Tolerance on Shine

Rejection

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"...rejected as worthless..." …

Lady at the Jewelry Store

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Dainty

There was once a guy who suffered from cancer... a cancer that can't be treated. He was in his 30’s and he could die anytime. All his life, he was stuck in his house being taken cared by his mother. He never went outside but he…

Cross-dressing in high school: What would you do?

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Don’t kid yourself--to many teenage minds, dress codes in high school exist for one reason: to find a way around them. Now, the New York Times reports,

Tolerance and Community

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Be Tolerant With One Another... "...there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all. You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for…

A REAL HEART

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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, and is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act…

ALONE

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Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and other beings.

It had been raining for…

The Cost of Living with Love?

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How often do couples move in together before getting married? I'm sure it happens every day! But, is it whats best for your relationship? A decade or two ago any man and woman who moved into the same house or apartment together, without being wed first, was looked down on (not…

MOTHER AND SON

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She looked at the photograph of her son. He would always be seven years old, tow haired and missing two front teeth. Grasping the framed photo tighter in her quivering hands, so tight that the corners of the brass colored left impressions in her flesh, she looked at the American flag covered…

There was a Man Who Wanted To Achieve Everything in Life

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Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this desire. He ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die, having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.

There were so many things he could…

When does getting angry help your friendship?

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This week, I've gone through a little freak time with my buddy, Andy. If there is one thing I hate to talk about with him, it would be my ex-boyfriend and new flirts. I somehow thought he knew, as I made a face every time we got to the subject. It was my birthday on Monday, and like expected,…