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Inspiration

How I Survived During My Times of Poverty

January 14, 2009 Inspiration

I lived in an apartment complex where all of us were enduring the struggles to survive hard times. We came together and helped each other by putting what little we had together as a community.

We cooked breakfast for all of the children and walked them to school. Breakfast was prepared for the mothers who [...]

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Coupons For The Community

January 14, 2009 At Home

This isn’t a huge tip but just a little something I’ve been doing for the last few months. I save absolutely every coupon that comes my way. I then sort through ones that I will use and ones that are useless to me – baby supplies, products I don’t use, etc. When I’m shopping, I [...]

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Julie Bonn Heath’s Top Three Tips To Be kind

January 14, 2009 At Home

1) When someone in your life is especially critical, hard to get along with or otherwise obnoxious, the chances are high that hurt and suffering has brought them to this point in their life. Remember this, and pave your relationship with kindness to break down the walls.
2) A kind word can not only make someone’s [...]

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Be Tactfully Honest

January 14, 2009 At Home

In short what a person can do to help another is to be TACTFULLY HONEST with others.

I have had multiple people approach me who have been laid off and are seeking to start anew. Their friends provide these people with support and encouragement, but are NOT being honest. I have had multiple unemployed folks, seeking [...]

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Opportunity Knocks in Loss

January 14, 2009 General Advice

The word crisis in Chinese is written as two ideograms (symbols) meaning Danger and Opportunity. Facing layoff and losing a job certainly fit that category. While the dangers, challenges, and the grieving/letting go process are important, here I focus on the opportunities of the situation:

· opportunity for a fresh start
· opportunity to re-evaluate priorities
· [...]

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Challenge Your Own Perceptions About Money

January 14, 2009 Financial

In these challenging times in the economy, people think their feelings are strictly here and now. But I can tell you a huge part of people’s feelings, particularly their fear, is from long ago in their childhoods. As a result, we need, now more than ever, to examine our relationships with money, and to see [...]

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Let The Women Step In…

January 13, 2009 Success Stories

When women were tired of the effects of polio, they started going door to door to collect dimes for research. This is how the March of Dimes started. When a vaccine was developed, the question became “How do we treat the entire United States?” This happened when I was in third grade in 1963, I [...]

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