When Thanksgiving Comes And Goes What Then?

It’s not having what you want.  It’s wanting what you’ve got.
~ Sheryl Crow

thanksgiving thumb When Thanksgiving Comes And Goes What Then?When Thanksgiving is over this year and all the hubbub dies down, will our lives be full of contentment and joy or will we make ourselves crazy striving to have just a little more?

When Thanksgiving is over, will we still be truly thankful or will we allow ourselves to slip into ungratefulness?

When Thanksgiving has …

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Living Life To The Fullest On A Fine Fall Evening

blue campfire Living Life To The Fullest On A Fine Fall Evening “Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.” ~Benjamin Franklin

Living life to the fullest is often found in the simplest pleasures of life.  Things do not have to be big, exotic, expensive, or complicated to be enjoyable.  I find that the deepest, richest …

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70 Great Things About Having Children

beautiful kids 70 Great Things About Having Children Kids are great!  They bring a tremendous amount of joy and satisfaction to life.  In a way, having kids is the biggest adventure on earth.  Oh sure, children are demanding and time-consuming, but raising a family is also the most rewarding thing I ever done.  I love my kids and they make me smile and laugh on a daily basis.

Recently at Marc and Angel Hack Life, they posted an …

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We Need To Celebrate And Enjoy The Small Things

windowslivewriterweneedtocelebrateandenjoythesmallthings 641dcelebrate 3 We Need To Celebrate And Enjoy The Small Things Celebrating the small victories in our lives is important.  We’re all probably pretty good at celebrating holidays, birthdays, and promotions, but what about the smaller, more routine accomplishments?  It is much easier to ignore these and let them pass without acknowledging them.  In doing so, we miss out on a lot of joy in our lives.  These are opportunities to count our blessings and be grateful.  They are also …

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7 Things In My Life That Fill Me With Gratitude and Joy

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I think that being grateful for what we have is a very important part of living life to the fullest.  We need to reflect and count our blessings.  Pursuing achievement, prosperity, and the finer things in life is fine, but if we don’t stop once in awhile to be grateful for what we already have, then we may fail to experience the full joy that life offers.  I have …

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