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Dec 19 2010

Video: Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus – Must See!

Tag: VideosPersephone Arbour @ 3:38 pm

It doesn’t matter whether you can sing or not, are a ‘believer’ or not – you would have to be a very tough nut not to get cracked – just a little – by this glorious video I admit, I am a sentimental old woman – but watching the faces of the unsuspecting audience enjoying [...]

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Dec 18 2010

Guest post: The ‘Seeker’ by James Bonser

Tag: Guest Posts,Human Condition,Persephone's Updates,SpiritualityPersephone Arbour @ 5:09 pm

After a break we have another offer from the inimitable James. Many of you will smile gently at his description of his life as the ubiquitous seeker. I loved it and had to raise my hand in a “me too” mark of recognition! My own life-journey started with a desire, a desire to be more, [...]

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Dec 18 2010

Guest post: Change or Perish by Roger Cohen

Tag: Guest Posts,Human Condition,Persephone's UpdatesPersephone Arbour @ 4:54 pm

This made me laugh – finally, when I had actually worked out what was going on. Persevere . . . . I think you will smile at least! LONDON — Before leggings, when there were letters, before texts and tweets, when there was time, before speed cameras, when you could speed, before graffiti management companies, [...]

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Dec 18 2010

Video: William Ury: The walk from “no” to “yes”

Tag: Human Condition,VideosPersephone Arbour @ 4:43 pm

Here is a man who is a peace-maker in the very real sense of the word. That is what he does. However, this is no po-faced holy joe – definitely not! Rather a lively, intelligent and amusing young man who understands, at a very deep level, what he teaches. Maybe he has had lessons from [...]

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Dec 18 2010

The Whale

Tag: Human Condition,SpiritualityPersephone Arbour @ 3:41 pm

This is 100% true and happened in 2005 If you read a recent front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused [...]

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Dec 04 2010

Video: Dancing Under the Gallows

Tag: VideosPersephone Arbour @ 1:11 pm

This video also seems to fit into this season of celebration despite its threatening title. Meet Alice, aged 106, the oldest living Holocaust survivor. For me, this isn’t just about the miracle of her age and that she is still making music, it is also about the miracle of her race, and their capability for [...]

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