Walk With Beauty Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. -Anne Frank From "Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth," by Matthew Fox: Ernesto Cardenal says that we can argue about the reason for the universe and the meaning of the universe but not about the beauty of the universe. Annie Dillard comments that 'unless all ages... [read more]

How Will You Share Your Story? From "Writing the Sacred Journey," by Elizabeth J. Andrew: It comforts me that I'm not alone. All sorts of people-elderly church-goers, prisoners, parents, teenage moms, recovering addicts, business executives, homeless people-are eager to put words to their spiritual journeys. Just last week during announcements at a Quaker meeting, a woman in her fifties practically... [read more]

Your Happiness Will Bounce Back   I've never stayed awake at night over a chance I took that failed, but I've stayed awake over chances I didn't take. -Garth Brooks From "Taking That Big Risk May Not Jeopardize Your Long-Term Happiness" reprinted from Spirituality & Health magazine(May/June 2005): A study recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social... [read more]

Mindful Eating Discover how mindfulness can help with weight loss and produce spiritual benefits beyond physical well-being.   Here's a sampling of quotes on mindful eating. Becoming Conscious "Solving the problem of obesity is about becoming conscious of your eating and activity patterns, of what healthy eating is, human relationships, and most importantly--about God being present and... [read more]

Reflections at the Mall When your body mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, You will bring health and harmony to those around you and health and harmony to the world not by withdrawing from the world but by being a healthy living organ of the body of humanity. -B.K.S. Iyengar From "Angels and Dragons: On Sorrow, God and Healing" by Molly Wolf: How can I think of wanting... [read more]

Inventor's Handbook This handbook was created by the Lemelson-MIT Program to address the independent inventor's and aspiring entrepreneur's most frequently asked questions regarding United States patents. We hope that this handbook will provide some helpful information on the patenting and commercialization processes. Chapter 1: What Is Intellectual Property? Chapter 2: What Can Be... [read more]

Download Hang Ups So, tell me, when you go to download something, has it ever just stopped right in the middle of the process? Want to know why that type of thing happens? If so, this is the tip for you! After thinking about this for awhile, I was able to come up with several reasons as to why this might happen. It really is an unfortunate problem to have and beyond that, it's so frustrating to try... [read more]

Listening to Our Bodies   Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together--and they call the result intuition. -Agatha Christie From "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom," by Christiane Northrup, M.D.: I believe that modern medical preference for drugs and surgery as treatments... [read more]

The Thankful Chair Think you've got nothing to be thankful for? Just sit down here and think again. By Bob Perks "I have so much to be thankful for. I wouldn't know where to begin," she said.   I wouldn't know either. As I looked around her home, I couldn't find a thing that she could include.   I have discovered that the friendliest, most welcoming... [read more]

Getting a Hotspot Connection CASE STATUS: I'm an avid wireless user, but I've been having trouble getting connected to the Internet when I go to a free WiFi hotspot. Do you have any ideas on what I may be doing wrong? If you use wireless Internet in your home, you may think it's the easiest thing in the world. I mean, after you get everything connected and hooked up, it's such an easy way to get... [read more]

Capturing the Sun Sunsets and sunrises. They're two plain words, but in photography, they assume huge significance when you realize it’s not such an easy thing to capture them on your memory chip. They usually turn out to be too over exposed or too under exposed. Or, even worse, the timing can be all wrong. Well, here are a few tips you can follow that can help you take stunning sunset and sunrise... [read more]

Printer Buying Guide From all the e-mails I've been getting lately, it sounds like several of you are going to be buying new printers for Christmas. Now, I don't know if you're buying one for yourself or as gifts, but either way, here are some guidelines you can follow when you go out printer shopping! Here are some questions you should keep in mind to ask the sales person at the printer store of... [read more]

Are You Living the Good Life?   Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. -Dave Gardner "Health and Happiness: Maybe the Path to Bliss Lies Behind Us" from Spirituality and Health magazineby Benjamin Ivry: The Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger wrote that living happily is "the desire of all men, but their minds are blinded to a clear vision... [read more]

