Spiritual

Life is Short But Life is Sweet: 9 Ways to Seize the Day — Mickey Z.

Natalie Merchant (credit unknown) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose January 21, 2021 In her 1998 song, “Life is Sweet,” Natalie Merchant warns: “Life is sweet/And life is also very short.” Who knew the wonderful Ms. Merchant would be on the same wavelength as the Hermits of St. Paul of France? These Hermits, a.k.a. the Brothers of the Dead, were a religious order in the 1620s. In their official seal, ...

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Mom Got Her Chain Snatched, Dad Drove on the Sidewalk, I Learned Plenty — Mickey Z.

(Photos courtesy of Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 12, 2021 (This article is timed to be released on January 12 — 13 years to the day since my mother died and three years to the day ...

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5 Ways to Feel Spiritual Even If “Spirituality” is Not Your Thing — Mickey Z.

Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose January 11, 2021 For the record, there is an official definition of spiritual: “Relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material ...

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What I Learned at the Laundromat — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 4, 2021 For more than eight years, I did my wash in the same laundromat. Called “Sparkle Plenty,” it was a relic. It first opened in 1973 and appeared a ...

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The Grand Mutation: An Astrological Interlude | John Michael Greer

Dec. 23, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Over the last year, and especially over the last month, I’ve fielded a flurry of questions about the astrological meaning of the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn tha ...

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What Will Your 2021 MixTape Sound Like? — Mickey Z.

(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 30, 2020 There was a time when I was a very popular mixtape maker. (Mixtape = “a compilation of favorite pieces of music, typically by different ...

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Be a Good Neighbor: 5 Reminders About Community — Mickey Z.

Photo: Jon Tyson (Unsplash) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose December 24, 2020 “We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community ...

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9 Movies and Songs to Steel Us for 2021 — Mickey Z.

YouTube screenshot from Rocky (1976) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose December 21, 2020 2020 is not done with us yet. We are divided and exhausted and focused on the present. Yet, we have to simultaneous ...

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You Saw Mommy Doing WHAT With Santa? — Mickey Z.

Just say no. (Nancy Reagan and Mr. T — credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 20, 2020 The shopping/business district in Astoria is primarily centered on Steinway Street. Each December ...

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Knock and Give the Password | John Michael Greer

Dec. 16 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Over the the course of the last year we’ve explored quite a bit of the magical history of America, from colonial times up to the coming of Theosophy and the dawn of th ...

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How to Be a Hero in 2021 — Mickey Z.

Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — CGoodTV December 9, 2020 “We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that, you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitaliz ...

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