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		<title>Touching the Face of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I need solace, I have always headed for the hills.  When I was 18, I travelled out to the Canadian rockies for the summer.   I had lost a good friend that year; he was killed crossing Mississauga Road after leaving a party.  I had never &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/touching-the-face-of-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1484&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letting the Universe Lead &#8211; Taking the Messy Path</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I lost my job 2.5 years ago, a wise friend told me that she believed it happened because I was meant to move on to something new.  If that was true, she explained, there was no point in feeling angry, &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/letting-the-universe-lead-taking-the-messy-path/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1475&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Joan of Arcadia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I continue my ongoing obsession about what I should be doing at this stage in my life, I find myself thinking about the short-lived TV show, Joan of Arcadia.  My whole family loved this show.  It was about a smart-mouthed teen-aged girl, played by Amber Tamblyn, &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/lessons-from-joan-of-arcadia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1465&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We are the Capital!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My whole family has been reading &#8220;The Hunger Games&#8221; by Suzanne Collins.  It started with my 17 year old daughter, spread to me, my son, and finally my husband.  We are all captivated by this trilogy because it engages us &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/we-are-the-capital/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1456&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Death by Bureaucracy!!</title>
		<link>https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/death-by-bureaucracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am bummed out today. I have been at my new job with my former employer for 3 weeks now and already I am exhausted from the commute. Four hours per day to get paid for 7 hours per day. I get &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/death-by-bureaucracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1449&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging as a Spiritual Practice</title>
		<link>https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/blogging-as-a-spiritual-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I began blogging one year ago on January 15th.  I never set out to blog.  I tried it at the insistence of a friend and found myself compelled to continue.  I have written a post almost every week for 52 weeks.  This &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/blogging-as-a-spiritual-practice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1243&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life is a Spiral</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started a new job last week with an organization I left 11 years ago.  When I was offered this job, I felt a wave of relief about the prospect of having an income in the near future.  But that initial feeling was quickly replaced &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/life-is-a-spiral/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1418&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Eve &#8211; New Beginnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is New Year&#8217;s Eve day.  I have had a full holiday season; time with my kids, time with my husband, time with extended family, and time with a few close friends.  I have had time away from home; time away from &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/new-years-eve-new-beginnings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1398&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resisting Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is no constant but change.&#8221; Heraclitus  Last week, I accepted a job that will begin in the new year. While in many ways, I am grateful for this job, I have felt sad and anxious since accepting it.  The sadness, &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/resisting-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1360&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How does the Universe/God Speak to us?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does the Universe/God talk to us? There is an episode in The West Wing where the President has to decide whether to commute the sentence of a prisoner on death row. Throughout the episode, he is visited by a Rabai, &#8230; <a href="https://afternoonstorm.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/how-does-the-universegod-speak-to-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afternoonstorm.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19322451&amp;post=1325&amp;subd=afternoonstorm&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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