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- How to Turn an Early-Morning Bee Sting (Right Under Your Eye) Into an Epic, Excellent Day
  
  By Dave Ursillo on Jul 14, 2011
  
  “All serious daring starts from within.” ~Eudora Welty
  
  Yesterday morning, I decided to go for a run to get into a nice, early-morning flow of energy and inspiration.
  
  I took off from my South Boston apartment just before 7 AM to head towards the Harbor where there’s a beach and perfect bike path neighboring a 350-year-old, colony-era fort. The 2-mile loop is awesome for pacing out nice runs on beautiful summer mornings.
  
  I stretched, prepped my iPod, and got my chi energy all nice and primed and ready to go — OK, in truth I was still half asleep — …
  
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- The Fundamental Essence of Life: An Incredible Truth
  
  By Dave Ursillo on Apr 30, 2011
  
  “I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the Astonishing Light of your own Being.” ~Hafiz
  
  Of all such wildly uncertain things that reign forever unknowable through the days and nights of life — those plaguing confusions and confrontations; miscues and missed opportunities — I find myself suddenly well-afforded as my daily attention drifts less to these nagging thoughts and wonders, and more to the fundamental essence of life: an incredible truth, an undeniable reality, a beautiful wonder more poetic than any hymn or rhyme of God Himself.
  
  We are all connected! Bound and …
  
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- Power from Within: The Manifesto (2 Years in the Making)
  
  By Dave Ursillo on Mar 31, 2011
  
  POWER FROM WITHIN is a powerful manifesto over two years in the making.
  
  Through the power of choice, POWER FROM WITHIN espouses that may each realize our potential, gifts, and purpose in life; unleashing our limitless potential and enabling every soul to truly thrive.
  
  Why did I release it for free on DaveUrsillo.com? Skip below to read why.
  
  UPDATE May 3rd 2011: I’m happy and honored to announce that POWER FROM WITHIN is now available for purchase and instant download on Amazon Kindle for just $0.99! It will remain free for your reading enjoyment always, but if you’d like to …
  
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- Unburdening the Grief and Pain of Loss, 13 Years Later
  
  By Dave Ursillo on Jan 19, 2011
  
  “He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it.” ~Turkish proverb
  
  The grief and pain of loss are so powerful because, in death, we assume no conclusion can ever be reached.
  
  In our minds, we rationalize that Death has concluded a chapter in our lives that can’t ever be revisited, revised or truly made better.
  
  Because the person we cared for and loved so much is gone, we reason that we’ll thus be unable to ever rectify the issues that once persisted between us — however big or small they might have seemed. When we understand the loss of …
  
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- Dictate the Greatness of Your Day
  
  By Dave Ursillo on Jan 10, 2011
  
  “Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be.” ~Groucho Marx
  
  If the greatness of your day was dictated by your choice alone, would you choose to make each day an incredible one?
  
  Well, obviously.
  
  What is it that prevents us from making each day a great one? Firstly, it’s irrational — somehow, naturally counter-logical — to believe that choice alone could dictate each day to be a great one. Secondly, we all recognize — through experience …
  
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- 20 Bits of Accidental Wisdom & 10 Life Lessons from 2010
  
  By Dave Ursillo on Dec 31, 2010
  
  As 2010 draws to a final close, I wanted to share one final piece with you before we flip the calendar to show “2011.”
  
  Over the course of my first annual “renegade” reviews, I’ve looked back on “the year that was” and hopefully have given you some background and insight on how and why my writing, life and blogging have developed and changed over the last 12 months. The year was a very formative one, in which I found much needed direction.
  
  With no further ado, here are 20 bits of “accidental wisdom” that were somehow written by my …
  
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- The Only, Absolutely Surefire Way to Realize What You Offer This World
  
  By Dave Ursillo on Dec 20, 2010
  
  “We often teach what we most need to learn.” ~Dan Millman
  
  What compels you, entices you, lingers on your mind through restless nights, begs your attention even against your will?
  
  What in life demands that you learn it, study it, nurture your understanding of it? What subject matter or pursuit or thing or emotion drives you to tears — whether of joy or horror?
  
  Understanding what each of us is truly driven by — something, anything, that captures our attention to such an extent that it could become a central focus of our life — is no easy …
  
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