Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice. Stephen R. Covey We thought that this message from lifeaftercollege.org – 7 Habits of Highly Miserable Twenty-Somethings – has much to say not just to 20-somethings, but to all of us of any age and generation who wrestle with contentment and struggle to be grateful and positive in our…
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If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures. Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery year, as soon as Halloween is over, our (Michael’s) son Matthew waits for the lights. He’s been doing it for more than a dozen years. As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, as the…
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When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.’ Dalai Lama Following the birth of our (Tom’s) two girls we have had many more guests than normal…
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Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. Mark Twain We have all heard the adage that laughter is the best medicine and this past week both of us saw those words come true once again. I (Michael) spent time with a friend who for the last seven years has been going through an…
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Humor is reason gone mad.~Groucho Marx Humor is one of our greatest gifts. In tense and trying situations there is nothing that can diffuse our distress than a good joke or belly laugh. Well placed humor can dramatically change the dynamic of a perspective and our feelings about a difficult circumstance. It can clear the…
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