Finding happiness

$500 million or a sense of immortality?

If you were invited to choose between one of the following two options, which would you choose? 1.  A check for $500 million, made out to you personally. The IRS isn’t going to touch it. It’s absolutely free and clear, and of course, would get you well on the way to being a billionaire. 2.  [...]

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How God opened a door in heaven

  It was Sunday evening, February 5, 2005. I had just started to watch the evening news with my wife JoAnn, and everything was as normal as could be. Life was fine, as far as I was aware. I was quite happy, or at least I thought I was. Suddenly I started to feel a [...]

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What are you most thankful for when you look at your life?

For some reason a question began to form in my mind as I woke up this morning and consciousness began to return. The question is: “What am I most thankful for as I look at my life?” Just for fun, here’s my answer. I am thankful for the meaninglessness I felt as a young man [...]

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Joy likes to surprise you

One of the most valuable lessons life can teach as years pass by is to be alert to the simple joys of life that can slip by unnoticed if we are too busy or preoccupied with external concerns or responsibilities. Joy likes to surprise you. I thought of this the other morning when our neighbor, Janet, came over to visit JoAnn [...]

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Happiness loves an open heart

  “If your everyday practice is to open to all your emotions, to all the people you meet, to all the situations you encounter, without closing down, trusting that you can do that — then that will take you as far as you can go. And then you will understand all the teachings that anyone [...]

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The magic of synchronicity

“I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.” – The Dalai Lama First, a bunny update: The bunny that lives under our big blue spruce tree is alive and well, I’m happy to report. Hadn’t seen him for awhile, and since we border open space, I was [...]

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9 steps to a new life

I had a touching message yesterday from a reader of this blog whose life is being turned upside down by a nasty divorce that also affects a number of children. “I’m having a difficult time dealing with the rejection and being all alone in an empty apartment with my clothes and laptop,” says this man. [...]

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Love your own unconquerable spirit — and be free

“Don’t look to the world for a sense of importance — look within, to your own being.” (This was #9 in a post I wrote last week entitled “100 steps to grace for 2011.”) For many years I not only wanted to find the truth of life. I also wanted to be a successful author, because [...]

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100 steps to grace for 2011

Everybody wants to find more fulfillment and happiness in life.  As we move forward in this New Year I’d like to share with you 100 lessons that I have learned in my life (and continue to learn) in hopes they will help you find increased happiness and peace in 2011. This post is part of the Life Lessons Series [...]

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