Zen College Life

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“Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.” -Mary Kay Ash

This week we will try to focus on being honest. As it pertains to last weeks focus, Purity, a lack of honesty is a digression from purity. So to build on purity one must live a life of honesty. And as we all know honesty is the best policy, right Read more »

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In case you hadn’t heard, today is Earthday. Many of the articles about Earthday that you read are going to be talkin about ways to save earth, promote a healthy environment, and many other things along those lines. Since I have already published an article about Easy Ways to Help the Environment today I am going to recommend something a little different.
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For Zen College Life’s first ever weekly focus I chose a characteristic that is pretty easily identifiable and understandable: Purity. It is a simple principle, and with a little conscious effort and dedication it could change either a little or a lot of your daily routine, all for the better.

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So here’s my new idea. In order for us to better ourselves, to grow mentally, and to reach a greater potential we have to make conscious efforts to develop certain characteristics that would be richen our lives. Now we all want to be better people, we all want to develop into a person with greater potential and power than we have now. But without guidelines and ideas, we are retarding the potential for growth that we have. ,An idea, characteristic or aspect of life that we can consciously remember and work towards improving in our daily lives could really boost our potential for being something better than we are today.

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If you are anything like me you like to dip your feet into a million different subjects and fields of knowledge. But with your interests growing daily, you need sources that can keep up and feed the information quickly. Well, after years and years of trying to find the right sources, I think I have compiled a list of places where you can hit the URL, type in the subject, and quench your thirst for basic or advanced knowledge in that field. So whether your interest is science or homekeeping, poker or knitting, football or computers, I think that one of these sources will be able to feed your hunger for fast, free, quality information to better educate yourself.
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I’m always looking for ways to enrich my life, especially when it comes to my health, nutrition, and fitness. We all know about taking our vitamins, eating our vegetables, not smoking or drinking etc; But I’ve compiled a list of eastern practices, holistic healing practices, and a couple of crazy ideas I think you’ll enjoy. Most of these I have tried myself, but a few I have yet to have been able to try. I will though. Click on any of the bolded titles for a brief introduction to the subject.

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That’s right everybody! I’m riding in the MS150, a bicycle ride from Houston to Austin (150 miles total), with fundraising efforts to aid in helping those with Multiple Sclerosis, as well as research for finding a cure. (If you don’t know what Multiple Sclerosis is click here) With the ride only a few days away, every moment counts! Here’s how you can help…

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Story telling seems to be a lost art these days. In this dog eat dog, work a day world everything is moving so quickly, we have really forgotten how to really tell a story. Well not anymore. I’m here to bring it back. By following the techniques that I have described here, you can turn any story into a work of art. Think going to the grocery store is boring? Well it’s not if you say it isn’t. Pay attention to these parts and techniques of storytelling, and you’ll see how to turn a boring routine trip to the grocery store into a wild and crazy adventure.

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Through this journey we call life, we all are trying to improve ourselves, our situation, our spirituality, or financial status, and many other aspects of our lives.  We all want to be better at everything we do, right?  We have an idea of what we think greatness is, and we take steps to achieve this greatness.  When I say ‘be your very own superhero’ I mean live your life by the standard that you believe to be the best.  Do what you think is right, not just some of the time, but with every decision you make. 

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