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Are You Growing or Groaning to Happiness?

The playwright George Bernard Shaw said, “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” Read this quotation again because you must get this before you will be happy. Although you will have plenty of help along the way, … Continue reading

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7 Ways to Heal Pain that Binds Us

Our lives should be filled with joy, right? It’s our spiritual heritage, right?  So why then is there so much pain and suffering in the world? And what, if anything, can we do about it? Are we just supposed to … Continue reading

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Are You Receiving Gifts or Trying to Learn Lessons?

People have told me that Planet Earth is a school, and we are here to learn our lessons. I disagree. I believe we are here to love. That’s it. Just to love.  When we love, we see all that comes … Continue reading

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You Are Beauty; You are Joy

Go visit Mother Earth today. Ask her to hold you as the loving mother she is. Let your hands touch her, then cup your hands to your heart. Feel her filling you with her beauty, her love. Feel your body … Continue reading

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Moments of Joy: Quiet Moments

I sit in the moment, and let the moment be what it is. Pleasure comes from watching the dance of the candle flame. Joy comes from watching Lily, my cat, watch me. Peace comes from feeling my breath move deep … Continue reading

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Phillip’s Wisdom on Respecting Our Differences

You pull into your life that which you must experience. All that is within your life cooperates to give you the experience. This is not to say you control the experience or how another cooperates. Although we all are connected, … Continue reading

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5 Ways to Lift Your Spirits

Sometimes we feel overwhelmed with all that must be done. That sense of too much to do leads us to doing less, which in turn, leads to the lack of joy in our lives. That’s when we need to take … Continue reading

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Giving is a circle that returns to us

To prosper we must keep our wealth in circulation, which means we must give as well as receive. When we are not giving, we are in the energy of lack. When we give freely from our hearts, we are open … Continue reading

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Program Your Sleep for Happiness

What you watch on television at night can affect your mood the next day. So what are you doing watching shoot-em-up television shows or the news before you fall asleep, or please-don’t-say-it, even while you fall asleep? What pre-sleep suggestions … Continue reading

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On the Other Side of Negative Self-Talk

Usually I’m a positive, optimistic person, but it wasn’t always so. It’s been a long and often difficult road to this inner joy that I now am grateful to experience. There was a time, however, when I felt I was … Continue reading

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