A stone with the word "peace" printed on it, in the middle of sand which is raked around the stone

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Why I Can’t Be at Peace Now

The mind, the ego, the subconscious often have multiple reasons why peace must be just around the corner (or difficult/impossible because of

schadenfreude

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What Schadenfreude May Say

Schadenfreude is a German word usually defined as experiencing or taking pleasure in the misfortune of others and is derived from Schaden

money

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Too Much is Never Enough

Don’t try to keep up with the Joneses because most likely they are chasing the wrong wagon. They won’t be happy when

second arrow

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Don’t Let Your Pain Control You

Time heals all wounds… if we do not go back and re-wound ourselves by making the pains of the past the story

The words "Life is short, choose happiness." in colorful letters on an off-white background

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The Time of Your Life

Someday you will run out of somedays… as in someday I will do this or someday I will do that or someday

open mind

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Who Runs Your Life?

Are you really free if you are bound by habits/desires you fail to muster the willpower to shake? Habits are a fixed

knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom

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The Undisciplined Pursuit of More

Do you know you? Really, really know yourself? Understand your drives, motivations, triggers, deepest longings, most hidden fears? How self-aware are you

focus on what matters

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The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Our lives, like our closets, tend to get cluttered. We have deep seated aversion to loss; many of us are mild pack

happiness like unhappiness

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Three Secrets to Unhappiness

Nurture Resentments Why rent space in your head to those that don’t love you, to thoughts that don’t serve you? One of

2 women walking on a hiking path with mountains in the background

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Solvitur Ambulando

Solvitur ambulando is Latin for “it is solved by walking” and the phrase has dual meanings. Originally “used to refer to a

grateful

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Burden of Gratitude

How can gratitude be a burden? Aren’t there spiritual benefits to gratitude? Isn’t it important to “Count Our Blessings Daily”? And being

Vanity, by Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674)

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Memento Mori

Memento mori is Latin for “remember that you have to die” or “remembering we will die”. It is used in reference to