More on Wireless Security Having a wireless network (also known as WiFi) is a great way to have networking and Internet connectivity anywhere in your home. Just hook up a wireless router and once and for all, you can be done with all of those dreadful cords! But, along with that router comes a greater security risk. Since you're able to connect to the Internet anywhere around your house, others can... [read more]

Automatic Weight Control   To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed. -Francois de la Rochefoucauld From "I'd Rather Do Chemo than Clean Out the Garage" by Fran Di Giacomo: Are you beginning to see a pattern here? Chemo has lots of advantages. One of my favorite continues to be food. You already know I am besieged with friends... [read more]

The BIG Keyboard Shortcut List What exactly is the allure of keyboard shortcuts? Do they really save time? I mean, why bother if your mouse is permanently attached to your hand, right? Well, I like to use keyboard shortcuts quite a bit, especially if someone is watching me, because they make me look like a pro! With just a few key strokes, I can leave a mouse spinning his wheel. So, whatever your... [read more]

10 Ways to Be Your Own Life Coach \n"); document.write("\n"); if ( chkProp("curPage.ImageCaption") ) document.write(" \n"+ curPage.ImageCaption +"n"); document.write("n"); } // section for a sub heading in blue if ( chkProp("curPage.Header") ) document.write(""+ curPage.Header +"br /> "); ]]> By Victoria Moran Though we often seek... [read more]

When Life Comes to a Halt   The life of the individual only has meaning insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred that is to say, it is the supreme value to which all other values are subordinate. -Albert Einstein From "Be Still and Get Going: A Jewish Meditation Practice for Real Life" by Alan Lew: It was a... [read more]

The Common Cold Well, it's already gotten me this year. Yep, that nasty little thing we call the common cold. I have the sniffles, a sore throat, fatigue and the doctor says it’s just a cold. So, since I’m sick, I figured I’d look into what exactly the common cold is and share it with all of you! At any point, you can use the links in the Article Sections to jump ahead to different parts, rather... [read more]

Q: As we all know, Christmas is right around the corner and I'm one who likes to start my shopping early. I'm planning on doing quite a bit of it online this year though and I was wondering if you could give me some safety tips. I haven't done a lot of online shopping in the past, so I want to make sure I do it right. Thanks for any help you can give me! A: You're absolutely right, Christmas is only... [read more]

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. Benjamin Franklin Spend an Extra Minute A stressed-out baby boomer learns about love and support from an elderly couple. By Frank P. Cotter They crossed in front of me as I was driving out of the store parking lot. My first reaction was anger at being delayed for a whole ten seconds. I was quickly jarred back... [read more]

Reporting Spam E-mail We here at WorldStart often tell you about new e-mail scams that are going around on the Internet, but we've never really told you what you can do to report all the spam you receive in your Inbox. Lately, I've been asked that question a lot, so I figured it was about time we addressed it. I do apologize for taking so long to do so. Reporting spam e-mail is very easy to do and... [read more]

Write for Your Health? Stress, in addition to being itself and the result of itself, is also the cause of itself. -Hans Selye "Is the Pen Mightier Than the Pill?" from Spirituality and Health magazine (Fall 1999): Please take out a pad of paper and a pen. Make that two pens, in case one runs dry. Find a place where you can have 20 minutes of privacy. Ready? Here's your assignment... [read more]

10 Tips for Kinder Speech \n"); document.write("\n"); if ( chkProp("curPage.ImageCaption") ) document.write(" \n"+ curPage.ImageCaption +"n"); document.write("n"); } // section for a sub heading in blue if ( chkProp("curPage.Header") ) document.write(""+ curPage.Header +"br /> "); ]]> By Judy Gruen In our media-driven society, it's... [read more]

Remember Who You Really Are Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anaïs Nin From "A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles" by Marianne Williamson: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves,... [read more]

"One Sale" A keen country lad applied for a salesman's job @ city department store. In fact it was the biggest store in the world - you could get anything there. The boss asked him, "Have you ever been a salesman before?" "Yes, I was a salesman in the country" said the lad. The boss liked the cut of him and said, "You can start tomorrow and I'll come and see you when we close up." The day was... [read more]