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Sometimes we just don’t need a salad transformed into a meat-looking patty to have a great vegetarian or vegan meal. Sometimes, a damned good salad will do. Akil's Spinach & Corky's Walnuts (Day) Salad recipe inside.
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Christmas is not a game people! You cannot just wade into these situations and not be prepared. This holiday is to celebrate the birth of one of the most peaceful beings to ever walk this earth. So put on your friggin armor!!!
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When you choose to stand yourself or your works before a crowd, to show off your wares and show off your talents, some will throw flowers at you and others will throw rocks. You have to learn how not to be affected by either.
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And ode to The Creative: This particular installment is simply an honor bestowing clarification of what Creatives are, what Creatives do –– and why Creatives are built to get their ass kicked more than you ever will have the guts to. You could learn a lot from them.
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We all have that one cynical friend. They sit in the corner at parties, with some unspectacular glass of liquor in hand, a dangling cigarette in the other, choking their immediate environment with seductive swirls of poison. Why do we keep them around? I’m cynical about cynics.
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Creators of the internet are staunch believers in The Law of Attraction. They've made all users subject to this law, digitally. Your online gallivanting says more about you than mere cookie bytes do. Herein, a life lesson - an allegorical ode, a reminder; your appetites consume no-one but you.
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Houses are simply walls built around open spaces to protect the occupant from the outdoor elements. But if certain indoor elements are not present in those encased spaces, there will be no home to speak of for the occupant. Never be "home"-less, whether in a house or without one. Give your soul a shelter. And be an unerring shelter to someone else's.
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Having a diet largely filled with faux food, i.e. food products, can lead to very real diseases. Having a life filled with faux human contact can lead to very real emotional dis-ease, personal deep dissatisfactions and life degradation.
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If you're going to be loitering the cookie aisles, anyway, might as well minimize the damage with the greatest cookie alive –– because it's vegan. Hell hath no heaven like an Uncle Eddie’s vegan cookie. But be very, very careful. Don't do what I did.
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My friend intimated how Chinua Achebe’s literature was so impactful, it led to him getting married and starting a family. He just shared with me how he and the woman who would become his wife, actually first fell in love over Achebe’s skillfully carved prose while in college together.
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Fear is the door. Fear must be approached. Fear must be opened. Fear must be kicked-down. Fear must be walked over, walked under and walked through. Then you must have your dog pee on it, for maximum insult to its injury.
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Your entire day blossoms from the first establishing moments of your day. You need an anchor and an anchoring process to stay rooted, sane, in control of yourself, and in control of your day. Without it, the winds of life will blow you all around the day like a kite.
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A lesson in patriotism, enlisted, and un-enlisted. After looking into the core heart and courageous character of our soldiers this Veterans Day, I noticed another section of our society standing in “unified formation” with them –– both populations are staunch protectors of our freedoms.
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When I feel all used up, it’s usually too late. I’ve passed every filling station. I’ve ignored every ‘Last Food & Gas For The Next 100 Miles’ sign. Lost in my need to get ahead I’ve put myself behind everything else –– again
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We’re busy. You’re busy. I’m busy. I don’t have a personal chef yet. I’m working on it. In the meantime, I want to stay healthy and save time. Here’s a 20 min solution.
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Sometimes you have one of those days, where you could be one of those ways about having one of those days. And that's no fun. Now that I'm wiser, those days become the BEST days of my life.
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Movies imprint upon our minds... the roles we are supposed to play in society and what limits, boundaries, aspirations and possibilities those real world roles can be.
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When you refuse to sit in the driver's seat of your life, you live a life driven by others. Surely they'll be driving you to their destinations, not yours. Declare your life your own or it will continue to belong to others.
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[To them] You're now just a gender lump of all of the faces they've dated before you, and that's when they start preparing for mortal combat.
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Midday Snack Solutions: Avocado 'n Hot Sauce? Yaaaaasss! [Recipe Included] Avo Bliss. The vegan midday snack that always wins! Workaholics can send their thank you email to...
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