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ron winnegrad
Ron Winnegrad has been a Perfumer and teacher for 46 years. As a perfumer, Ron has been able to express the world he sees through a rainbow of olfactive and emotive visions. As a teacher, Ron has helped others to see fragrance through his own multi sensorial lens.
A very long time ago the Creator gave the Haudenosaunee people a beautiful doll made of corn husk. This doll had a spirit and traveled from village to village. Traveling from village to village everyone told her how beautiful she was. It was not long, before she developed an […]
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“One sees clearly with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes,” from The Little Prince. The HEART is connected directly to the EMOTIONS in the limbic system, in the brain. There is no thought process as in the cortex, it is an instant reaction. Lawrence Anthony was […]
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The following is a philosophy for personal power written 2500 years ago by Lao Tzu. “Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, they become your […]
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Most of us are born upside down, head first, when we enter this world. Then tapped on our bottoms, still upside down. My concern is that many of us are still upside down. When those people see the word WE, they are seeing it upside down, which is to […]
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Our 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt, said many years ago; “SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK, YOU WILL GO FAR.” Such a beautiful meaningful statement. It could be interpreted to mean, one that is competent in their profession need not talk aloud about their accomplishments. The success is the big […]
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We should recognize all other beings as our kind. With this as a foundation, we should cultivate a LOVING-KINDNESS with everyone. If the other person is honorable and civilized as a basis we should cultivate a LOVE OR LOVING-KINDNESS so we all could be free of suffering. This basic belief […]
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Our greatest enemy is our own minds. We are in conflict with ourselves very often. We worry about gain and loss, right and wrong. This is true misery for many of us. Misery can come in the form of greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance or doubt. What we experience is […]
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“There are two wolves fighting in everyone’s mind. By feeding them right, they both win” said the old Cherokee Chief to the young boy. Just feeding the good wolf will make the bad wolf angry. If you’re distracted or upset the bad wolf will then control your mind with its […]
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ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE SHOWN THIS POST AS WELL AS ADULTS. BEING DIFFERENT was posted 3 years ago, I absolutely feel it needs repeating in these times. BEING DIFFERENT as the following says, harms no one. It is DIFFICULT being thought to be DIFFERENT or to be seen as […]
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Everybody, children and adults always have “A MOUNTAIN” in front of them. This is what is called the constant challenges of life. We are sometimes overwhelmed by things that need fixing or adjusting. Whatever, do not fall into inaction. Each small step forward matters, that one step is progress. […]
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