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Just Do It: Wisdom and Encouragement From Mother Teresa
By
Joan Ball
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.Love them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.Be good anyway. Honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable.Be honest…
Swine Flu (H1N1) Declared First Pandemic of 21st Century by WHO: Now What?
By
Joan Ball
The Swine Flu (H1N1) moved through the US news cycle like Britney Spears or Paris Hilton. Much ado…and then nothing. Yet, schools still closed in New York and three people – a 2 year old, a teenager and a person in their 60s – died here this week. Then, just when it seemed like all…
What is Faith?
By
Joan Ball
I know, ridiculous question, right? I mean faith is…faith. It is belief in something unseen. It is…I don’t know…it’s…faith. There are some words that we use (and sometimes abuse) but rarely do we consider with intention what it is that we are actually talking about when we toss them around. I have faith. You don’t…
Some Truth is Not Relative: The Fine Line Between Support and Butting In
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Joan Ball
Truth gets a bad rap these days. The notion that something can be true rather than relative gets all wrapped up in our ethnic and cultural differences and ongoing power struggles about who has the right to tell whom what is or is not right or wrong. That’s cool. I get it. We can be…
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