When You're Above Average

If your dreams outweigh those around youIf your style and grace seem to make everyone upsetIf you're never satisfied with 'just enough'If you're constantly yearning to upgrade your lifeIf you've ever wondered why no one understands youIf you're watching people make choices you stopped making 10 years agoIf you can't find the right crowd to fit intoIf you're constantly thinking, 'No one gets it'If you find yourself wanting to move to another countryIf you think you must be from another planetIf you...

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One Question About The State Of The Union Address

The government should do for people only what they can not do better for themselves and no more. ~Obama in the State of the Union addressAfter watching The State Of the Union Address by President Obama last night, this one statement haunted me. This comment was met with a rousing round of applause and a standing ovation. On the surface, it seems that President Obama's words are handing back personal responsibility to the individual but then again, they don't.Do for people only what they can not...

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How To Make A Decision Without All The Facts

There are those times when you know something has to change. The change needs to come RIGHT NOW and you know that now is the time. In order for you to have the life you really want, sometimes a decision needs to be made quickly when you do not have all the facts.Here's how.Listen to your intuitionThere is a soft, yet insistent voice that 'sounds' just like yours. You hear it all the time but you think you are talking to yourself. This voice is a voice of reason. It is confident. It whispers instructions....

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EDITORIAL: Keystone XL Pipeline Revisited

By Christina FerminPolitics & Society ColumnistObama rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline that would go through environmentally sensitive lands, a victory declared by environmentalists. Political pundits have been taking swings at Obama, even after Republicans gave President Obama a small window to review the pipeline which they wanted approved. The most interesting thing I see come out of this debate is that Republicans are pushing for the pipeline to get built on the basis that it will boost...

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