“Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.” -J Isham Ah back to listening, the backbone of communication. Let’s dissect this quote a little shall we? “Listening is an attitude of the …
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Valentine’s Day Stabbing
Valentine’s Day Stabbing, Agra: A 15-year-old boy was killed by two of his classmates after they had an altercation on Valentine’s Day over his befriending a girl, and the body was dumped in a mustard field, police have said. Looking for the missing 15-year-old, police found his …
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Love Quote of the Day – Examiner
“In real love you want the other person’s good. In romantic love you want the other person.” -Margaret Anderson Most of us don’t realize it but this quote is very true. At the beginning of any relationship we are overwhelmed with this enormous need …
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A World Without Love is a Deadly Place
“My wife could turn to me and she may say, ‘Why do you love me?’ And I can with all honesty look her in the eye and say, ‘Because our pheromones matched our olfactory receptors.'” – Robin Ince “People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love.
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Florist Ruins Valentine’s Day
Florist Ruins Valentine’s Day, The forced flower-and-chocolate fest that is Valentine’s Day is over until next year. So now, it’s time to relax and revel in reading about how the holiday went wrong for others, thanks to bouquets delivered late (or not at all) and other …
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Caldwell Co. couples celebrate unique Valentine’s Day weddings – msnbc.com
LENOIR, N.C. –The room where County Commissioners normally sit to handle matters of Caldwell County was the same on Tuesday, but it didn’t take much to figure out that something was different. At least a dozen couples decided to tie the knot in …
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Anti-Valentine’s Day: how to weather Feb. 14 – The Christian Science Monitor
Fed up with the romantic industrial complex, oops, Valentine’s Day? Don’t want to be among the Americans who fork over $17.6 billion for everything from flowers to chocolates to, well, whatever else retailers can emblazon with hearts and …
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Valentine’s Day, Romantics rule City Hall
Valentine’s Day, Romantics rule City Hall, Elizabeth Armstrong and Alex Schneider shared a casual first date at an upstate Mexican restaurant. The electricity was instant and intense. “I felt extremely close to him,” said Armstrong, 26. “We meshed together …
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Valentine’s Day finds a niche in Islamic Iran
Iran may reject Western influences, but Valentine’s Day has become a growing phenomenon thanks to the romantically minded youth of the Islamic state’s affluent classes. Although the ruling clerics and hardline politicians have been waging a campaign …
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Reclaim Valentine’s Day: Celebrate Generosity Day 2012 – Huffington Post
Barely three days before Valentine’s Day last year, Sasha Dichter, Chief Innovation Officer for Acumen Fund, decided to convert his month-long “Generosity Experiment” into a global Generosity Day. The idea was simple: to reclaim Valentine’s Day …
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