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		<title>World A.S. Day May 4, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 12:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Exercise Reduces Stress, Anxiety &amp; Depression&#8230;Even When You Hate it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study performed by the University of Colorado Boulder and published April 2013 in the European Journal of Neuroscience, shows that even when you dislike exercise, or you&#8217;re forced to engage in it by a doctor or fitness instructor that you will still reap the amazing benefits. Many past studies have shown that people who engage in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thepositivepear.com&#038;blog=29621686&#038;post=7146&#038;subd=thepositivepear&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Wish You Enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thepositivepear.com&#038;blog=29621686&#038;post=7141&#038;subd=thepositivepear&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Earth Day 2013&#8230;We Are Boston Strong.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Earth Day. Earth Day is meant to raise awareness about various environmental issues, such as air pollution, water pollution, deforestation, habitat destruction and lack of biodiversity, sustainable energy, reduction of energy usage, climate changes and issues relating to global warning, ecological crisis, species poaching and loss of species, and environmental policies. One very important issues of concern lately is Neonicotinoid pesticides [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thepositivepear.com&#038;blog=29621686&#038;post=7113&#038;subd=thepositivepear&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Simplicity • Solitude • Serenity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Give yourself some time and space to get away from the expectations, the conversations, the noise, the media, and the pressure. Take some time each day to go for a long walk and think. Plant yourself on a park bench and look. Take a long, thoughtful road trip. Whatever you do, move away from anything [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thepositivepear.com&#038;blog=29621686&#038;post=7091&#038;subd=thepositivepear&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy St Patrick&#8217;s Day!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;May your day be touched by a bit of Irish luck. Brightened by a song in your heart, and warmed by the smiles of the people you love&#8221; Happy St Patricks Day!!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thepositivepear.com&#038;blog=29621686&#038;post=7078&#038;subd=thepositivepear&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wishing You An Amazing Adventure!</title>
		<link>http://thepositivepear.com/2013/02/19/wishing-you-an-amazing-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 was quite eventful for me, yet equally amazing.  As I approached planned and much-anticipated change in my life toward the end of the year, I found that having this blog was a very  positive and creative outlet which made living with chronic invisible illness so much easier to endure. I&#8217;m also glad to know [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thepositivepear.com&#038;blog=29621686&#038;post=7064&#038;subd=thepositivepear&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fight Through The Bad Days&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy 12-12-2012!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer&#8221; Romans 12:12<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thepositivepear.com&#038;blog=29621686&#038;post=7043&#038;subd=thepositivepear&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Dancing Tears ~Initial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy B-Day to the highly revered poet Ranier Maria Rilke, whose words have brought comfort to many. Read &#38; feel the warm embrace.♥ Initial Initial by Rainer Maria Rilke &#8220;Out of infinite longings rise finite deeds like weak fountains, falling back just in time and trembling. And yet, what otherwise remains silent, our happy energies—show [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thepositivepear.com&#038;blog=29621686&#038;post=7015&#038;subd=thepositivepear&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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