Tag: Gratitude
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Gratitude Even If You Don’t Like It
Tweet I’ve been listening to Deepak Chopra’s 21-Day Meditation Challenge (By the way, it’s free. You can sign up for it here). Just this morning I listened to Day 12: The Gratitude Heart. In it, the speaker says, “We can be grateful for a…
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Being Grateful Regardless of Your Circumstance
Tweet Today is my birthday. Usually when it comes around to the day, I’m worrying and anxious about what I’ll do. How will I make it PERFECT? Who will remember? How will I spend it? Or I’ll grieve over another year lost. How much time has passed. How I haven’t yet accomplished all the things…
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The Surprising Thing That’s Causing You Suffering
Tweet What’s causing you the most suffering in life isn’t the things you don’t have or even not being grateful for the things you do. The reason why most of us endure so much unnecessary pain is that we believe in the picture painted by another artist’s brush. To put it simply, understanding why you’re…
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How Much of an Impact Do You Really Have in the World?
Tweet Your True Purpose There will come a time when you doubt your influence and significance in life. Maybe in your twenties you thought you were invincible and believed that you had the power to change the world. In your thirties, your dreams began to shift a bit. You scaled them down as other things…
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Find Magic in Your Every Day
Tweet It’s easy to fly right by the magic that’s right there in front of you. To give you a good example, I’ll tell you a story. Why I’m Sun Obsessed I used to have bad seeing challenged eyes. Before lasik, I couldn’t read anything unless I squished it right up against my nose. My…
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What You Take for Granted
Tweet It’s easy to take life for granted. I have a butt-shaped indentation on my couch to prove it. Every morning I go from my bed to my desk to my couch. Most days I muster up enough energy to go to the gym. But I spent the majority of my waking hours planted in…
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A Collage of Gratitude
Tweet I don’t think you could do enough posts on gratitude. Really. Without gratitude, I could easily slink away into the cracks and crevices of an imperfect life without ever noticing the beautiful already perfect world around me. Without gratitude, my mind might try to “Re-Mind” me of ways I’m not living up to the…