Tag: happiness
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Remember to Milk
An ambitious little bluebird at the lake near my home. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder; all rights reserved. One of the hardest things for me to do, up until recently, was to relax and enjoy the moment–something that greatly hindered my happiness quotient. Sure, I would see all the beauty around me, but instead of…
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The Beam in Your Eye–and Not the Good Kind
I cannot stand gossip. No, wait. It’s more than that. It’s discussion of other people at a level that I never even considered gossip before but now, it irritates me to the point of wanting to throw people out restaurant windows. I think this is what that Bible verse means about noticing the speck of…
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Attracting a Happy Man (aka, the Craigslist Dating Experiment)
Why is this man trying to cut off his tongue with his fingers? Just another potential date from Craigslist…. Even more so than easy money, people want to use the Law of Attraction to attract a special someone. They usually do, even when they get less than optimal results (see above photo for an example).…
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A Day to Remember…at the Perfect Home Office
***Pic: My home office’s annex. That’s my desk.*** A day to remember. Not for what I accomplished but for what I didn’t. It was my day off, my day to catch up on things around the house, including laundry and dishes and correspondence. I had a billion things on my to-do list and finished…two and…
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Living in the Now, without Worry
Photo by kenyaboy7; creative commons license Popular blogger Steve Pavlina writes, “My intuition is just buzzing with the feeling that some amazing new opportunities are coming up (not necessarily financial ones), and I’m having so much fun listening out for the doorbell.” What a great shift in mindset! Too often, when I know or feel…
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Two Phrases to Eliminate from Your Relationships
In spite of the sheer hell that was all around us, I’ve been in relationships with men where what was between us was smooth, natural, and EASY. And beautiful. The bad part was having to deal with all the drama and stress caused by other people and other situations that impacted us. My friends…
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A Return to Happiness
Photo by acorna; creative commons license I temporarily gave away my power and my happiness, and it’s taken the past week to get it back and get to my previous place of serenity. (Sort of–I’m not quite there yet because there are things unsaid that I cannot say now.) The truth is, I’d been watching…
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What We All Really Want
But she won’t understand Why anyone would have to try To walk a line when they could fly. –“If She Knew What She Wants,” The Bangles Once, when I was going through a rough period, my counselor told me to stop fretting about things being a certain way (or not) because I didn’t know what…
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Is Everyone 85% Your Perfect Match?
Photo by toastyken; creative commons license. In the almost 4 years I’ve been divorced, I’ve been told repeatedly that I’m too picky. Last month, I was told that in an entirely different way by a Law of Attraction guru. “You’re not finding a romantic partner because you’re focusing on the 15% of differences…