Category: Tina Thrussell
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The Greatest Gift of All
Tina shares a readers response Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, it’s hard not to notice the hustle and bustle of this season. Two week ago, Neil’s blog began, “ As the holiday season approaches, it’s an opportune time to delve deeper into the true meaning of Christmas, steering away from the hype and commercialized…
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Embracing Diversity and Compassion: Honoring Those Who Don’t Celebrate Christmas or Are Away from Family During the Holidays
Thoughts from Neil Thrussell As the festive season envelops us in its warm embrace, it’s important to recognize and honour the diversity of experiences that this time of year brings. While many celebrate Christmas joyfully, extending our hearts to embrace those who don’t partake in these traditions or find themselves distanced from family at Christmas…
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Good news everywhere!
Thoughts from Tina Thrussell It can be tempting to buy into all the stories of how bad the world is… but any time you hear a bad news story, remember there are just as many good news stories! There are good people all over the world doing good things. Simple examples: A neighbor out for…
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To Be a Man
Heartfelt message from Tina Thrussell Neil sent me the YouTube video below earlier this month and halfway through watching/listening I started to cry. The lyrics broke my heart. It is so incredibly sad to hear that men can feel this way… By the time the song was over I was really crying and feeling so…
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Love in Action
thoughts from Tina Thrussell and Leo Buscaglia I closed my eyes and pulled a book off our bookshelf yesterday. It turned out to be Leo Buscaglia’s* book, “Born for Love”. I randomly flipped to page 214. The title read, “Love can only be understood in action.” I thought, “How different the world would be if…
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Life is like a puzzle…
Reflections from Tina Thrussell Actually, life can be more like an open puzzle box dropped on the floor – with pieces scattered everywhere! It can take awhile to put all the pieces together so that you can see the full picture… and sometimes missing pieces show up in the most unexpected ways. In this case,…
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Inspiring 87 year-old Student
Many people commented on how much they enjoyed my blog last week, so I am adding to the theme of eldering with this beautiful, inspiring story I read last week. (Again, perfect Divine Timing!) Enjoy!! “The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already…
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Choosing a Vibrant Life
Tuesday night (last week) I did a writing exercise to release some unsupportive thinking that ended up with a beautiful affirmation about being robust and vibrant. The next morning I happened to grab “Choosing a Vibrant Life – Reclaim Your Power of Choice”, a brilliant book written by my friend, Cori Ellingson, off of my…
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The Best Days Start with Gratitude
Suddenly it hits me! It’s Tuesday morning and we don’t have an article for Heart and Mind Matters! What to write about? Ask and ye shall receive. I go to my desk to write something, and there is Divine intervention! A simple little 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ booklet – 5 sheets of paper folded…
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Freedom through Consciousness
On Sunday, I landed on the word ‘free’ during a random flip through an old copy of the Daily Word, a booklet of positive daily affirmations produced for over 100 years by Unity.org . Reading the passage reprinted below brought forth an interesting trail of introspection… and had me shaking my head at the irony…