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	<title>Vicki Kallman's Blog</title>
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	<description>Joy for You, Joy for Your Family, Joy for Your World!</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Simple Secret #7  “Follow Your Heart to your Dreams”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Joy</category>
	<category>It Begins with You</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself.  Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
&#8211;Ralph Waldo Emerson
For many years my happily-ever-after dream had been hidden in my heart afraid to come out.  I guess I thought that if I did not bring it to the surface then I would not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Secret #6  “Let Go of your Draining Dramas and Make Room for your Delightful Dreams!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Joy</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people believe that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times it takes much more strength to know when to let go&#8212;and then do it.    Ann Landers
It was 1997.  I was having a really bad, drama-filled year.  During that time, one crappy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SIMPLE SECRET #5  “Receiving is as Big as Giving”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Joy</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy.
&#8211;Gordon William Allpor
In those dark years of trying to fix and control everyone and not minding my own business, all I felt I did was give, give, and give.  I was physically and emotionally drained.  I was unhealthy, over-giving, and under-receiving and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Secret #4 &#8220;Love Yourself First, and the Rest Will Follow!&#8221; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Joy</category>
	<category>It Begins with You</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part 1
Imagine for a moment that you have let go of wanting to control your loved one’s.  You are managing yourself.  You are now loving yourself and you are lovingly supporting them.  What kind of pebble have you dropped in your family’s pond?  Close your eyes for a moment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Secret #4 &#8220;Love Yourself First, and the Rest Will Follow!&#8221; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.vickikallman.com/blog/2007/07/simple-secret-4-love-yourself-first-and-the-rest-will-follow-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Joy</category>
	<category>It Begins with You</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When one is stranger to oneself
Then one is estranged from others.
If one is out of touch with oneself
Then one cannot touch others
 						Anne Morrow Lindberg
As I incorporated the last three Simple Secrets into my life, surprisingly I discovered that I was becoming more loving and accepting of myself.  I was no longer unhappy with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Secret #3 &#8220;Support Your Love Ones, Do Not Rescue Them!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.vickikallman.com/blog/2007/07/simple-3-support-your-love-ones-do-not-rescue-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Joy</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To love means not to impose your own powers on your fellow man but offer him your help.  And if he refuses it, be proud that he can do it on his own strength.
&#8211;Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
I once ask my minister friend, Wes McPherson, what the difference was between supporting and rescuing someone?  He answered, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Secret 2: &#8220;You Control Nothing But How You Respond to a Situation&#8221; - Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.vickikallman.com/blog/2007/07/simple-secret-2-you-control-nothing-but-how-you-respond-to-a-situation-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>General</category>
	<category>Joy</category>
	<category>It Begins with You</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part 1
I am sure that you have heard – “what you resist persists”.  From my personal experiences, that statement is completely true. Think for a moment about that one person who is always “wanting to control” you with their advice.  It could be your mother, sister, or husband.  When this happens, how do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Secret 2: &#8220;You Control Nothing But How You Respond to a Situation&#8221; - Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Joy</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others,
But by accepting them as they are.
True acceptance is always without demands and expectations
Gerald G. Jampolsky
From “Love Is Letting Go of Fear
 
A few years ago, on a crisp, autumn morning, I set out to take my old dog, Cinnamon, on her daily walk.  As we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Secret 1: &#8220;The Only Job You Have is to Manage Yourself&#8221; - Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.vickikallman.com/blog/2007/06/simple-secret-1-the-only-job-you-have-is-to-manage-yourself-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Continued from Part 1
 I can only describe myself during those dark, dense, unhappy years.  I was doing the  “Crazy Chicken Dance” as though I was running around with my head cut off.  I went in many directions at the same time.  If you have ever seen a chicken right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Secret 1: &#8220;The Only Job You Have is to Manage Yourself&#8221; - Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.vickikallman.com/blog/2007/06/simple-secret-1-the-only-job-you-have-is-to-manage-yourself-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If things go wrong in the world
Something is wrong with me
Therefore if I am sensible
I shall put myself right first.
C.G. Jung
What did your wise mother say to you when you were tattling on your sibling?  MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS! We heard that time and time again when we were growing up. Now, as adults, [...]]]></description>
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