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“The Power of Positive Thinking”

Posted on June 30, 2022

“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.”
       –Norman Vincent Peale

The late minister and author Norman Vincent Peale wrote one of the most-read inspirational book of all time.

The Power of Positive Thinking (#ad) was an instant best-seller, and it’s still quite popular several decades after it was first published.

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The life best lived, is your own.

Posted on June 13, 2022

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
     -–Steve Jobs

Have you ever seen a parent try to coach their child’s Little League team from the bleachers, and attempt to influence or even over-ride the decisions of the coach?

Or perhaps you knew someone who tried to mimic the lifestyle of a celebrity without having the financial wherewithal to pull it off?

In all likelihood those folks were trying to live someone else’s life instead of their own.

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Time is both precious and fleeting. Use it wisely.

Posted on May 16, 2022

“Time is what we want most and what we use worst.“
     -–William Penn

Chances are you’ve heard the famous adage “Youth is wasted on the young“.

When you think about it, there’s a lot of truth in that.

By the time most of us have life figured out, we’ve already used up most of it.

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

Posted on February 22, 2022

“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…]

The Pursuit of Happiness

Posted on October 4, 2021

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
-–Benjamin Franklin

Have you ever known someone who always seemed to be longing for happiness, but they never quite seemed to find it?

That seems to be a common thread among a large percentage of the world’s population.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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