of Oprah&#8217;s good day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally saw this amazing video from Oprah&#8217;s 24th Season kick-off.  Talk about optimistic!  As if the song isn&#8217;t uplifting enough, the community effort of this coordinated dance of 21,000 people is outstanding.
What I most love, perhaps, is the hope this brings that people of various backgrounds and lives can come together and create art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laugh Between the Lines back issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laughter exercises]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the archives of Laugh Between the Lines, the e-newsletter I&#8217;ve been publishing with Kate Asch about unconditional laughter since January 2009.
There are plenty of laughter exercises and fun personal tidbits in the iContact archives.  You can see all of the back issues by using the &#8220;next&#8221; and &#8220;previous&#8221; links.  Enjoy!
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