My eyes have seen . . . contentment

Wikipedia defines it . . . "Contentment is the experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation." Since I started my grateful journal writing back in 1993 (when I was so very very grateful for being able to retire from a "real job" at a very young age), I have been through so many...

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Who sets the standards you live by?

“If I get to pick what I want to do, then it's play... if someone else tells me that I have to do it, then it's work.” -- Patricia Nourot Are you continually struggling to accomplish what is expected of you? If so, stop to think for a moment: who holds those expectations? Perhaps...

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Peace . . . and revenge

Wanting to seek revenge against somebody hurts us as our energy is lowered to a lower form with these thoughts.There can be times when we get so angry with someone that we find ourselves imagining ways to seek revenge for the hurt they’ve caused us. Remember, however, that the thoughts you’ve...

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Irreplaceable hours

Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding  over grievances that, in a year's time, will be  forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile  actions...

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A time for every purpose

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under the sun, a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to...

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Moving through Darkness

I'm living proof of moving through darkness described in this article! Often it takes something major to wake us up, to shake us loose from our ego’s grip as it struggles to maintain an illusion of control. In life, most of us want things to go to the places we have envisioned ourselves...

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Choices

"Life is as we have it. With will power, we can change its course. Life is a series of choices. The thoughts that we have any time are own choices. No one can enter into our mind and make us think in a particular way. Similarly, our feelings are our own choice. Whether a person is depressed or happy...

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