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Month: November 2018

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HOW TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE AT WORK

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Dalai Lama has said, “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

Unsurprisingly, this is easier said than done.

But of course, it’s also impossible to argue with the wisdom behind these words. Ideally, we would all love to maintain our cool in the face of conflict, irritation, and frustration. Yet, imagining yourself with that colleague that always seems to get under your skin isn’t exactly the recipe for inner peace.

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Cindie Chavez

Thankful for Every Single Thing

Reading Time: 4 minutes I’m reminding myself daily of the Hermetic principle of rhythm: Everything flows, out and in; Everything has its tides; All things rise and fall; The pendulum swing manifests in everything; The measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; Rhythm compensates.

I’m hopeful that the unwanted things we see unfolding on the world stage are the exact things that inspire us to rise up, do better, seek goodness, show compassion, have empathy, and be the change we want to see in the world.

So today, I’m choosing to be thankful for everything, even when I don’t understand how in the world it will ever make the list.

Because I know that somehow it eventually will.

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Time: The Thanksgiving Tale We Tell Is a Harmful Lie. As a Native American, I’ve Found a Better Way to Celebrate the Holiday

Reading Time: 5 minutes I do not wonder about this: Thanksgiving really has nothing to do with Native Americans, and everything to do with an old (but not the oldest) guard conjuring a lie of the first peoples welcoming the settlers to bolster their false authority over what makes a “real” American. (Remember, only in 1924 were Native Americans allowed to become citizens of the United States — and it took decades more for all states to permit us to vote.) It is a story of supposed unity, drained of the bloodshed, and built for the sake of division.

Many of my indigenous brothers and sisters refuse to celebrate Thanksgiving, protesting the whitewashing of the horrors our ancestors went through, and I don’t blame them. But I have not abandoned the holiday. I have just changed how I practice it.

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5 Hacks for Holiday Hosting

Reading Time: 2 minutes It may feel impossible to fit even more into already jam-packed days, but when the holidays roll around, entertaining and celebrating always find a way. Fortunately, you can find some shortcuts when hosting that offer plenty of festive style while also helping you avoid stressing over every detail.

This year, rely on some time-saving hacks so you’re not just throwing the holiday party, but enjoying some seasonal fun of your own.

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Not All Gratitude Feels the Same

Reading Time: 2 minutes Not all thankfulness feels the same. 
Sometimes a state of gratitude comes with a melancholy ache. 
Sometimes no matter how much you’ve got to be thankful for, you are just too weary to celebrate how tired you are. 
Sometimes you have to be thankful for something you don’t have anymore and that feels like a shadow of thankfulness. 
Sometimes you’ve lost too much not to be grateful that you’re still lucky enough to have another day.

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