Category Archives: miracles

Big Up Yourself: It’s About Time You Like Being You

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

Big Up Yourself: It’s About Time You Like Being You gives you the easiest, smartest, and fastest tools to help you big up yourself. What does that mean? To like who you are. Right here and right now. You’ll learn about … Continue reading →

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Shimon Peres: Never Give Up Hope.

Posted on September 30, 2016 by

I wrote to the Former Israeli President Shimon Peres–who died Wednesday at the age of 93 and whose funeral was attended by seventy world leaders on Friday morning–when he was a member of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliment, in 2004. … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: How To Make Decisions

Posted on June 23, 2015 by

In 2010, I wrote a blog about making decisions when one of my daughters was trying to figure out what to do with her life. (We all seem to ponder that question rather frequently.) I suggested that act like a … Continue reading →

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Good News from Israel (For a Change): Got My HarperCollins Contract for My Novel, A Remarkable Kindness

Posted on August 26, 2014 by

There may or may not be a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. But you want to know what is definite? My novel, A Remarkable Kindness. Here is a photo of the contract from HarperCollins Publishers signed and stamped by them and … Continue reading →

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Self-Improvement: Change One Small Thought at a Time

Posted on February 28, 2014 by

My friend, Joelle, just had a birthday. She got cards and calls from everyone she loves—except for one friend. “I built up a real resentment,” Joelle said. “It didn’t matter that 50 people remembered my birthday—the fact that this one … Continue reading →

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One Reason I’m Lighting Hanukkah Candles Again This Year

Posted on November 30, 2013 by

The following article appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2011 and I’m reprinting it here: This Hanukkah, I’m lighting the candles in memory of Prisoner A-1175. Her name was Marta Paran and that was the number tattooed into her arm … Continue reading →

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John Chancellor: Habits…And How To Get Things Done

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

  I’d like to welcome John Chancellor, Author of Lessons in Life – Stories that Touch the Heart, Teach the Soul who is also one of Amazon’s top 500 book reviewers. I’m eager–as I’m sure you are, too–to hear about him! Diana: … Continue reading →

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The Lesson Of the Ash Tree

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

  My friend Sam was telling me about the morning he sat looking at an ash tree. He saw the passing of time, the strength, the resilience. “From an ash tray?” I asked. I was thinking of looking at my … Continue reading →

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Tool For Tuesday: 5 Guaranteed Ways To Avoid An Argument

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

You don’t want to have another argument again. You just don’t. You don’t want to bicker, squabble or wrangle. You don’t want to be lassoed into another quarrel. But the other guy is dragging you into the boxing ring for … Continue reading →

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