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It’s A Wonderful Life

Nov 18, 2014 By elinwaldal 25 Comments

One of my favorite holiday films is the timeless classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. In the opening scene people all over the bucolic town of Bedford Falls are praying. Their pleas to […]

Filed Under: Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Inspiration, life lessons, NaBloPoMo14, negative self-talk

Creating Harmony

Jan 22, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 5 Comments

It’s January 22, 2014 and I may be among the few on the planet who haven’t yet caught the “New Year’s Resolution” fever—meaning I have not written goals, ambitions, promises, […]

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A Look at Healing

Nov 27, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

I want to live where soul meets body and let the sun wrap its arms around me, and bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing, and feel what it’s […]

Filed Under: Life Lessons, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Healing, life lessons, nablopomo, Self-Love, self-talk

Fall Day

Nov 9, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

The great lesson…is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life. In one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s back yard.–Abraham […]

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