Category Archives: Your Mission

EAT FOR PHYSIOLOGY NOT FOR IDEOLOGY

Shhh! Babies sleeping. Well, not human babies. But still. I think I can safely say that I’m not the only person in America who coddles my dogs.
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ENVY IS NOT A PRETTY THING, AND DOESN’T FEEL GOOD EITHER

Have you ever noticed that feeling jealous is a very uncomfortable emotion? It affects your entire body down to the ends of your hair. If you indulge in a gossip fest with someone else about the person you’re jealous over, you feel even worse.
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MEDITATION CHANGES YOUR BRAIN

I’ve been mediating for two a half years and it has changed my life dramatically. The reason is that meditation changes the brain in a positive way. Image: markuso / FreeDigitalPhotos.net First, high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown that meditation reduces the size of the amygdala, which is part of the “primitive” limbic system [...]
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A PIECE OF MY LIFE MISSION COMPLETED

Is the “five second” rule really true? You know, that food won’t become contaminated with bacteria if it only hits the floor for five seconds. Is it also true that you bunsonly need to be concerned about communicable diseases when you’re in third world countries? Thankfully, no. I’d passed my Wilderness First Responder written test, but now I was getting seven more answers correct! Well, of course the test corrections were wrong.
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MAKING YOUR LIFE MISSION HAPPEN

Today is day five of ten of the Wilderness First Responder course that I’m attending with my friend Natalie Orfalea in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Someday I hope to qualify to go on medical relief missions to third world countries, hopefully missions that have to do with helping women and children who have been enslaved by sex traffickers.
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