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Inner Vision: Confessions of a Catholic Schoolgirl
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Inner Vision: Confessions of a Catholic Schoolgirl

It began like this: 'Hey Lisa. I just read your column about Prop 8...and I wanted to talk to you about it.' A rather direct voicemail message from my relatively reserved long-time girlfriend. A long-time Catholic. I was, of course, immediately intrigued...

Inner Vision: Separate Not Equal
Women

Inner Vision: Separate Not Equal

Writer Lisa B. Valentino weighs in on the California supreme court's appalling decision to uphold the anti-gay marriage measure Prop 8. 'I realize that we are in the throes of an epic legal battle for civil rights -- again and still; and that I may seem idealistic and naïve. I assure you I am neither. Nor am I gay, straight, black, white, woman, man or otherwise described by human-born limitations and labels.'

Inner Vision: By Any Other Name
Women

Inner Vision: By Any Other Name

Rose bobbed her head like a dashboard cupie, trying to get used to her new graduated lenses. She liked her old bifocals better. Clear lines: the top was for far away and the bottom for up close. But the hipster-optometrist convinced her that the rimless squares she now wore were “bleeding-edge,” whatever that meant, and infinitely more attractive than her old specs. 

Inner Vision: God is in the Details
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Inner Vision: God is in the Details

Writer Lisa B. Valentino goes down that often slippery slope of putting all that God talk right in the forefront. 'Let's talk about God, shall we? Whoa. Yes, I went there. They say you should never discuss politics, religion, or sex in mixed company, but what use do I have for repressive social mores? Besides, it came to me in meditation and you know how I feel about those inside messages.'

Inner Vision: Inside Out
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Inner Vision: Inside Out

Writer Lisa B. Valentino asks the timeless question, 'Where is my inspiration?' Only to conclude after a few uninspirational, pseudo-inspirational writing articles and a fistful of cookies that: We must learn to live our lives from the inside out. Nothing comes TO us - everything comes FROM us.

Inner Vision: Under the Influence
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Inner Vision: Under the Influence

Writer Lisa B. Valentino celebrates her birthday, and uses the opportunity to talk astrology and chat about influence. Planetary position affects other living things in nature, so why not us?

Inner Vision: The Advocate
Women

Inner Vision: The Advocate

what is it that propels us to continue on the path to our dreams, our goals?  It is called faith. Now, don't go gettin' on your high horse about how you don't believe in faith and all that crap. Of course you do. How do I know that? Because, although it has been much maligned as religious rhetoric -- fantasy -- it is the stronghold of our existence from which we live moment-to-moment each day. Whether or not you 'believe in God.'

Inner Vision: Temporary Blindness
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Inner Vision: Temporary Blindness

Writer Lisa B. Valentino uses the old Joan Crawford flick Night Gallery as a jumping off place for the old 'be careful what you wish for.' In times of crazy uncertainty, she emphasizes the need to recognize the good stuff. 'The failure to recognize our good is as much a spiritual kind of blindness as it is physical. We often don’t see what’s right in front of us, because we’re expecting something else.'

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