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If you don’t take care of yourself, you’re no good to anyone. Find out how you can take care of your needs without being selfish. Feel free to comment and share your opinions!

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Why We Often Pity Those Who Mistreat Us

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My family and I endured a difficult visit from a relative this summer. He is a hard, cold, angry person, and he makes our home nearly uninhabitable. He is mean to us, constantly telling us in the rudest way imaginable how wrong we are in every aspect of our lives: political, spiritual, familial, literally every [...]

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Maintaining Your Balance in an Unbalanced World

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Sometimes (quite often, actually), I look around at the extremes that exist in our world. There are so many extreme thoughts, so many unbalanced lives. I see us, humans (including myself), trying to live and find peace in a world where we are bombarded with extreme ideas, indulgence temptations, and anger and hatred among those [...]

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It Is Not Too Late to Make Today Productive

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Many times, procrastination has kept me from making the most of every minute of the day. For example, yesterday my husband and I worked on a project for our business. It took longer than I expected, running well into the late afternoon. After we had supper, I looked at the clock.

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Why the First Step is the Hardest Step

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For years, I have been telling myself that I needed to change my eating habits. It was on my mind every time I couldn’t get into the clothes I loved and every time I saw a picture of myself.

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How to Stop Caring What People Say About You – Instead of Just Saying You Don’t

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I watch people. Not to stalk them, but to observe them. As I’ve observed others, including myself, I’ve noticed that the most confident people don’t have to tell you they are confident. And the people who don’t care what you think don’t have to tell you that either!

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How 3 Little Birds Gave Me an Important Reminder

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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. – Aristotle. Today, my husband opened our front door in time to find six children tearing down a bird’s nest which had, until they found it and tore it down, been full of 3 baby birds.

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How I’m Learning to Love the Storms (And You Can, Too!)

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Recently, a line of severe storms rolled through the middle of the United States. They caused severe damage in several states. But by the time they reached our area, our forecast was mainly rain with some thunderstorms. (You thought this was going to be about the metaphorical storms, didn’t you? Well, it is.)

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Are You Being Abused? 10 Warning Signs You May Be Ignoring (Part 2)

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This is a continuation of Are You Being Abused? 10 Warning Signs You May Be Ignoring (Part 1)

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Are You Being Abused? 10 Warning Signs You May Be Ignoring (Part 1)

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Thinking back on my own abusive relationship and watching a friend endure many of the same things, I realize how easily and how often we can shrug off some warning signs. When we’re in the middle of it, there is something that blinds us to the problems that people on the outside can see.

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Pulling Yourself Over the Wall of Frustration

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Get up! You want jets? Then, get up. You’re going over that wall! Oh, that scene from An Officer and A Gentleman from 1982 gives me chills every time. What can a great scene from an old movie say to you today?

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