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Happiness: A Thought To Ponder

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By Donna Astern

Moments of happiness,
real contentment–
what does that feel like?

Freedom from striving after something else, something more?
Peace inside?

Might we be actually happier if we chose to be thankful every day for what blessings we already have?

A daily habit of gratitude by its very nature inspires more personal happiness.

What 5 things (however ordinary or small) are you grateful for right now? How do you feel when you consider those things?

“Let us come before him with thanksgiving
    and sing joyful songs of praise.”
~ Psalm 95:2 GNT

Enjoying Food Again

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If you watched the science-fiction movie, The Matrix, you may recall a scene in which the main characters are sitting down to a meal of mush as their only food, day in and day out, which was said to be nutritionally everything a body needed. One of the men commented how it just did not satisfy him the way a sizzling steak did!

Although not limited to a daily meal of mush as in the movie, so many people do not allow themselves the pleasure of enjoying what they eat.  Continue reading →