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If you usually use a calendar or weekly planner, switch to a dry-erase version so you aren’t throwing away paper periodically.

“I have cancer and can’t get help not even social security, all our bills are behind, and my youngest daughter has prom and I can’t even pay for her to go. I feel like I am a failure.” –smilhottie1 Add your prayers now

Invest in some cloth napkins. In the long run, they’ll save you money – plus, they’re more elegant than paper napkins and don’t waste resources.

Talk to your boss about getting some recycling bins around the office, and encourage your co-workers to use them. You can also talk to your local representatives about setting up recycling bins at malls, parks, and beaches.

“We have been separated since April 5, 2008. We’ve been married 10 years. I’m praying for marriage restoration.” –melanies Add your prayers now

Let’s work together on the feeling of being way too full, or stuffed. Has it happened to you, that “your eyes were bigger than your stomach,” and you took too much food for yourself, and ate the whole thing? It may have felt good going down, but then you felt bloated, stuffed, and even in…

I always believe that it is much better to have a variety of religions, a variety of philosophies, rather than one single religion or philosophy. This is necessary because of the different mental dispositions of each human being. Each religion has certain unique ideas or techniques, and learning about them can only enrich one’s own…

Some years ago I met some scientists in the United States who said that the rate of mental illness in their country was quite high – around twelve percent of the population. It became clear during our discussion that the main cause of the depression was not a lack of material necessities but a deprivation…

Get informed! Before casting your vote in November, find out where the candidates stand on environmental issues.

Once or twice a month I am bolted awake in the middle of the night by a dream of a prowler standing outside wherever I’m sleeping that night (home, hotel, a friend’s guestroom). The prowler is fumbling with the locks on the door to my room. Suddenly he’s inside… I hear his footsteps… he’s turning…

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