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“This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival, a joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!” –Rumi, via Therese over at Beyond Blue. Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!

This week, April 19-22, more than 7,500 people from 100 countries are gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia for the People’s World Conference on Climate Change.  Bolivian president Evo Morales has called for the gathering, and people there are discussing everything from whether capitalism is responsible for climate to change to new scientific discoveries on protecting the…

“My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass.” — Leslie Grimutter     Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!

With the recent spate of natural disasters–from the Haiti earthquake to the Iceland volcano, everyone seems to be asking, “What’s the deal?” Answers range from “Nothing” to “The end is nigh” to “2012” to the ever-ominous “earth changes.” Last weekend at Omega’s NYC conference, Elizabeth Lesser, best-selling author of Broken Open and Omega Institute co-founder,…

12 songs for waiting can help you pass the time if you're waiting for anything from medical test results to college acceptance letters to calls back from a new love interest to a table in a crowded restaurant.

Sadly, the world has lost a talented artist–the groundbreaking rapper Guru, a.k.a. Keith Elam, who died from cancer at age 43. I listened to his Jazzmatazz albums over and over in college in the 90’s–they were a soul-bopping fusion of happy hip-hop and jazz. As the world of rap become more about guns and ho’s…

“All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.” — Indian Proverb, in this collection of quotes about spring flowers. Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!

Renewal. Embracing change. Accepting reality. Taking responsibility for our thoughts, actions, and lives. These were some of the major themes at Omega Institute’s annual conference in New York City this weekend. At a small opening reception, author and former attorney George Kaufman, a man who’s been involved with Omega in one way or another for 25 years…

Today, Fresh Living gets schooled with a thought-provoking guest post from our intrepid and talented intern, Tufts University student Marysa Sheren.  Marysa is walking a path I know I wasn’t mature enough to attempt at her age–she’s learning to shape her life around sustainable, life-affirming habits that will foster health and happiness now and in…

“The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.” – Alan Alda   Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!
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