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When you help someone, you make two lives just a little better

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Most of us see and interact with other people almost every day as we go about living our daily lives.

Regardless of where you happen to be, if there are other people around it’s a good bet that someone there could use a little help of some kind.

Whether it’s the child in the corner store who’s 8 cents short of having enough money to buy a candy bar or the old man at the pharmacy who’s having trouble reading the label on a bottle of cough medicine, helping out with a little spare change or an extra pair of eyes can make a person’s day just a little better.

And guess what? It’ll make your day better too.

I’d like to tell you a quick story…

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6 tips for shopping for healthy food items

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Have you made the decision to try to eat a healthier diet? If so, I commend you.

After all, along with regular exercise, eating a healthy diet can help you ward off many serious health problems later in life (and fix some of the problems you might have right now).

But unfortunately, it can be pretty difficult to determine which foods are actually healthy with just a casual glance.

Here are several tips that can help: [Read more…]

Is the path you’re on leading you to happiness?

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“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
     –John Lennon

There’s some disagreement about whether this famous quote really originated with John Lennon.

While the Internet has numerous sources attributing these words to him, no one seems to be able to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.

But regardless of who originally said it, the quote itself makes a lot of sense. [Read more…]

Don’t let someone else define your success

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“There’s no blueprint for how to be successful. Everyone’s path is unique because meaningful success is something different to everyone.”
     –Lyn Christian

Do you have a friend, a relative or a neighbor who seems to have reached the absolute pinnacle of success?

Yeah, we all do.

But guess what? In that person’s mind they might not be successful at all. At least not yet.

Do you know someone else who seems just the opposite? Someone who goes to work every day doing the same repetitive job, day in and day out, apparently earning just enough money to barely get by?

Although it might not seem that way to others, that person might well believe they have found success beyond their wildest dreams.

Maybe they just love their job. Or maybe their primary goal in life is helping people, even though the things they can do to help don’t pay all that well.

Success isn’t an absolute. Everyone has their own definition of what success means to them.  [Read more…]

Are your car’s tires inflated to the correct (i.e. safest) air pressure?

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As you probably know, driving with improperly inflated tires reduces your car’s gas mileage.

And even worse, it makes it dangerous to drive at highways speeds and/or under poor weather conditions.

That’s why it’s so important to ensure that your vehicle’s tires are always inflated to the correct air pressure.

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