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		<title>A Bittersweet Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many, Christmas is by far my favorite time of year. There is a richness of life and color. Houses, trees and city streets seem to stand up a bit straighter as we all do when we put on our best clothes. The world shines a pregnant glow. The air grows cooler, but we imagine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=118&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of Love and Body Fluids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Warning: What you are about to read will likely either A) gross you out beyond measure, or B) give you a nice dose of transcendent inspiration. Perhaps it will do both. If after reading this, you do find it&#8217;s both, you might want to ask yourself whether that&#8217;s actually a coincidence.) I remember sitting in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=16&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Minding Your Ps&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No need to tell you where I was, but it was wonderful. It was high summer and I was on vacation, visiting a location I had been many times before. The sun was setting, I was alone, standing on a quiet country road at the head of an expansive bean field. The crop was low [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=15&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pain Now Is Part Of The Happiness Then</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I&#8217;m in mourning. There&#8217;s a weight on me that feels like the dense pressure in your chest they say is common with a heart attack. I&#8217;ve cried more in the last few days than I have in years. My emotions go from disorientation to shock, from guilt to a sense of peace. I&#8217;m in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=14&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Questions To Ask Yourself Before Speaking</title>
		<link>http://eiszoe.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/three-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-speaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 22:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me, you get in trouble for opening your mouth a lot. It&#8217;s part of being human. But, there are lessons we can learn on how to filter our speech, whether it&#8217;s with our family, our friends, co-workers, or with the stranger on the street. The following is one of the most effective [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=13&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life Is Relationship</title>
		<link>http://eiszoe.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/life-is-relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 01:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever heard of Viktor Frankl? He was an author and psychotherapist who died about 9 years ago at the age of 92. Among his other accomplishments, he wrote a great book called Man&#8217;s Search For Meaning. This book begins by showing the way Dr. Frankl would start out his therapy sessions with a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=12&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Character and Wonder</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 01:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love movies. For good or ill, they have had a major impact on my life. I&#8217;m a fan of most genres—comedy, romance, drama, action. As a fairly analytical human, I was thinking a while back on what makes a great movie…great. Certainly there are many ingredients—good writing, talented actors, a visionary director, striking cinematography, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=11&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Humility and Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally written June 2007) A beautiful woman died the other day. And, for my own life, I have no reason at all to complain. Jacqui was to turn 28 in a month or so. She was a gorgeous, petite girl with striking eyes and auburn hair. She was filled with love and with an amazing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=10&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Awakening From The American Dream</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate to admit this, but there’s a side of me that sometimes enjoys the idea of oncoming disaster. Maybe I’m too detached and numbed by the virtual world of movies and television, where a 10.5 earthquake sends California into the ocean or an ice age suddenly covers all of North America. It’s not that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=9&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest Of These</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 01:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is a feature I wrote for Good News Magazine back in 2000) THE GREATEST OF THESE How Alzheimer’s other victims have loved, persevered and come to terms with one of life’s most dehumanizing diseases. Love never fails. But . . . whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For now we see in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=8&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Throwing In The Towel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another life lesson I had as a kid that has left a significant mark on who I am today. In my early teens and at various other periods growing up, I was the victim of a lot of &#8220;persecution&#8221; by my peers&#8230;teasing. The persecution came in a lot of forms, some physical with bullies, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=7&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fingal&#8217;s Cave</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aesthetics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are certain works of art that have a lifetime impact on you. At least for me. They literally shape who you are. Reading Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Madeline L&#8217;Engle as a kid could qualify. Reading Plato in high school was significant for me (if that qualifies as art). One of the most epic encounters with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=6&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom In Relationship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 01:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally written just prior to the 4th of July) Jean Valjean was &#8220;a very dangerous man.&#8221; That was the description written about him on the yellow passport he carried. After nineteen years of horrible imprisonment for the small crime of stealing a loaf of bread, he was set free. But, although now outside the prison [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=5&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vengeance Is Mine: An analysis of the spiritual origins of violence and murder</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 00:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Michalak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Note: This may seem a departure from the typical theme of this blog, but given the recent rash of mass shootings, I though it appropriate to re-print an article I wrote several years ago on the subject. Specifically my analysis considers the spiritual origins and causes of such violence. The context of the article is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eiszoe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4508385&amp;post=4&amp;subd=eiszoe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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