MJ_Dakota

@MJ_Dakota (126)

United States • Age 58

Joined myLot 16 years ago

Provoking individual thought and encouraging balance

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Discussions (6)

MJ_Dakota's Discussions

What do you do to avoid others consuming alcohol?

MJ_Dakota @MJ_Dakota (126) • United States 18 Mar 10

Ok, I find myself here surfing the internet, visiting my writing sites and trying to keep busy or at least looking occupied so I am left alone. Why? Because my roommate and his friend are "busy" with alcohol and I dont want to be...

avoiding alcohol induced behaviors

relationships and alcohol

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Christmas card with money

MJ_Dakota @MJ_Dakota (126) • United States 28 Dec 09

What would you do? How would you feel? OK, we are not married, been together for 6 years and work together in his business. We received a Christmas card from his parents with two little envelopes inside. His name on one and...

stealing christmas

stealing in a relationship

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Thank you

MJ_Dakota @MJ_Dakota (126) • United States 11 Dec 09

Here is a pondering, a wonder that has been floating in the air around me lately. Does "thank you" need to be justified? What I mean is, when we give or receive thanks, must it be justified with, "thank you for..." or be given...

attitude of thanks

gratitude justification

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When action becomes habit, it is still conscious action?

MJ_Dakota @MJ_Dakota (126) • United States 10 Dec 09

Many are proclaiming that conscious action will lead to enlightenment, but at the same time express "ritual" behaviors such as meditation, prayer and gratitude. When these behaviors become a habit, are they still perform...

conscious action

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I need help! Tamale making kind of help

MJ_Dakota @MJ_Dakota (126) • United States 6 Dec 09

Ok, so this year my family has decided to shake things up a bit and go for a non-traditional Christmas meal. Non-traditional for us that is. We have decided to have a Mexican Christmas meal. I, being a mexican food lover instantly...

christmas dinner

how to make tamales

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When ethics clash

MJ_Dakota @MJ_Dakota (126) • United States 26 Nov 09

Are you a "Do as I say, not as I do" person or a "Only ask of others what I am willing to do myself" person? We may not know that we are either one of these "characters", but generally everyone has a dominate belief of how to...

personal agenda

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