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Wrestling With Yourself

2013-05-31T10:38:36-06:00

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A Quickie

Last updated on: May 31, 2013 at 10:38 am   By David Matthew Brown

your QUICKIE for today is BREATH-RELAX-HAVE FUN this weekend- Read more

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2013-05-30T08:04:08-06:00

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Brene Brown: “The power of vulnerability”

Last updated on: May 30, 2013 at 8:04 am   By David Matthew Brown

How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to recognize that we are enough – that we are worthy of love, belonging, and joy? Read more

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2013-05-28T10:28:20-06:00

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“What Would Jesus Do?” Actually What would you do?

Last updated on: May 28, 2013 at 10:28 am   By David Matthew Brown

So our work in this life is to figure out what is standing in the way of our FULL EXPRESSION and to rid ourselves of it. Go inside and find out what Jesus was saying and stop quoting him and telling everyone what he would do and all the while live your life not dong any of it. So "what would you do? How would you stop someone who was hating on you... Read more

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2013-05-28T07:55:05-06:00

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SAME LOVE

Last updated on: May 28, 2013 at 7:55 am   By David Matthew Brown

Someone introduced me to this song called SAME LOVE…I love it…I love it as an expression of creativity. This man is a rap artist who grew up with two gay uncles as a child.  This song is inspired by them and his wish for equality for all. Which is the mission of this blog, “we are not free till everyone is free and equal.”  I have friends who are gay and lesbians and I love them. Deal with it.  ... Read more

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2013-05-24T10:53:16-06:00

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Birthday Message- “My Wish”

Last updated on: May 24, 2013 at 10:53 am   By David Matthew Brown

My wish is that your wishes are answered, and I know that they are, because you matter. My wish is that we care more about our children's worth, dreams, and that we listen to them. My wish is that LOVE rules! Read more

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2013-05-23T11:49:23-06:00

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Birthday Message from the Universe To Me

Last updated on: May 23, 2013 at 11:49 am   By David Matthew Brown

David, you are so AWESOME! For your birthday, friends and angels from every corner of the Universe, including buddies you didn't know you had, will be with you to wish you the HAPPIEST of days and an exciting new year in time and space. You won't be alone! Read more

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2013-05-23T08:31:56-06:00

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Love…then maybe fear

Last updated on: May 23, 2013 at 8:31 am   By David Matthew Brown

Our very nature as stated in almost every religion, spiritual center, new age book, self help book, and Quantum physics is Love.  Doesn’t matter who you read, where you go, what you are doing, as long as love  is full. Which leads me to this…the only real choice you have if love is all there is, is fear.  Simple but take that inside and sit with it.  Look at all the places in your life where you might control, be... Read more

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2013-05-22T01:57:42-06:00

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Jimmy’s Speech “Don’t Give Up”

Last updated on: May 22, 2013 at 1:57 am   By David Matthew Brown

Jimmy Valvano's 1993 ESPY Speech. "Don't give up . . . Don't ever give up."® Read more

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2013-05-21T14:37:52-06:00

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I plead the 5th

Last updated on: May 21, 2013 at 2:37 pm   By David Matthew Brown

As always, I invite you not to trust me but discover it for yourself. Spend time hearing the breath, your breath. And as you are aware of the breath, see if there is really anything to talk about. And when you meet a friend, hear the breath, and heart them, and see if the conversation becomes deeper and richer and real and vulnerable. Rest in your breath. Let me know how it goes? Read more

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2013-05-20T10:41:42-06:00

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My two cents: Spiritual or Human?

Last updated on: May 20, 2013 at 10:41 am   By David Matthew Brown

I have heard many people in spiritual circles use, “We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Or We are spiritual beings in a human body having a spiritual experience.” What ever the case, how ever you see life or your life or this life as “human” or “spiritual”, they are both labels on who we are.  The labels are just another way to divide and in some ways dismiss  life.  The suggestion is when things are going bad or... Read more

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