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Day 196: The Journey to Happiness is Not a One-Time Event!

Posted on February 15, 2019

Sometimes the search for happiness can seem like a long journey, that “long and winding road” the Beatles sang about, a continual unfolding experience with a moving target for a destination. For…

Day 193: Own your awesomeness!

Posted on February 12, 2019

Just this morning dropped off a big red bin full of old papers and notebooks for shredding. Some of these papers went back decades all the way to grade school. Some were…

Day 192: Set your own vibrational course!

Posted on February 11, 2019

Every single moment of every single day, while we are awake, we are thinking thoughts. Perhaps some of those thoughts are pleasant, while others perhaps are not. If my own mind is…

Day 191: Why Tolerate Negative Thoughts?

Posted on February 10, 2019

These days I am more automatically reaching for satisfaction. Each day, no matter what I’m doing, I am continually ask myself “Is this satisfying?” If the answer is “No,” then I immediately…

Day 190: Basking in the Joy of Service

Posted on February 9, 2019

It seems that I am detecting a pattern in my own life: when I am being of service in one way or another–whether be that teaching, performing, creating, or even brainstorming or…

Day 189: Grandiose Dreams and Earthly Realities

Posted on February 8, 2019

I have always had grandiose dreams and ambitions. As a young child, I was fairly certain I was on the path to becoming the next Superman or Luke Skywalker. By the time…

Day 188: You Can Change How You Think!

Posted on February 7, 2019

These days, I spent a lot of time examining my own thoughts, with the mind to focus myself on those that feel good, and ignore or de-focus on hose that don’t. More…

Day 187: What do you do to get into a positive state?

Posted on February 6, 2019

What do you do to get into a positive state? What activities get you there and keep you there? Here are some of the activities that seem to work best for me:…

Day 184: Are You Aligning With What You Say You Want (Part 2)

Posted on February 3, 2019

Yesterday’s post was quite satisfying. Let’s continue that discussion. First of all, yesterday, when I had my wife read the post, she asked me if I had gone through the thing about…

Day 183: Are you aligning with what you say you want?

Posted on February 2, 2019

It’s something I think a lot about these days. The topic of Alignment. yes, I mean with a capital “A.” It’s that important. What it means to me is the ability to…

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