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Finding Joy In The Journey

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
 
Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch.
 
“What are you doing?” [...]

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Tags: Home · Joy

More Happy Marriage Tips

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments

1) Instead of trying to change something, he or she does - change you! Far too often, people get married with the belief they can simply change the person they married, molding him or her into the “perfect” mate. Instead, you need to accept your mate for the person he/she is. If a behavior needs [...]

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Tags: Friendship · Happiness · Home · Joy · Marriage · Relationships

23 Reasons to Laugh

September 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This is my weekend “Just For Fun” post.
I hope it makes you laugh out loud.
ONLY IN AMERICA DO…
 
· Drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. 
· People order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke. 
· Banks leave both doors [...]

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Tags: Happiness · Home · Joy · Just for Fun

How to Identify Your Passions

September 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Passion is the fuel that can power you toward the realization of your dreams. To live a truly satifying and purposeful life you need to know what your passions are so you can fill your day with them.
Have you found your passions in life is or are you still searching? Many times people are already [...]

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Tags: Happiness · Home · Joy · Life Skills · Passions

Building a Happy Marriage

August 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

For married couples, finding moments to be together free of financial, family or other stresses is not an indulgence, according to new research from the University of Denver.
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“The more you invest in fun and friendship and being there for your partner, the happier the relationship will get over time,” says Howard Markman, a psychologist who [...]

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Tags: Happiness · Home · Joy · Relationships

36 Reasons to Laugh Right Now

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often. 
3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car. 
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. 
5. If [...]

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Tags: Depression · Happiness · Home · Joy · Just for Fun

The Get Happy Now Secret

August 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today I want to share a powerful lesson that you can use immediately to begin achieving success in any area of life. You can apply this simple technique to begin transforming the quality of your whole existence because it really has no limits.
What if you could ask 1000 of the most successful people in the [...]

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Tags: Change · Happiness · Home · Joy

A Quick Lesson In Happiness

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the most common mistakes we can make in dealing with others is to assume that they share the same view of reality as we do.  The truth is we all represent our experiences, real or imagined, according to our own specialized vantage point on this journey we call life.
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There simply is no “one [...]

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Tags: Giving · Happiness · Home · Joy · personal development

The Number One Way to Enjoy Your Life

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Between the ages of 16 and 21 the human body stops getting taller, this happens when the bones in our skeletal system reach their full length. At what age is our mental and emotional growth supposed to stop?
Children grow year after year, not just physically but in every way. They are constantly leaning and experiencing [...]

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Self-Esteem, Your Response to Self-Image

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

We all have a certain image of ourselves, how we feel about that image will determine our level of self-esteem. Our own mental image may not be totally accurate because people very seldom see themselves as others do. We see ourselves through the window of our beliefs about who we think we are. Life is [...]

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Tags: Happiness · Insecurity · Joy · Self Esteem