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Ten Ways To Increase Your Happiness
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Self
Happiness isn't as difficult to obtain as we think.   It's not a matter of possessions, income or what the media defines as success.  It's a matter of choice and perspective.  
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Are You Free?
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Spirituality
Creature comforts can give you more happiness, but true happiness can only be experienced if you don’t need them. If you don’t have to have your latte, then your latte can truly make you happier.  We don’t value living a life devoid of pleasure. The Almighty loves us and wants us to have pleasure. He created us as pleasure seekers. But woe to the ones who become slaves to those pleasures. Don’t let your latte shackle you.
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Holiday Weight Loss Tips -- Do They Work?
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Health and Fitness

While the holiday season can be full of joyous experiences it can also be a truly stressful time - bringing with it the fear of stepping on the scale once the New Year rolls around. However, there's some good news - most people don't gain as much weight during this time of year as they might think. But, the bad news is that the weight gained during the festive season turns into an unwanted gift that can't be returned.

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Got Friends?
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Must have been fifteen or so years ago now, when it occurred to me after a string of disappointing intimate relationships that...it might be wise to invest more time in creating some deep and lasting friendships, as they theoretically seemed to have greater staying power and could be in many ways equally fulfilling, perhaps in some ways even more.
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Don’t Wait for Happiness
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When put in their proper perspective all of life’s difficulties become understandable. Not easy, not pleasant, but understandable. And as the great psychologists have said, when a person understands his/her suffering, the burden is alleviated greatly. We can still have tranquility of soul. We can still have peace of mind.
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Lessons From the Garden
By Marnie Pehrson, of http://www.SheLovesGod.com and http://www.BelieversAtWork.com

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"Success is often lying right in front of you; 
all you need do is take the time to recognize the hidden treasures.
"

Last year was our first growing season here on our farmland and home. We had ambitious plans for a garden. We planted about an acre full of corn, beans, squash, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini--you name it we planted it. Since we live on the border of a national park, deer are a big problem. We thought the more we planted, the more we'd have left for us -- even if the deer came and ate some of it. WRONG.

One evening, my nephew counted 41 deer grazing through our garden. They knew exactly peak harvest season and came to eat our labors. I'd look at my cantaloupe and say to myself, ''those should be ready in a couple more days.'' Then, the next time I looked they had big bites in them. One crop after another was devoured by the deer. What wasn’t eaten by the deer was overgrown with weeds because the garden was too large and too far away for me (a hugely pregnant woman at the time) to maintain. Everyone wants to plant, but heaven forbid, no one clamors to maintain!

By the end of the growing season, we'd discovered a handful of vegetables that the deer didn't like: tomatoes, squash, zucchini, turnip greens, and peppers. So this year, that's what I grew -- along with a few other ''test'' crops (like strawberries, beans, sunflowers, and cucumbers). We planted a smaller garden, closer to the house so I could monitor and maintain it better. Other than the occasional rabbit, nothing ate the garden.

I've grown the most beautiful squash, zucchini and cucumbers this year and have them running out my ears. I've given away most of it because there's just so much. I've also made pickles and experimented with different storage methods. They've been an overwhelming success, more so than I realized at times. It's the nature of zucchini and cucumbers to be almost invisible. They grow camouflaged along with the plant stems. You miss a lot of them -- until they are so huge you can't help but see them.

One Saturday as I spent a little extra time hunting and searching for cucumbers, squash, zucchini and ripe tomatoes among the gargantuan, prehistoric-size leaves, I kept uncovering more and more vegetables ready to be plucked. That is when it hit me -- if I hadn't taken the time to keep searching and looking, I never would have found all this fruit. It would have either rotted or gotten too big to be tasty. As I pondered on my search for ripe vegetables, I realized that there is a lesson in this garden of mine. Actually there are many lessons that can be applied to our lives and our families:

  • Don't overextend yourself. Don't plant more than you can handle effectively. Anything more is a waste and prevents you from being able to effectively take care of your basic needs.

  • Do what you do best. (We learned to plant what the deer wouldn't eat).

  • Test, try new things and see what will work. Sometimes you'll be pleasantly surprised.

  • Take time to study and observe what you're doing. Many times you're more successful than you realize. Success is often lying right in front of you; all you need do is take the time to recognize the hidden treasures.

  • Share your harvest with others. The more you pick, the more the plants bear. So keep harvesting and sharing with others

  • Set some of your abundance aside for the future. Nothing is more savory than a winter stew made from summer’s bounty.

About the Author : Marnie L. Pehrson is a wife, mother of 6 and consultant who helps talented professionals deliver their message to the online world. She is the author of 10 Steps to Fulfilling Your Divine Destiny: A Christian Woman's Guide to Learning & Living God's Plan for Her; Lord Are You Sure?; Packets of Sunlight for Christian Parents; and Packets of Sunlight for Patriots.

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