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dagami @dagami (1158) • Rome, Italy 24 Apr 13

shame on me, i know... i shouldn't do this because i don't even have to pay for a visit to the doctor but i can't help myself. i want to have an idea about my illness before i finally go and see my doc. i do know that what i read...

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lakshmi11 I was giving you the option of looking at sickness in some other way than the usual, you are describing here. I was talking about taking responsibility for your state of being. What really made you be sick in the first place was somehow someway you...

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tsetashi2012 @tsetashi2012 (2) 24 Apr 13

How do we define life? It the most precious thing that we have. We should feel lucky to have this as gift. We think of our life as precious. We should not neglect others life too.

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lakshmi11 Try to change your attitude, look at your environment and find a couple of things to be thankful for each day. Astonishingly you will find that your life will change, just because you changed the way you thought. Just look at a couple of people and observe...

24 Apr 13

Professor2010 @Professor2010 (20156) • India 14 Apr 13

A cloth washing powder says in TV ads that one can find gold coin in the packets that are sold now. One of my renters bought 2 crates that have 25 packets of 1 kg each, cut them open to find nothing. My...

fool

gold

metal detector

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lakshmi11 Hi Professor2010, It is nice that you responded to my comment. Often there is no dialog even though there should be a discussion there. I am German and live in Florida USA as well as in Germany at the moment. My Mother became very sick ( kidney failure )...

18 Apr 13

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lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 16 Apr 13

The Environment Crisis, the Euro Crisis, the financial Crisis... Where do all these come from? Why are we constantly in these situations? Even though we all work and live our lives as we always did, there are constant problems...

civil courage

financial crisis

money

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lakshmi11 The big question is : Who are these greedy people?-

17 Apr 13

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 2 Apr 11

You know, some time ago I complained to someone about a personal struggle with one of my family members. I so much wanted to change the person, but the more I tried to change my loved one, the worser the situation got. And tension...

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lakshmi11 Hey skydancer, In some ways I am able to relate to your problem. Here is what I practiced to get over the thought what others might think about me.- First of all look at yourself in the mirror, look into your eyes and observe yourself thinking.-Who is the...

3 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 2 Apr 11

You know, some time ago I complained to someone about a personal struggle with one of my family members. I so much wanted to change the person, but the more I tried to change my loved one, the worser the situation got. And tension...

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lakshmi11 That is what I thought for the longest time too. But then I figured out that you need to let go and think something along the line of: it is o.k. if you smoke I love you the way you are. Kind of the glass is half full instead of nagging and thinking the glass...

3 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 2 Apr 11

You know, some time ago I complained to someone about a personal struggle with one of my family members. I so much wanted to change the person, but the more I tried to change my loved one, the worser the situation got. And tension...

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lakshmi11 I learned that changing your thoughts is like changing the radio wave.- You change the frequency you are on and then things you did not perceive before you do now. It is like being in a slightly better or worser world depending how you think. So everyone...

3 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 1 Apr 11

Ever so often when I see advertisements on TV I am thinking why do we need all this equipment when we can go for a walk, climb stairs and do gymnastics without Them?- All these machines, they take space, maintenance and they cost...

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lakshmi11 I agree with all of you and thank you for your answer. I also love this kind of exercise. My favourite is Qi Gong.

2 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 30 Mar 11

I love Coffee! There is something special about the smell of coffee. It is so comforting to me and relaxing. I brew my own coffee and I love it so much that I drink lots and lots of it during a day. It used to make me sleepy and...

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lakshmi11 Meyrek, I think that it is a miracle that the smell of coffee is just as invigorating as the coffee itself. When I was a kid, I used to think that coffee had such a bitter taste and I would never love it. But now I love bitter things including black...

2 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 30 Mar 11

I love Coffee! There is something special about the smell of coffee. It is so comforting to me and relaxing. I brew my own coffee and I love it so much that I drink lots and lots of it during a day. It used to make me sleepy and...

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lakshmi11 Dear Professor, Thank you so much for the response on how to make your kind of tea.- I once had a talk with a person from South America and he told me that his family would boil milk sometimes the whole day, until all the water had evaporated.-This is how I...

2 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 1 Apr 11

I am moving at the moment and am realizing how much clutter I have accumulated in about 17 years.- I always thought that I only bought things I really needed, but now I realize that is not really true. I am a collector of books,-...

books

clutter

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lakshmi11 Starsailover, Thanks for your splendid comment. Yes I completely agree. This is a wonderful description of what a book lover feels!- A collection of books can show how a person changed over time.- I have this habit of looking at peoples books when I am...

2 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 1 Apr 11

I am moving at the moment and am realizing how much clutter I have accumulated in about 17 years.- I always thought that I only bought things I really needed, but now I realize that is not really true. I am a collector of books,-...

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lakshmi11 Cher913, I also have some antic books. - I once inherited somebody's private collection. And this person owned some very nice history books.-And sometimes I passed these antic bookstores you find sometimes in Europe and I could not contain myself and pass...

2 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 1 Apr 11

I am moving at the moment and am realizing how much clutter I have accumulated in about 17 years.- I always thought that I only bought things I really needed, but now I realize that is not really true. I am a collector of books,-...

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lakshmi11 Yes sunny5u, I love reading. There is nothing better than a book and a cup of coffee.- No 'kindle' or computer can beat this.- But I have to confess that my boxes includes some encyclopedias and dictionaries and such because they are part of the stuff I...

2 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 1 Apr 11

I am moving at the moment and am realizing how much clutter I have accumulated in about 17 years.- I always thought that I only bought things I really needed, but now I realize that is not really true. I am a collector of books,-...

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lakshmi11 Hey xannex, You are my twin book lover! I also have lots of timeless, non fiction books, and classics. And I would love to have a library filled with books. I once saw that someone had the walls of his dining room filled with books. - I really loved that. Or...

2 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 30 Mar 11

I love Coffee! There is something special about the smell of coffee. It is so comforting to me and relaxing. I brew my own coffee and I love it so much that I drink lots and lots of it during a day. It used to make me sleepy and...

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lakshmi11 I totally gree with you polaris, The secret is moderation. And anyway, the good things loose their charm when you use them too much.- Thank you for reminding me!

1 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 30 Mar 11

I love Coffee! There is something special about the smell of coffee. It is so comforting to me and relaxing. I brew my own coffee and I love it so much that I drink lots and lots of it during a day. It used to make me sleepy and...

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lakshmi11 Hallo Professor, While I still like coffee, I can relate to tea as well. While working for an English Company I have learned to like tea as well. They drink tea which is as strong as coffee with a lot of milk.- Being all adventurous, I would like to try tea...

1 Apr 11

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lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 1 Apr 11

I am moving at the moment and am realizing how much clutter I have accumulated in about 17 years.- I always thought that I only bought things I really needed, but now I realize that is not really true. I am a collector of books,-...

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lakshmi11 You make a good point maximax, I realized that connected to all those books are also emotions which have to be thrown out.- Who do you throw those out?-

1 Apr 11

lakshmi11 @lakshmi11 (278) • United States 1 Apr 11

I am moving at the moment and am realizing how much clutter I have accumulated in about 17 years.- I always thought that I only bought things I really needed, but now I realize that is not really true. I am a collector of books,-...

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lakshmi11 Yea, natnickeep I still have to move my books because they are written in languages nobody here likes to read in.- And US libraries don't like foreign books They quite literary throw them out.

1 Apr 11

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