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		<title>Love, it&#8217;s the MANE Idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spread some love around today. Ever give someone you don&#8217;t know a heartfelt compliment, a hug, a word of encouragement, a little help? You never know the difference you will make when you show a little love. I remember a time when I was at a restaurant with Wesley, eating tacos. I saw a young [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=2585&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dodgeball</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 05:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The velocity of your INTENTIONS, ooo, ah, oh baby &#8211; - - VWOPM, swoooosh, outta nowhere &#8211; DUCK bang, bang, on my BRAIN, they may, your intentions - they just might deserve some honorable MENTIONS! Your intentions. But dogdeball (smile), dodgeball, OH YOU ARE SO GOOD AT THAT! I must, must - dip, duck, dive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=2457&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Haiku for Ewe</title>
		<link>http://zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com/2012/04/29/haiku-for-ewe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gentle, big-hearted lamb Listened to but never herd I give you a voice. Filed under: Poetry, UNhaiku Tagged: abuse, abused children, abused men, abused women, hurt, isolation<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=2441&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blueberry Pie</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free flow - lingers, never subsiding, never dividing. Free flow is pie, cherry, apple or blueberry, (go on, take your pick) that has an infinite number of pieces. Free flow is cake, perfectly moist, with never-ending icing, in just the right amount. Free flow is a pan of brownies, mmm, disguising itself as one thing, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=1706&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Helpful Book</title>
		<link>http://zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com/2012/04/29/a-helpful-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything Happens for a Reason - I really can&#8217;t recommend this book enough. I can&#8217;t do it justice, there is no way. It is on my Reading Suggestions page, but I want to emphasize it in a separate post! Everything really does happen for a reason. I absolutely believe it. I have survived so much. But not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=2409&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things I Learned From Living in a Homeless Shelter. No. 6</title>
		<link>http://zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com/2012/04/29/things-i-learned-from-living-in-a-homeless-shelter-no-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, I spent several months living in a homeless shelter. It was one of my greatest experiences. One that I wouldn&#8217;t trade for anything. It was a gift actually. I had so much to learn and the universe didn&#8217;t let me down. It gave me the gift of &#8220;rock bottom.&#8221; Some of the knowledge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=2401&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Was Told Farming Was Stupid</title>
		<link>http://zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com/2012/04/28/i-was-told-farming-was-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a short post here, to tell all of you, be who you really want to be. Live the way you want to live. Don&#8217;t let anyone tell you that what you want is wrong, impractical, stupid or impossible. YOU decide who you are and how you want to live, no one else. As a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=2340&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>After You&#8217;ve Lost Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Inspiration<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=2298&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Nuts?</title>
		<link>http://zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com/2012/04/26/feeling-nuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling nuts, crazy, bonkers &#8211; um, a little touched &#8211; mad as a hatter? No, no, no, no! Tell yourself: I am an ART PROJECT, not quite completed. Glitter, where&#8217;s the glitter!? I&#8217;m an entertainment center that hasn&#8217;t been properly dusted in a while, well, hell yeah, it&#8217;s hard to see the TOP! Alright, I need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=2290&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Attitude of Gratitude No. 6</title>
		<link>http://zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com/2012/04/24/attitude-of-gratitude-no-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am grateful for the decision I made last night. I sat for an hour, almost in tears, thinking about what to do and finally I decided: NO MORE PHARMACEUTICALS and synthetic &#8220;vitamins.&#8221; This is the end of the road for me! So, this morning, I took all of my prescription medications out of my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance.com&#038;blog=33173065&#038;post=2250&#038;subd=zenandtheartofborderlinemaintenance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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