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41. Meet My 4-Legged Family By Brad Swift
    If you've been reading this ezine for very long, you probably already know a good bit about my wife, Ann, who is also my business partner and soul mate, and my soon-to-be 13-year-old daughter, Amber. Today I want to introduce you to the rest of the family -- our 4-legged members:LUCKY: Lucky is a black and tan Gordon Setter-looking type mutt but without the Gordon Setter legs. She literally walked into our home one day when one of the sliding g…



42. Having Fun with Life By Alexia Alderson Chamberlynn
    It was just a few degrees shy of swimming weather a few weeks ago at the beach. I walked along the shore in my jeans and a red tankini top, the salt air refreshing against my skin but not quite cold. My two sisters and some friends and I were taking a brief hike down the beach. Up ahead, a small freshwater creek came out of the pine forest along the beach and cut across our path. The water of the creek was a ribbon of earthy red crossing th…



43. Memory Timebox By C. Bailey-Lloyd
    Being the youngest in a family of eight didn't leave much time...or funding for extravagant birthday parties that included balloons, hats or goody bags. We had the usual birthday cake from a box, candles and the "Happy Birthday Song," and finances permitting - we received gifts from our parents.I recall one birthday that my father wasn't home. An Army Sergeant, he spent many weeks on end in "the fields" or drill for his particular duty station.…



44. Breaking the Cycle By Barbara Davidson
    Breaking the cycle is a term we have all heard. Especially if we come from a family (and these days who doesn’t) that has a history of some type of violence and/or drug abuse whereas this phrase is told to us over and over. “Yes, you have had a bad hand in life. Life is not fair. But the best thing you can do is raise your head and break the cycle of violence in your life”.It seems to me that “break the cycle” has to do with some type of hor…



45. Happiness Formula By Arvind Katoch
    Desires, desires, desires------. We are obsessed by them. How a single human can have so much desires. No one can answer this question. One of our desires is fulfilled, thousand more comes up instantly. Desires are not bound to anybody. A rich can have them and simultaneously a poor can also. Desires are some thing, which everybody has in abundance. Every one has its own set of desires. Someone desires for money and other for a beautiful wife. …



46. Are You Doing What You Love? By Kate Harper
    Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. --Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)We are busier than we have ever been, working long hours and feeling under more and more pressure. How do you spend your days? For many people work and pleasure are seen as separate, with work being a chore that has to be done to pay the bills. It doesn’t always have to be like that. A…



47. Happiness Is Truly M.A.G.I.C.A.L. (TM) By Leanne Hoagland-Smith
    The year is almost half over. Many of us are taking the time to reflect, to imagine new dreams and to revise our goals. Yet, as we engage in these activities, the shadows of unachieved goals and failed dreams continue to follow us.Wouldn’t it be great if we could discover a magical way that would help to achieve both our personal and professional happiness and banish those shadows? A colleague and I asked this very question over a year ago and …



48. More is Less - More or Less! By Alexandra Watson
    Just when you have got used to the adage ‘less is more’, I come along and turn the whole philosophy on its head! This is because in order to be happy I believe more is less and here’s why;One of the fundamental things MOST of us suffer from is a lack of self–belief at one level or another. So the less we believe in ourselves the more we suffer. The reverse is also true, the more we believe in ourselves the less we suffer. And when I say ‘suffer…



49. The Simple Pleasures By Jan Wilhelm
    Always having been a budget conscious person (well, some have called me a tight-wad), I know all about the simple pleasures. Sure it would be great to take long cruises, go to any event I wanted, buy anything I wanted --- WAKE UP! Unless you are a multi millionaire you can't do all that It definitely doesn't fit in my budget. Instead of being negative because you are "deprived", think of what you can do.Take a walk on a bright, sunny day. N…



50. Emotional Baggage By Bonnie Moss
    We all have them. It has many faces. We carry them around us, We store them in the remotest part of our brain, in the deepest chambers of our hearts.We have them in our extensive database of memories. Some are so close to the heart, it brings out tears at the slightest provocation. Others may feel anger, very deep resentments and may exhibit anti-social or antagonistic behaviours .Shadows follow and haunt many, in their dreams or waking …



