Love to Spare

Angels and Demons

Posted on 22. May, 2009 by Michael Scott.

I am a resident of a special place originally referred to as La Ciudad de la Reina de los Angeles (The City of the Queen of the Angels). Nowadays, we refer to this city of angels simply as Los Angeles.
In terms of both Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the number of financially wealthy people living [...]

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An Ounce of Grace

Posted on 16. May, 2009 by Michael Scott.

There are three things that I’ve never really felt I had enough of:

time,
money, and
love.

And yet when I stop to notice, these three things are not lacking from my life so much as from my perception.
Could it be that I’ve been too ambitious? Thinking about it now, it feels like I’ve had [...]

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Who Are You?

Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by Michael Scott.

How do you define you? When someone asks you “to introduce yourself” what do you typically say? Do you talk about:

your profession, job title, or financial status?
your political or religious affiliations?
your level of education or expertise?
your skin color or ethnicity?
your regional or national origins?
your age, gender or sexual preference?
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Give Love Not Charity

Posted on 24. Mar, 2009 by Michael Scott.

One of the most distinguishing qualities of extraordinary love is that it offers unity and oneness. True love bridges the gaps, pulls on the common thread, and closes the distance between us. It dissolves borders and barriers bringing all into a state of at-one-ment. Thus, at its highest stage, love enables us to see the [...]

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Family Loses Home to Fire, But Gains Support of their Community

Posted on 19. Feb, 2009 by Michael Scott.

On January 6th Rebecca Orchard, a single mom with two kids, lost her home and nearly everything she owned to a fire. She had been renting the mobile home they lived in for nearly ten years, and was was close to owning it when an electrical short in the home’s breaker sparked into a fire. [...]

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Love: No Previous Experience Required

Posted on 14. Feb, 2009 by Michael Scott.

I’ve often heard it said that you can’t love someone else until you learn to love yourself. This used to seem like a reasonable argument to me. Not anymore.
I conduct a weekly mens group as a volunteer at a residential substance abuse treatment center. During this week’s group, two members shared that they were [...]

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Free Hugs Video

Posted on 27. Jan, 2009 by Michael Scott.

It’s two years old, and yet this is still my all time favorite music video. It poignantly captures how emotionally distant and apprehensive we can be towards each other; and how, despite this, we still have a strong need to connect. I also love this video because it shows the contagious nature of love.
- Michael [...]

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The Internet and the Love Revolution

Posted on 24. Jan, 2009 by Michael Scott.

It’s no big secret that the internet is changing the world. The way people communicate, shop, get their news, information and entertainment is rapidly changing all thanks to the internet. There’s hardly an industry, in fact, that hasn’t been forced to adapt in response to the net. Yet the internet is also facilitating a quiet [...]

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