Education and Lifetime Learning Menu
Education offers us learning about many subjects, ideas, and ways to live in the world. We learn how to socialize as we meet and interact with others. Mentors come into our lives to encourage, teach, and support us. Education and personal reflection are ways that helps us create the life we want for ourselves and others. What are you learning these days?
Try This Creative Awareness Meditation
by David Tillman - September 2024
“This is a simple meditation for people working on creative projects. This meditation will allow you to relax your mind and body. This restful state often will open new insights and ways to look at a creative project from a new perspective. You may find that during or after your meditation you may have become aware of a new way(s) to approach your creative project..."
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Where I'm From Poem by George Ella Lyon and Writing Exercise
For Storytelling
“I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening it tasted like beets.)
I am from the forsythia bush, the Dutch elm whose long gone limbs I remember as if they were my own.
I am from fudge and eyeglasses, from Imogene and Alafair. I'm from the know-it-alls and the pass-it-ons,
from perk up and pipe down..." by George Ella Lyon
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Living, Learning, Loving
by Dr. Michael Obsatz - September 2024
"How much data can a human brain store? In my 83 years on this planet, I have absorbed so much data. I have probably read 5,000 books and articles... I have synthesized my learning into a few general beliefs which will carry me through to the last of my days. Here are thirteen of them. 1. It is better to live in gratitude than in regret or resentment..."
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Create a Written Snapshot of "My Life Through the Years"
by Dr. Michael Obsatz and David Tillman - July 2024
"This is an exercise to write down a snapshot of your life. This will give you a unique perspective of all the different communities and experiences you have navigated in life. Download the worksheet or create your own..."
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Why Do You Do What You Do?
by David Tillman
"Who influenced you to do what you are doing?"
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Who Are In Your Circle of Family and Friends?
by David Tillman - October 2022
"Who are in your circle of family and friends today? On the worksheet, print the names of family and friends you interact with daily, weekly, monthly, or once or twice a year...”
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Thirty-Six Life Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier
by Dr. Michael Obsatz
" In my sixty-four years of living, I have experienced incredible joy, health, and abundance. I have
also had hard times, setbacks, betrayals, and disappointments... We were very poor, and I was
bullied for six years by classmates, from first to seventh grade. Life was indeed hell back then. It
is much better now, and I feel very connected to many incredibly wonderful people..."
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BookScouter: Book Price Comparison Website
BookScouter - April 2023
"BookScouter is a Book Price Comparison Website That Helps to Check Out the Best Price on the Go
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Unleashing the Inner Voice: How Self-Expression Cultivates Well-being and Empowerment
February 2024
"In an era where stress and societal pressures often overshadow individuality, the power of self-expression emerges as a beacon of hope, leading to enhanced well-being and empowerment..."
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What Are All the Different Groups You Belong To?
by David Tillman - Sept. 2022
"My spiritual coach and friend, Mike, and I were talking one day. He suggested that I take time to list all the groups I have belonged to throughout my life. Mike said, “These are your support people. You are closer to some more than others. What purpose do each of these groups serve in your life?...”
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In What Emotion Do You Live with Most Often?
by Dr. Michael Obsatz and David Tillman - 2021
"We invite you to find a quiet place to sit to reflect (and journal) about:
"In What Emotion Do You Live with Most Often?"
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This Listening Exercise Could Change Your Life
by David Tillman
In our seminary Grief and Loss class, we did the following listening exercise. It has changed my life.
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How Do You Want to Live Your Amazing Life?
by David Tillman - February 2023
"Poet and author David Whyte wrote: “Ten years ago, I turned my head for a moment and it became my life.” I think of this poem often. It reminds me to take a moment to pause from my busy life..."
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Presentation on the book "Focusing" by Eugene T. Gendlin Ph.D.
by David Tillman
"Focusing “consists of six steps that identify and change the way thoughts and emotions are held within the body..."
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How Much of Your Life Do You Live in the Present Moment?
by David Tillman
"As Eckhart Tolle said, “The eternal present is the space within which your whole life unfolds, the one factor that remains constant."
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Lifetime Joys, Losses, and Everything In-Between Timeline
by David Tillman - October 2022
"Have you ever taken time to look back at your life’s journey so far? Why do we look back at our life? We can identify turning points in our lives....”
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There Are Always 44 Things Going On In Your Life
by David Tillman
"there are always 44 things going on in your life
things to think about,
to worry about,
to talk about,
to cry about"
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