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Another Year Has Gone By

“Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
– Jack Benny
Today, May 2nd, I turn thirty-eight years old. At the same time, “Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online” turns one; (even though I published a few posts in April of last year, I consider my blog post “12 Tips [...]

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Inspiration Sunday: This is My Song – Finlandia (August 3, 2008)

(“Light”; courtesy of Marko_K)
On Sundays I share with you poems, stories, or quotes that I find inspirational and that I hope you’ll find inspirational as well. Below you will find the words to the song “Finlandia”.
This is My Song
“Finlandia” Music by Jean Sibelius (1899) / Words by Lloyd Stone (1934)
This is my song, o God [...]

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Inspiration Sunday: Classical Music with Shining Eyes (July 27, 2008)

Benjamin Zander–Conductor of the Boston Philharmonic–will show you how to tap into your love for classical music. The video from Ted.com is about twenty minutes long, but it’s well worth watching: Classical Music with Shining Eyes.
“The best review I ever got was not from a music critic, but from my father. He was 94 [...]

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What is Love?

(“The Kiss by Gustave Klimt”; courtesy of cerdsp)
“Even after all this time
The sun never says to the earth ‘you owe me’.
Look what happens with a Love like that!
It lights the whole Sky.”
– Hafiz
The word love, in a romantic context, can mean both ecstasy and torment.  Love can be said to exist when the happiness of [...]

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Inspiration Sunday, July 13, 2008

(“One World”; courtesy of ie-fotografie)
Gandhi predicated that we must be the change that we want to see in the world.  This Sunday’s quote–inscribed on the tomb of an Anglican Bishop in Westminster Abby (1100 A.D.)–reflects that same sentiment:
“When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world. [...]

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Inspiration Sunday, July 6, 2008

(“ready for action”; courtesy of micah.e)
On “Inspiration Sunday” I share with you poems, stories, or quotes that I find inspirational and that I hope you’ll find inspirational as well. Below you will find a quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. This quote is meant to inspire you to take action:
“Until one is [...]

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Inspiration Sunday, June 29, 2008

(“Book Cover of ‘A Return to Love’, by Marianne Williamson”; courtesy of nojam75)
This is the second post in a new feature at “Abundance Blog at Marelisa-Online”: Inspiration Sunday. It consists in sharing with you poems, stories, or quotes that I find inspirational and that I hope you’ll find inspirational as well.  Below you [...]

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Inspiration Sunday, June 22, 2008

(“Maya Angelou – March 28, 2008 7:30 PM St. Sabina African American Speaking Series”; courtesy of Saint Sabina Photos)
This Sunday I’ve decided to try a new feature on “Abundance Blog at Marelisa-Online”: Inspiration Sunday. It consists in sharing with you poems, stories, or quotes that I find inspirational and that I hope you’ll find [...]

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