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BDG feature: The Weight of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness
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#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Acceptance #Darkness #Death #Dying #Suffering #Grief #Loss #Mourning #Equanimity #Impermanence #Love #LovingKindness #Metta #EmotionalWellBeing
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#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Acceptance #Darkness #Death #Dying #Suffering #Grief #Loss #Mourning #Equanimity #Impermanence #Love #LovingKindness #Metta #EmotionalWellBeing
The Weight of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness - Buddhistdoor Global
Margaret Meloni offers a compassionate guide to navigating grief through Buddhist wisdom and gentle reflection.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:01 AM
BDG feature: The Weight of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/23e8jb4w
#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Acceptance #Darkness #Death #Dying #Suffering #Grief #Loss #Mourning #Equanimity #Impermanence #Love #LovingKindness #Metta #EmotionalWellBeing
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/23e8jb4w
#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Acceptance #Darkness #Death #Dying #Suffering #Grief #Loss #Mourning #Equanimity #Impermanence #Love #LovingKindness #Metta #EmotionalWellBeing
"Choosing between itemized deductions and the standard deduction is usually a matter of math."
#Retired should track #Medicare, RX & Late Enrollment Penalty, Dental, LTH Premiums, and annual (IRMAA) Income - Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts.
Quantify especially when health expense is high.
#Retired should track #Medicare, RX & Late Enrollment Penalty, Dental, LTH Premiums, and annual (IRMAA) Income - Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts.
Quantify especially when health expense is high.
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"With refunds likely bigger, but fixes harder, accuracy—not speed—is what actually gets you across the finish line."
Read @taxgirl below to learn:
1. How easy it is for IRS technology to find errors in your #tax return, and
2. How backed up the IRS is and how much help is available to fix it
Read @taxgirl below to learn:
1. How easy it is for IRS technology to find errors in your #tax return, and
2. How backed up the IRS is and how much help is available to fix it
The latest edition of our free @forbes.com newsletter is out!
This week: Tax season has kicked off.
Plus: TIGTA worries about the filing season, the Taxpayer Advocate says backlogs are still a problem, tax form numbers, evaluating Trump accounts, tax trivia and more.
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This week: Tax season has kicked off.
Plus: TIGTA worries about the filing season, the Taxpayer Advocate says backlogs are still a problem, tax form numbers, evaluating Trump accounts, tax trivia and more.
www.forbes.com/sites/tax-br...
Tax Breaks: The Tax Filing Season, But Throw In A Shutdown Edition
Plus: TIGTA worries about tax filing season, the Taxpayer Advocate says that backlogs are still a problem, evaluating Trump accounts, tax trivia and more.
www.forbes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"With refunds likely bigger, but fixes harder, accuracy—not speed—is what actually gets you across the finish line."
Read @taxgirl below to learn:
1. How easy it is for IRS technology to find errors in your #tax return, and
2. How backed up the IRS is and how much help is available to fix it
Read @taxgirl below to learn:
1. How easy it is for IRS technology to find errors in your #tax return, and
2. How backed up the IRS is and how much help is available to fix it
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Thursday silly 😛
Got the mittens ready 🧤
Got the mittens ready 🧤
January 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Thursday silly 😛
Got the mittens ready 🧤
Got the mittens ready 🧤
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happy bday civil rights leader/teacher Florida Ruffin Ridley, b.1861, Boston, she was one of first black public school teachers in Boston.
"All that we ask for is justice, not mercy or palliation—simple justice. Surely that is not too much for loyal citizens to demand."
"All that we ask for is justice, not mercy or palliation—simple justice. Surely that is not too much for loyal citizens to demand."
January 29, 2026 at 12:04 PM
happy bday civil rights leader/teacher Florida Ruffin Ridley, b.1861, Boston, she was one of first black public school teachers in Boston.
"All that we ask for is justice, not mercy or palliation—simple justice. Surely that is not too much for loyal citizens to demand."
"All that we ask for is justice, not mercy or palliation—simple justice. Surely that is not too much for loyal citizens to demand."
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“Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.” - José Martí, Cuban philosopher/writer, born 1/28/1853
When #Grief comes to visit, I find comfort and wisdom in words.
“Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.” - José Martí, Cuban philosopher/writer, born 1/28/1853
When #Grief comes to visit, I find comfort and wisdom in words.
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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“Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.” - José Martí, Cuban philosopher/writer, born 1/28/1853
When #Grief comes to visit, I find comfort and wisdom in words.
“Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.” - José Martí, Cuban philosopher/writer, born 1/28/1853
When #Grief comes to visit, I find comfort and wisdom in words.
"#Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply."
- Vicki Baum, Austrian-born writer, born 1/24/1888
- Vicki Baum, Austrian-born writer, born 1/24/1888
happy bday Austrian-born writer Vicki Baum, b.1888.
"Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply."
"There is a need for heroism in American life today."
"Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply."
"There is a need for heroism in American life today."
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
"#Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply."
