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Where is your focus?

Where is your focus?

The Artdog Quote of the Week It’s been shown that optimists tend to be healthier and live longer than pessimists. But are optimists born, or do they cultivate their attitude? If one is a pessimist “by nature,” is that person doomed? No, in fact. Resistance to pessimistic thoughts is not futile. Resiliency can be learned. It doesn’t matter how horrible you think things are, bright spots exist. Look for them. Cultivate them. Foster positive things. Where life persists, hope is possible, but it depends…

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A daring, creative choice

A daring, creative choice

The Artdog Image of Interest  The new year has begun, and if you’re like me you’ve begun to think about the year to come. What new initiatives will you take on? What changes will you make? What new insights will you bring from the year just past? I’d like to challenge you to look at things afresh, to rethink some of the areas where you may have settled into unconscious habits. To dare to make divergent, creative choices. Can’t imagine a cooler way to say it–or a more badass attitude to carry into…

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Double standards and our kids

Double standards and our kids

The Artdog Quotes of the Week  Here’s a double dose of quotable thoughts, this time on double standards, and that touchy subject of how to rear our children. When toy manufacturers still market to “the pink aisle” and “the blue aisle,” what’s a parent to do? What creative choices must we make, to empower our children to grow up in ways that help them blossom into their full potential–whatever that may encompass? IMAGES: Many thanks to the Gender Equality blog, for…

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On picking up the pieces and moving forward

On picking up the pieces and moving forward

What is this week? Specifically, what’s the middle of this week?  It’s the moment when the balance shifts, from Solstice-and- Christmas-stuff toward New-Year thinking. It’s the time of the week when, if we’re back at work from a break, we’re picking up the projects we’d temporarily laid aside, and gearing back up for business-as-usual. Many of us are dealing with a pile of deferred work that’s been stacking up while we were gone, just waiting for our return to trigger…

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VOTE like your life depends on it! (Because it just might)

VOTE like your life depends on it! (Because it just might)

Elected officials make policy decisions that affect everyone–sometimes in life-or-death ways. Don’t let the big-money guys fool you into thinking your vote doesn’t count. The only way for your vote not to count is not to vote! IMAGE: Many thanks to Join the Coffee Party Movement‘s Facebook page, for this image!