Meditation

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    10 Years Later: Remembering Sean Lugano on September 11th

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    This time of year, I have an ugly habit to obsessively review video of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Itโ€™s the same thing every year. I watch the first plane hit, then the second, then I watch the towers collapse. Over and over. I try to find new angles that I may have…

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    What Iโ€™ve Learned:

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    In Esquire magazine they have a section dedicated to something called โ€œWhat Iโ€™ve Learnedโ€œ. This is my favorite section of the magazine. You can gobble up some poignant tips on life in those pages. The format is very simple, conversational even. Itโ€™s assumed that you already understand where this person is coming from โ€“ whether…

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    Delivering Happiness: Feel Grateful Now

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    Last year I compiled an ambitious list of 100 things that I was grateful for. I did this just before Thanksgiving with the intent to only list a few things, when the floodgates opened. This experience was eye opening, and taught me two things:

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    Invictus

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    Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and…

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    100 Things Iโ€™m Grateful For

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    As the short work week winds down, and we begin to prepare for the festivities for Thanksgiving, I thought it might be interesting to take a step back to reflect upon the true essence of what Thanksgiving is all about. I got to thinking about how lucky I am, and about all of the people,…

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    7 Powerful Questions

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    As the short work week winds down, and we begin to prepare for the festivities for Thanksgiving, I thought it might be interesting to take a step back to reflect upon the true essence of what Thanksgiving is all about. I got to thinking about how lucky I am, and about all of the people,…

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    Rest in Peace Sean Lugano May 24, 1973 โ€“ September 11, 2001

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    Wikipedia defines the September 11 attacks as โ€œa series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001โ€ณ. For the Lugano family it was the day their son Sean died. This Friday marks the 8th anniversary of this tragic event, and I canโ€™t help but think of the Luganos. On…