- Vicki Baum, Austrian-born writer, born 1/24/1888
- Vicki Baum, Austrian-born writer, born 1/24/1888
"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher/statesman, born 1/22/1561
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher/statesman, born 1/22/1561
happy bday English philosopher/statesman Francis Bacon, b.1561.
“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”
“There are two ways of spreading light..to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”
“There are two ways of spreading light..to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher/statesman, born 1/22/1561
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher/statesman, born 1/22/1561
"The ultimate form of optimization is elimination. Nothing is more effective than removing the ineffective."- @JamesClear
Doing the job right helps to prevent doing it again.
Compare forms used on your 2024 #tax return to forms needed for your 2025 #taxes.
Match before file.
Doing the job right helps to prevent doing it again.
Compare forms used on your 2024 #tax return to forms needed for your 2025 #taxes.
Match before file.
January 21, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist, famously said,
"What you resist not only persists, but will grow in size"
Let's apply that to the Loryn Brantz poem below:
Love Resists Hate
Faith Resists Fear
Education Resists Misinformation
Community Resists Poor Leadership
and Joy exists as Love not negativity?❤️
"What you resist not only persists, but will grow in size"
Let's apply that to the Loryn Brantz poem below:
Love Resists Hate
Faith Resists Fear
Education Resists Misinformation
Community Resists Poor Leadership
and Joy exists as Love not negativity?❤️
January 21, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist, famously said,
"What you resist not only persists, but will grow in size"
Let's apply that to the Loryn Brantz poem below:
Love Resists Hate
Faith Resists Fear
Education Resists Misinformation
Community Resists Poor Leadership
and Joy exists as Love not negativity?❤️
"What you resist not only persists, but will grow in size"
Let's apply that to the Loryn Brantz poem below:
Love Resists Hate
Faith Resists Fear
Education Resists Misinformation
Community Resists Poor Leadership
and Joy exists as Love not negativity?❤️
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Jerry Garcia on thinking about a peaceful planet
RIP Bobby
RIP Bobby
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Jerry Garcia on thinking about a peaceful planet
RIP Bobby
RIP Bobby
“I have woven a parachute out of everything broken."
- William Stafford, poet, born 1/16/1914, Hutchinson, KS
- William Stafford, poet, born 1/16/1914, Hutchinson, KS
happy bday poet William Stafford, b1914, Hutchinson, KS
“I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.
"It could happen any time, tornado,
earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen.
Or sunshine, love, salvation.
It could, you know. That's why we wake
and look out - no guarantees
in this life...
“I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.
"It could happen any time, tornado,
earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen.
Or sunshine, love, salvation.
It could, you know. That's why we wake
and look out - no guarantees
in this life...
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 AM
“I have woven a parachute out of everything broken."
- William Stafford, poet, born 1/16/1914, Hutchinson, KS
- William Stafford, poet, born 1/16/1914, Hutchinson, KS
“The #truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.”
- Don Quixote, 1st modern novel, by Miguel de Cervantes, is published OTD in 1605.
- Don Quixote, 1st modern novel, by Miguel de Cervantes, is published OTD in 1605.
January 16, 2026 at 7:14 PM
“The #truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.”
- Don Quixote, 1st modern novel, by Miguel de Cervantes, is published OTD in 1605.
- Don Quixote, 1st modern novel, by Miguel de Cervantes, is published OTD in 1605.
#IRS Form 4547 is a single page, but it serves two distinct functions:
1. It allows an Authorized individual to Elect to open an initial Trump Account for a Qualifying child.
2. It provides a separate Election to Request the $1,000 federal pilot program contribution, if the child is Eligible.
1. It allows an Authorized individual to Elect to open an initial Trump Account for a Qualifying child.
2. It provides a separate Election to Request the $1,000 federal pilot program contribution, if the child is Eligible.
The IRS has released Form 4547, which allows taxpayers to register an eligible child for a Trump Account while filing a 2025 tax return.
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
How To Open A Trump Account In 2026: What To Know About IRS Form 4547
The IRS has released Form 4547, allowing parents to register eligible children for Trump Accounts when filing 2025 tax returns. Here's what you need to know.
www.forbes.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
#IRS Form 4547 is a single page, but it serves two distinct functions:
1. It allows an Authorized individual to Elect to open an initial Trump Account for a Qualifying child.
2. It provides a separate Election to Request the $1,000 federal pilot program contribution, if the child is Eligible.
1. It allows an Authorized individual to Elect to open an initial Trump Account for a Qualifying child.
2. It provides a separate Election to Request the $1,000 federal pilot program contribution, if the child is Eligible.
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Sharing! Thank you to the heart-filled Matthew Dowd.
today in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. is born.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Sharing! Thank you to the heart-filled Matthew Dowd.
