Author: Lee Down
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Let It Go: Free Your Emotions | Healthy Emotional Expression
From the archives March 2, 2005 Too often today I read messages, books, and lessons that suggest “do not express your emotions.” Rather, it is expected that I “rise above them” and stay centred. There is some truth to those suggestions but it also ignores some steps. Over the past two years I have dealt…
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Faithful Emotions | The Inner Experience | Life Experience
From the archives September 29, 2005 The sad clown attracts us and evokes a feeling of sadness and compassion. Have you ever noticed that the sadness and compassion really feels like it is for you? Often we live our suppressed emotional experiences through some other external situation, mainly entertainment. Once we’re in a safe environment,…
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Living Profoundly | A simple secret to a well-lived life
From the archives August 13, 2005 When you realize that you really want to have an impact in this world, to make a difference, remember that it is in each moment that you are alive and in the present. When you are too busy worrying about what you don’t have, what you have to do,…
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The Truth About Emotional Intelligence | Some Healing Required
From the archives January 21, 2005 There is so much emphasis on emotional intelligence these days that it appears that people are suppressing their emotions and problems in an effort to “fit in,” to keep their jobs, and using “positive self-talk” to muscle through the rough spots in their lives. Recently, I had a friend…
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Chasing the Rainbow | Live the Adventure
From the archives October 12, 2004 it doesn’t matter what your challenge is in life, the same principles apply. As children, hearing the fable of the pot-o-gold at the end of the rainbow, we were relentless in pursuing the rainbow. We were always sure that sooner or later we would find that pot-o-gold. Whenever we…
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Lonely Man Searches for Woman | How to Get Laid
lonely the man searches for the woman This was the search phrase that brought someone to my site. I googled it myself and went through 15 pages of search results without finding a link to my site. How lonely is that? Even before searching how far into the search results, I felt inspired to write…
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He Said, She Said | The Relationship Triangle | Successful Relations
From the archives June 29, 2005 Most people get involved in a relationship for the right reasons and leave a relationship for the wrong reasons. In fact, most of us have been guilty of it at one time or another and of being a complete spaz demanding we get our way in the relationship. Remember…
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Life in the Desert | Shaping the Spirit Within
From the archives April 27, 2006 The journey through life, full of many twists and turns, can at times leave you breathless, wondering where you went wrong. It appears that going wrong is the only obvious explanation for the turmoil that you face. With the soul parched, struggling to find meaning and purpose, the desolate…
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Purpose | Answers | Understanding
A lot of people want to know how to do things. Search the Internet, read blogs, and there are a million of items telling you formula for this, for that, and everything in between. I’m a different sort of fish though. I want to understand. The problem with wanting to understand is that it is…
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Discovering Your Path and Truth | The Kingdom of Heaven is Near
From the archives May 31, 2006 After a number of years with the Christian church, a decision to leave resulted in a deeper journey to self-discovery and spirit. Initially, this journey wanted nothing further to do with Christianity due to perceived shortcomings within the institution of religion. It is a belief that going deeper into…