51. Believing is the Absence of Doubt By Michael Losier
    You've heard the expression, "Just believe it and it will come." Well, technically, that is true, however, 'believing' is not just thinking that you can have it; it is also feeling that it is possible. When we believe that we can "have it," that means we have no doubt in receiving it.In the formula for Deliberate Attraction:(1) Identify Desire(2) Raise the Vibration (feeling)(3) Allow itthe allowing of your desire can come to you very quickly p…



52. F.E.A.R. or F.E.A.R.? By Ken Donaldson
    Fear...a bodily reaction of heightened awareness and increased sympathetic nervous system activity as a result of a perceived threat. In other words, if you think something might hurt you, you start to feel fear.Part of the key to managing fear is to discern as to the degree of the perceived threat. Our tendency at times seems to create a reactionary Fictitious Event Appearing Real (F.E.A.R.) image that is not based in reality but activates our…



53. The Science of Laughter By Carole Fawcett
    The title I chose for this article makes me smile. The science of laughter? Laughter, one of the things we used to take for granted, is now the subject of scientific study. In some ways it’s quite surprising what has been discovered, but in other ways, it’s probably not surprising at all. After all, we know intuitively that it is good for us.While studying the effects of laughter, Dr. Lee Berk of Loma Linda University in California proved t…



54. The Magic of YES and NO By Santosh Kunte
    There is a real magic in these two words, a complete path of a royal road. It’s quite an art of saying a complete ‘YES’ or complete ‘NO’. Total ‘YES’ will come out as a result of saying total ‘NO’ to thousand things, then there is chance of an authentic ‘YES’ and discover that being authentic is the only power, a power which transcends the borrowed power of the world where there is no ownership.To learn the secret of saying a total ‘YES’ means…



55. Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life By Donna Hedley
    A friend once said to me, "There is no meaning in life, except what we create". At the time, I thought she was nuts. Now, I understand.What is the meaning of your life? Some will say that it is to glorify God. Others will say to do good and make a difference. Still others account for their purpose for existence in their children. All of these ideas may have validity, but it still comes down to one thing. What do you decide is of value? …



56. The Dance of Life By Lee Down
    Waking up as a little boy the excitement for the day's adventure pumped through my veins and lit up my eyes. I'd look out the window at the bright sunshine, the hay fields, and the expansive blue skies and magical clouds. Once out in the freedom of the day, with no responsibilities, I'd hop, skip, jump, and run with joy, wonder, and excitement. Somewhere along the way, I began to remember and learned about cause and effect. Suddenly some limita…



57. It's All About A Journey... By Josh Hinds
    "It's not the destination. It's the journey." I'm sure you have heard something like that before.Be it "destination" or "journey", I have learned something along the way: happiness is more of a choice than I first realized.In the past I tended to think happiness would naturally follow if I...Attained a certain set of goals. Or succeeded at certain things.And I'll admit, I often experienced a measure of happiness as a goal was accomplished or I …



58. Being Happy - What More Could You Ask For? By Gary Simpson
    Happy, sad, or indifferent? That is the choice.Now I know that all of us cannot be happy 100% of the time. Life is just not like that. Events can occur that will make us sad in an instant. Examples are the death of a loved one, some senseless act of violence, losing your job or even a series of unrelated events that combine to make us feel we are being pummeled from all sides.However, all those things aside, do you choose to be generally happy,…



59. 5 Keys to Understanding Why Your Life (probably) Sucks! #3 By Graham Hunt
    The outcome of Reason # 2 is that you become your own worst enemy. That, in turn, leads on to Reason # 3 whereYou place more value on doing than beingIf you are at war with yourself, chances are you don't like yourself very much. How many other people who call you to account, who expect more of you than what you achieve are on your best friends list? That fact is as true in your relationship with yourself as it is in your relationships with…



60. Happiness and Keeping Ahead of the Joneses By Azriel Winnett
    Imagine that the Internal Revenue Service in your country claimed that you owe $1000 plus in tax arrears.You dispute this, and you challenge the tax people in court, but the court rules that they're right. Especially if you're a person of substantial means, you'd pay up with a shrug of the shoulders. "Too bad," you'll comfort yourself, "you can't win all the time!" and you'll put the matter out of your mind fairly quickly.Now let's assume that …



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