Just because you feel like data on your device is personal (and therefore private) doesn’t make it so. Venkat Balasubramani, says that if an employee is using a work-supplied laptop or cell phone, their expectation of privacy under U.S. law should be “low-to-zero.” - @taxgirl.bsky.social
Work-issued laptops and phones feel personal, but they are often managed by employers. Sensitive personal data—like tax forms and financial records—can remain on devices even if you think they're gone.
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
As Tax Season Opens, Be Aware: Your Workplace Devices Aren’t Private
Work-issued laptops and phones feel personal, but they are often managed by employers. Sensitive personal data—like tax forms and financial records—can remain on devices.
www.forbes.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Just because you feel like data on your device is personal (and therefore private) doesn’t make it so. Venkat Balasubramani, says that if an employee is using a work-supplied laptop or cell phone, their expectation of privacy under U.S. law should be “low-to-zero.” - @taxgirl.bsky.social
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Good morning MJD.
Reminds me of this favorite quote.
Reminds me of this favorite quote.
January 8, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Good morning MJD.
Reminds me of this favorite quote.
Reminds me of this favorite quote.
10 Words of Wisdom by #Gandi
I believe and advocate #2: "What you think you become"
and have helped people with this process for 20+ yrs.
I live #3. I have had two Heart Moments with "strangers" since Christmas when I asked do you want a hug? Yes. Hearts share. People connect ❤️
I believe and advocate #2: "What you think you become"
and have helped people with this process for 20+ yrs.
I live #3. I have had two Heart Moments with "strangers" since Christmas when I asked do you want a hug? Yes. Hearts share. People connect ❤️
January 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
10 Words of Wisdom by #Gandi
I believe and advocate #2: "What you think you become"
and have helped people with this process for 20+ yrs.
I live #3. I have had two Heart Moments with "strangers" since Christmas when I asked do you want a hug? Yes. Hearts share. People connect ❤️
I believe and advocate #2: "What you think you become"
and have helped people with this process for 20+ yrs.
I live #3. I have had two Heart Moments with "strangers" since Christmas when I asked do you want a hug? Yes. Hearts share. People connect ❤️
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The IRS has announced that the 2026 filing season will begin January 26, when tax law changes enacted in 2025 take effect. Some questions remain about the changes, and further IRS guidance is expected.
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IRS Sets January 26 Start For 2026 Tax Filing Season As Tax Law Changes Take Effect
IRS has announced that the 2026 filing season will begin January 26, when tax law changes enacted in 2025, including no tax on tips and no tax on overtime, take effect.
www.forbes.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The IRS has announced that the 2026 filing season will begin January 26, when tax law changes enacted in 2025 take effect. Some questions remain about the changes, and further IRS guidance is expected.
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
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RIP German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, died today 1786.
"Love the beautiful, seek out the true. Wish for the good, and the best do."
"Love the beautiful, seek out the true. Wish for the good, and the best do."
January 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
RIP German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, died today 1786.
"Love the beautiful, seek out the true. Wish for the good, and the best do."
"Love the beautiful, seek out the true. Wish for the good, and the best do."
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There's not much of 2025 left, but you still might be able to make some moves by Dec. 31 that could reduce this year's tax bill.
dontmesswithtaxes.com/dec-31-life-...
dontmesswithtaxes.com/dec-31-life-...
Dec. 31 life and financial moves that could affect your full year's taxes
There's not much of 2025 left, but you still might be able to make some moves by Dec. 31 that could reduce this year's tax bill.
dontmesswithtaxes.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There's not much of 2025 left, but you still might be able to make some moves by Dec. 31 that could reduce this year's tax bill.
dontmesswithtaxes.com/dec-31-life-...
dontmesswithtaxes.com/dec-31-life-...
This was my last Christmas in my Father's home. My Christmas Cactus gave me a beautiful parting show. This is the 4yo Mama plant. Christmas Cactus love my dads back yard weather and sun combo. I think Jason might have sprinkled Angel Dust on them 3 years ago. Only God knows. ❤️
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This was my last Christmas in my Father's home. My Christmas Cactus gave me a beautiful parting show. This is the 4yo Mama plant. Christmas Cactus love my dads back yard weather and sun combo. I think Jason might have sprinkled Angel Dust on them 3 years ago. Only God knows. ❤️
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God knows your heart.
December 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
God knows your heart.
“Art is how we decorate space;
Music is how we decorate time.”
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist/poet , born 12/22/1960, NYC, died way too young at 27 of overdose.
Music is how we decorate time.”
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist/poet , born 12/22/1960, NYC, died way too young at 27 of overdose.
happy bday artist/poet Jean-Michel Basquiat, b.1960, NYC, died way too young at 27 of overdose.
“Art is how we decorate space;
Music is how we decorate time.”
“Art is how we decorate space;
Music is how we decorate time.”
December 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“Art is how we decorate space;
Music is how we decorate time.”
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist/poet , born 12/22/1960, NYC, died way too young at 27 of overdose.
Music is how we decorate time.”
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist/poet , born 12/22/1960, NYC, died way too young at 27 of overdose.