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   Mar 24

101 small pleasures you can enjoy every day

coloring (yes, grown-ups can do it, too)
crisp cotton sheets
soft skin
old family recipes
the first daffodils of spring
sleeping in
an exercise endorphin high
window boxes
a perfect cup of coffee
a genuine compliment (giving or receiving)
the way babies smell
a handwritten letter
waking up in a good mood…for no real reason
singing in the shower
finding a couple forgotten dollars in your pocket
doing something nice [...]

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   Mar 24

Don’t Pick A Fight With The Larger Army

Last week, a group of Somali pirates attempted to board a boat to hijack. The pirates thought it was going to be an easy steal but failed to realize that what they were racing towards was a Dutch warship. The warship fired off two warning shots in the air, which the Somali pirates ignored, and [...]

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   Mar 12

15 Simple Ways To Be More Joyful

1. Be your own BFF (best friend forever). Enjoy your own company. Embrace everything about you! Without a doubt, it’s the most important step towards being a happy person.
2. Smile, giggle, snicker, or chuckle! Smiling releases serotonin in the brain, which instantaneously gives your mood a lift.
3. Dream big in every area of life. Set your life in [...]

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   Mar 12

10 Habits of Highly Organized People

The article, as seen on MSN (Photo is from Google): The photo on the right obviously doesn’t show what an organized person looks like but it does show what an organized person’s room is like. Anywho, below are the 10 habits that could turn your household’s living room into the picture shown!
1. Walk away from [...]

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   Feb 06

A Video About Validation

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   Dec 18

Do you have a childlike heart?

In a nutshell, adults are fooled by visual illusions and children were not.
This is interesting because I want to know what else do kids see that adults are confused by?
Matthew 10:42 “And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you [...]

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   Dec 07

Loneliness can be contagious, new study finds

Edited for length: This article provides info on what you could do when lonely.
We’re used to hearing about people spreading colds and flu. But according to a new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, there’s another human condition that’s equally contagious: loneliness.
“Loneliness spreads across time,” says John Cacioppo, a neuroscientist and psychologist [...]

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