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Laura Mohsene
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Today Is Not Forever

Nothing stays the same. Things change. — During difficult times in my life, I have reminded myself that today is not forever. In fact, I used to keep this message on my refrigerator door to remind me of this fact. It gave me hope during bad times and was a warning during good times. Tibetan meditation master…

Change

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Today Is Not Forever
Today Is Not Forever
Change

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·3 days ago

Ways to Save Money When You Don’t Have Much Money

Sometimes saving can be better than spending. — I have had to pinch pennies for much of my life. Learning to save money meant I would have enough money for things I might not be able to afford otherwise without making an effort to save. I learned to save when I was young. When I was a child…

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Ways to Save Money When You Don’t Have Much Money
Ways to Save Money When You Don’t Have Much Money

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·4 days ago

It Takes Two to Tango, So Two Should Pay the Piper

Abortion bans, men, and women This is NOT an article for or against abortion. It is about shared responsibility. Also, this article is NOT against men. …

Birth Control

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It Takes Two to Tango, So Two Should Pay the Piper
It Takes Two to Tango, So Two Should Pay the Piper
Birth Control

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Published in Family Matters

·Jan 18

Overboard: Jetsam and Flotsam

The things we hang onto for our survivors to throw away because we can’t or won’t. — Might it be better to toss things overboard instead of holding onto everything we have before we come to the end of life’s journey? When my parents passed away this past year in May and in September, my sister and I were left with a house filled with my parents’…

Death And Dying

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Overboard: Jetsam and Flotsam
Overboard: Jetsam and Flotsam
Death And Dying

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Published in Family Matters

·Jul 27, 2022

Family — Something Good, Bad, or Ugly?

Family dynamics For many people, the greatest influence on their lives has been their families for good or for ill. Families make us or break us. We usually don’t get to choose our families, but sometimes we do. In fact, we may reject our birth family for a collection of…

Family

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Family — Something Good, Bad, or Ugly?
Family — Something Good, Bad, or Ugly?
Family

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jul 23, 2022

Trust Your Spidey Sense

when it tells you something is wrong. Our minds can protect us. We have the ability that spiders do to protect us from danger if we pay attention. Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt like something was off kilter with the situation or with the people…

Illumination

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Trust Your Spidey Sense
Trust Your Spidey Sense
Illumination

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jun 16, 2022

The Unfinished

What have you left unfinished? — I recall as a teenager seeing a framed cross-stitch sampler on my grandmother’s bedroom wall. The name on the sampler was Myra Edna Thompson. It was dated June 16, 1880. Edna was my grandmother’s older sister. The sampler is incomplete. This fact has always intrigued me. Why was it unfinished…

Unfinished

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The Unfinished
The Unfinished
Unfinished

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Mar 5, 2022

Pleasure Gets a Bad Rap

What’s so bad about enjoying oneself? No one calls fun, happiness, joy, glee, or delight sinful, but pleasure gets a bad rap and is often associated with sinfulness. In the Bible, pleasure is associated with excess or perverseness. According to an article on Christian.net, “The seven deadly sins are considered…

Sinful

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Pleasure Gets a Bad Rap
Pleasure Gets a Bad Rap
Sinful

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Mar 3, 2022

We Need Mystery and Magic in Our Lives

The unknown and the unexplainable In this world of facts, and data, and science, and knowable proofs, we need the unknown. We need ghosts and aliens, and the unexplainable. …

Life

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We Need Mystery and Magic in Our Lives
We Need Mystery and Magic in Our Lives
Life

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Dec 23, 2021

The Dark Side of To Do Lists

Why To Do Lists Are Detrimental to My Mental Health On Monday, I wrote out a to do list with ten items on it. All are important. Some are urgent. Now, two days later, and I have only been able to mark one item off my list. …

Productivity

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The Dark Side of To Do Lists
The Dark Side of To Do Lists
Productivity

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Laura Mohsene

Laura Mohsene

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Lover of Literature, History, Writing, and Life. lmohsene@gmail.com

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