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Depression has set in, and my attempts to lift my spirits

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 21 Jan 17

I've been feeling pretty blue lately. My husband has worked 5 straight days of 12-hour shifts arriving home at 8pm, eating and falling asleep shortly thereafter. So I've been pretty much alone. I have had no desire to go out,...

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Pay It Forward

birdlady41465 @birdlady41465 (223) • United States 10 Dec 09

Ok just saw a discussion that got me thinking about paying it forward and good things people do everyday with out rewards of any type and all they ask is for people to return the favor to someone else in need sometime. I helped a...

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good deads

helping

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Its Wednesday again.

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 27 May 09

And Wednesday is the day of Great Courses. Now, I know my friends here know how much I love my mother. And when she is able to go, I take her to Great Courses at the place she lives, even if she mostly sleeps thru them now....

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great courses

mom

rearranging furniture

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Reading to a person I don't know...I've done it have you?

moondancer @moondancer (7431) • United States 7 Feb 09

I use to go 3 days a week and read to this lovely elserly lady. I don't know if she heard me or not. But just in case she could, I'd read to her. I didn't know her. She didn't know me. The first time we met if you want to call...

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reading

strangers

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i do not have a life

shorty08322 @shorty08322 (1270) • United States 18 Sep 07

i do not have a life i got to do for other ppl befor i do for myself i got to find something to do

i do not have no life

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Did you know you could "surf" on line to benefit your charity?

youdontsay @youdontsay (3497) • United States 16 Mar 07

I found this search engine that pays your charity each time you use it. It is called GoodSearch. It is run by Yahoo. What an easy way for us internet addicted surfers to do something for someone else while we are doing something...

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native american

native american indian

surfing

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Do you feel your friends expect more from you than you get in return?

cpamanda @cpamanda (693) • United States 23 Jan 07

For instance, I know I have some friends who expect gifts for their children and I have not gotten a gift from them in 3 years, maybe 4. Or... there is also a time factor. Do you find sometimes that you give more in a relationship...

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