Reclaiming a Life of Peace for Yourself

peaceful woman Reclaiming a Life of Peace for YourselfDo you need a little peace in your life?

A hectic, busy and noisy life takes it toll on us.  It is draining and stressful.

Why do we continue to push ourselves so hard?  What’s the payoff we hope to get?  These are important questions to stop and ponder.

You’ve traded your peace for something.  What is it that you are getting that is worth giving up so much?  Maybe …

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If You’re Happy and You Know It

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Do you recognize your own happiness?

Many people go through life never really appreciating their happiness.  They never stop and relish in enjoyable moments.  This is really tragic.

We hurry to the next thing.  We press on towards higher achievement.  We continually seek more, but when do we just stop and celebrate our happiness?

This lack of recognizing our own well-being and contentment is one of the reasons that we

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Mindfulness: The Art of Living in the Present

peacefulgarden Mindfulness: The Art of Living in the Present Are you mindful or do you rush through life on autopilot?

It is easy to just go through the motions hurrying through our day without drinking in all that life has to offer.  We miss so much this way.

I’ve always wanted to get the very most out of life and in a way it seems that rushing from one thing to the next is the answer, but I don’t …

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Getting Debt-Free Using The Debt Snowball Technique

rolling snowball Getting Debt Free Using The Debt Snowball Technique Are you trying to become debt-free or at least trying to pay off some debt?

If so, I commend you for your financial effort.  I am a firm believer in debt-free living.

My wife and I have been debt-free except for the mortgage for over a year now.  We used the debt snowball technique popularized most recently by Dave Ramsey Getting Debt Free Using The Debt Snowball Technique to pay off everything.

The debt snowball works!  It really …

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Be Grateful Because We Are So Incredibly Fortunate!

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You and I are very fortunate right now.  We are blessed beyond belief.  However, it is easy to lose sight of this in our day-to-day lives.  We get busy and focused on the nuisances and anxieties of work, raising families, and traffic.  We lose focus on what is really important and stop being grateful.  Instead, we start feeling sorry for ourselves and get mildly depressed about the boring routine of

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