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		<title>What word describes your Search for Meaning?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instructions for Living: Pay Attention, Be Astonished, Tell About it Mary Oliver This past weekend, I had the distinct pleasure of speaking at the Search for Meaning Book Festival sponsored by the School of Theology and Ministry in Seattle, Washington. &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/02/06/what-word-describes-your-search-for-meaning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=4122&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food for thought about customer service</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week has given me several opportunities to think about how I interact with someone while receiving service from them, whether it&#8217;s been the Sears repair man or the aesthetician last week or the waitress from a local restaurant. Last night, &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/30/food-for-thought-about-customer-service/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=4071&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook and Twitter can aid in doing mitzvahs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It dawned on me this week that I am beginning to notice social media used as a way to invite others to participate in a mitzvah or good deed. Earlier this week, an acquaintance posted this request, &#8220;Help me out &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/20/facebook-and-twitter-can-aid-in-doing-mitzvahs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=4026&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting a girl, a troop and a community, through Girl Scout Cookies</title>
		<link>http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/15/supporting-a-girl-a-troop-and-a-community-through-girl-scout-cookies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always forget that it&#8217;s Girl Scout Cookie time until a neighbor girl or two knocks on my door to see if I&#8217;ll support her cookie drive. Then I start noticing girls and their troops outside of supermarkets and stores. How &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/15/supporting-a-girl-a-troop-and-a-community-through-girl-scout-cookies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=3985&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t wait to be asked&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/12/dont-wait-to-be-asked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A close friend emailed me a story that she just had to share. It&#8217;s a lovely example of noticing a friend in need and helping without being asked. It&#8217;s a reminder I  appreciated since I don&#8217;t always think to just &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/12/dont-wait-to-be-asked/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=3970&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intention and Doing a Mitzvah</title>
		<link>http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/10/intention-and-doing-a-mitzvah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not technically savvy. That said I have learned how to blog, Facebook and tweet and I enjoy doing all of it, but when it comes to real internet skills, I often struggle and kick and moan as learning &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/10/intention-and-doing-a-mitzvah/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=3929&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year 2012</title>
		<link>http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.&#8221; Wayne Dyer When I began the mitzvah project almost 5 years ago, I was in grief. It was a dark time personally and I wasn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=3875&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kindness extended in any language is usually a smile</title>
		<link>http://1000mitzvahs.org/2011/12/28/kindness-extended-in-any-language-is-usually-a-smile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an unusual experience today. I had stopped at a Starbucks to do some computer work. A gentleman sat down next to me and opened his computer too. Anyone that knows me knows that I am a chatty Cathy &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2011/12/28/kindness-extended-in-any-language-is-usually-a-smile/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=3855&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What about the kids?</title>
		<link>http://1000mitzvahs.org/2011/12/21/what-about-the-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question continues to come up when I am being interviewed and speaking to groups about the 1,000 Mitzvah Project about how my children feel and have they been changed in any way while we worked on the project. Of course, &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2011/12/21/what-about-the-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=3804&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mutual inspiration and masterminding</title>
		<link>http://1000mitzvahs.org/2011/12/16/mutual-inspiration-and-masterminding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I spent some time with my friend Eric Winger whom I met this past year through a mutual friend. We were introduced because our friend knew we would both benefit from knowing each other. Eric had recently taken on &#8230; <a href="http://1000mitzvahs.org/2011/12/16/mutual-inspiration-and-masterminding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1000mitzvahs.org&amp;blog=695784&amp;post=3789&amp;subd=1000mitzvahs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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