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The Value of Learning and Education
As I am dropping off my kids this morning, I had a brief flash back to my childhood, thinking about the time that I was at school. And how lucky my children are to be in a place that supports their growth and they could fully learn without fear of being in danger or in…
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Finding strength in moments of fatigue
សួស្តី hello! From the depth of my tiredness, I wanted to reach out and say hello. I wonder how you are feeling? If it’s anything like the weather here in Florida, you may just want to stay in bed a little longer, or just turn over and pretend you don’t have to wake up just…
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Creating a peace practice and praying for Burma
Today, I wanted to talk about the idea of creating a daily, weekly or monthly peace practice. I think it is very important to do so in the world that we live in today. A peace practice could be simply taking a few deep breaths to appreciate the very air that we breathe, performing an…
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Balancing Food Abundances with Intermittent Fasting
Food to the body is like the air to our lungs. It is a vital source of energy that fuels our body and nourishes our soul. Our relationship with food begins the moment we are born. From the first drop of our mother’s milk to the last meal of the day, food is our constant…
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Cambodia’s Greatest Love Song
Well, according to me anyhow :). Perhaps you have heard it and is a favorite of yours! Since it is the month of love, I wanted to share a translation of a Cambodian song, originally by Sinn Sisamouth. Considered to be the King of Khmer music, Sinn Sisamouth was a popular writer-singer in the 1950s-1970s.…
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For the Love of One’s Identity and Religion
It was Friday, February 8th 2007. I was staying at a hotel in Phnom Penh city, Cambodia, when the phone rang. Two hundred Khmer Krom monks were conducting a peaceful demonstration, one that has not been seen in decades.
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