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“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it”. — Kevyn Aucoin
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“You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.” — Tom Brokaw
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I am a graduate of a Catholic liberal arts college. The Sisters of Saint Joseph made sure we understood that our education came with certain responsibilities to care for others and work for change in the world. It can be a heavy burden for a young person just starting out. There are many temptations out there in the world and there is nothing wrong with wanting to have things. But when is it enough? When do we cross the line from providing the necessities to convincing ourselves we must have the luxuries? When do we stop caring about those who do not have enough?
We are seeing the consequences of selfishness, greed and lust after money every single day in the world right now. Things will only get worse if we stay on this track. Life is not about acquiring as much money and stuff as we can with no concern for others. We’ve been heading down that road for years now. How’s that working for us?
I know a 2 or 4 year college degree is becoming more and more necessary to get a “good” job, or sometimes just to get a job at all. Degree programs have become more and more focused on job skills, with less attention to making sure the person is able to think, create, problem solve and yes, care about the world they will be going out into.
We are all connected in the web of live. What affects one, affects all. A college education is a great thing. If you have one consider yourself blessed. This is not something that is accessible to all. But remember that education comes with a responsibility to give back, to help out where you can.
Blessing to all the recent graduates. Now go out there and show us how you will change the world!
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are.”
– Carl Jung
“Green is the fresh emblem of well founded hopes. In blue the spirit can wander, but in green it can rest.”
– Mary Webb
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.”
– May Sarton
“Your life is a sacred journey. It is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous challenges at every step along the way. You are on the path… exactly where you are meant to be right now… And from here, you can only go forward, shaping your life story into a magnificent tale of triumph, of healing, of courage, of beauty, of wisdom, of power, of dignity, and of love.” ~ by Caroline Adams
“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” — Russell Baker
“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.” — Langston Hughes
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It’s National Ice Cream Day. But what do you do if you cannot eat the sugar, dairy or eggs in regular ice cream for health reasons?
No More Ice Cream? Oh No!!!!
What does an ice cream lover do when forced to give up sugar, dairy and eggs for health reasons?
Well, in my case the first thing I did was cry — a lot.
Then I tried moderation. I really love my ice cream, so cutting back was having it once a week instead of every day. That didn’t work.
So I gave it up. I stopped eating ice cream and I even gave up making the wonderful family recipes developed by my mother.
It took awhile to try the ice cream made with frozen bananas because I was sure there was no way that stuff tasted like ice cream. When I finally decided to try I burned out two blenders before I found a Ninja to help me learn how to do it right. Together we discovered wonderful frozen desserts that are gluten-free, low in fat and sugar and if you use almond milk or another dairy free alternative, vegan. I call them fruit creams with flavors such as not only the luscious cherry included here, but also chocolate, strawberry, blueberry, cherry chocolate, egg nog, pumpkin and peanut butter chip.
Cherry Fruit Cream
Delicious fruit cream full of cherry flavor. Of course you may pit and freeze your own cherries, but buying already frozen is easier. If you want chunks of cherries in your cream you may cut one half cup of the cherries in half and add after you turn off the blender.
Ingredients:
1 cup frozen mashed banana
1 cup frozen sweet cherries
½ cup almond milk or other milk of your choice
1 teaspoon almond extract Directions:
1. Add all ingredients to blender container.
2. Blend on high speed (# 3 if using a Ninja) until thick and creamy. You may need to stop the blender and scrape down the sides a few times during processing.
3. Serve now as soft serve or put in a carton and freeze until firm.
Want to have some Frozen Fun?
The best thing about ice cream is that is fun to make and of course fun to eat. I put my love of ice cream and summertime fun into a Kindle book called Frozen Fun. For more dairy free recipes as well as my mother’s old fashioned recipes with milk, eggs and heavy cream visit the Kindle Store to buy your copy today.
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“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others
–Nelson Mandela
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