Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Does money rule?

Yes it does! This time my survival mode has to do with money.  However, The Captain and I are not alone in this struggle . . . there is so much going on in the United States, and it is not good. "If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master." -- Francis Bacon In...
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Sunday, November 7, 2010

The allure of material things

Sometime in the human experience we are all seduced by the allure of material things. Back in the day the love of money and the stuff I could buy had such a grip on me that I forgot how to live in pursuit of making more money. Even spending the money as fast as I could in order to gather even...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Wants, needs and a little faith

In the midst of rough financial times, there is always that little something we want, but don't necessarily need . . . a little treat, a reward for surviving the struggle. The following article comes from the Guideposts newsletter, which always provides me with a wealth of inspiration along with...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Free to choose

"Most people do not really want freedom,because freedom involves responsibility, andmost people are frightened of responsibility."Sigmund FreudIn his book Nobody’s Victim, Christopher J. McCullough explains, In order to live your freedom, you must first accept reality. ‘These are the choices, and given...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Adversity

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet ...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

Sign of the times

“Our lives improve only when we take chances . . . and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.” Walter Anderson Seems like there is a trend in our society where difficult economic times are bringing friends and family together, helping each other out...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

The path of conscious awareness

The world as we know it is changing before our eyes, leaving many of us walking on shaky ground. The economic turmoil seems to have popped up and immediately resulted in the dominoes falling one after another, spiraling out of control. Haven’t we all been touched by this economic crisis? Corporations...
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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Walk away . . . be true to yourself

I’ve “walked away” many times in my life for the sake of being true to myself. As I contemplate choices for my future, I have been thinking of those many times I’ve thrown caution to the wind in order find true happiness and my ideal quality of life. Since my husband died, quality of life issues...
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Friday, February 6, 2009

Loving the joys in life

A simple thing like having my computer back to almost normal after being hit with a nasty virus that took months, weeks and lots of patience to get rid of has made me a deliriously happy person today. I knock on wood and say a little prayer as I say that I got rid of it . . . I thought I had been...
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Success and happiness

Happiness . . . it isn’t one thing in particular that is universal for everyone. What makes one person happy isn’t necessarily the thing that will make another person in the same circumstance happy. It depends on our wants and needs meeting up with joy and contentment . . . and what your definition...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

The gift of today

There is a saying I’ve heard that yesterday is in the past, tomorrow is the future, but today is a gift, that is why it is called the present. Having to deal with the sudden death of my spouse has resulted in my belief that although we must be responsible in this life, we also must live for...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Peaceful contentment

My favorite time of the day is dawn, as the sun rises . . . and my favorite place at dawn is my back yard in Florida. It is the magical time nature awakens as night turns into day, the birds sing, the squirrels come out of their nests to greet the day and the dew on the colorful flowers happily...
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