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		<title>39</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you think about it, 39 is an interesting number. If you multiply the first digit by itself, you get the second digit. If people reset their age every time they become teenagers, I would have been teenager 3 times by now. Most importantly, it warns of an ending and signals a new beginning. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Drink from Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Take a swig, then another and another. But do not hurry, drink slowly Let it linger, taste the sweet, notice the bitter and feel the bite. Acknowledge how it flows down your throat and then to your body. Be engulfed by its spirit, feel how it turns your world around. Be here now. Savor every [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>If</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[personal effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being one's best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[better world]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some people are so blessed with talents and yet they ignore their calling. This is to remind us that we should use them to contribute to the betterment of this world.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Frog, The Scorpion and The Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Have you heard the story? A scorpion wanted to cross a river but couldn&#8217;t because he can&#8217;t swim. He found a frog, then asked him to carry the scorpion across the river. Knowing the destructive nature of the scorpion, the frog hesitated. He asked, &#8220;how do I know you are not going to sting and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Hula hoops of Our Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[personal effectiveness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[push your limit]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Don't set your limits, push it. Just like the girl in this metaphor who play with three hula hoops instead of one.]]></description>
		
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		<title>What is Your Saw?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[personal effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[know your strengths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharpen your saw]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You can't sharpen your saw if you don't know what it is]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Bus Passenger&#8217;s Dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[personal effectiveness]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are you self-driven or are you driven by others?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Moneyless</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine a world where there is no need to build fences around anything; where there is no need to set territorial boundaries; where you don&#8217;t need money to avail of anything; where you don&#8217;t need a bigger, prettier house than your neighbor; where you don&#8217;t need 10 cars to show how much more you have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be That Bug</title>
		<link>https://edebreo.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/dont-be-that-bug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dead bug]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to Mark Twain madness is defined as doing the same things over and over again expecting different results. This reminds me of a bug i found dead near a glass window pane. It is easy to know the cause of that bug&#8217;s death. It banged against the glass pane many times trying to break [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Of Coals and Diamonds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[personal effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coals and diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diamonds in the rough]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Coals are coals and diamonds are diamonds. They may have the same basic ingredient but they are far from being the same. You cannot expect coals to become diamonds nor diamonds to become coals. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, there is no need for coals to be diamonds, they are good as they are. With their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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