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Happy New Year

Happiness is where we begin, not something we’ve earned at the end. We get to be happy now, right in the midst of it all as it unfolds. Happiness is not selfish, nor is it at the expense of others. (If my neighbor is suffering, I can’t truly be happy.) Happiness involves caring about and […]

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A soundtrack for our lives

I adore this book. This is A Course In Miracles for, well, everyone. This finally makes ACIM all make sense for me. On a live-your-life-daily level. The how-to. In specifics. With all my human-ness, included. This resonates. For example, Pam Grout has connected songs to some of the lessons.

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How Much Happiness Can You Stand To Have?

I was recently listening in the car to a discussion on happiness by Dr. Robert Holden, as I was driving across the state. Because as happy as I am, I’m always interested in Leveling Up. An interesting exercise he shared was to complete this sentence: “One way I’m making myself unhappy is __________.” What was […]

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A (Clear) Change Will Do You Good

    Sheryl Crow gets it. So do babies. Many of us fall somewhere in between, waiting for someone to come and change the mess of our making that we find ourselves in. We are our own rescuers!  It’s not the new job, partner, house, book, group, clothes, friends, or anything else that will cause […]

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