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Making Sense of Your Past

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Age Is A State of Mind by sheroldbarr on March 4, 2011

http://www.sheroldbarr.com/age-is-a-state-of-mind/

The key to better health, life satisfaction, and aging gracefully is a youthful outlook.

I turned 59 this week, which means that I’m in my 60th year.  A friend recently told me that I’m at the end of my young middle years.

I flinched when she said that and said to myself, “I don’t have to buy that.”

Then I thought about it and decided why would I want to attach to that thought and feel bad?  Why would I want to argue with reality? Why would I want to create resistance in my mind about age and suffer?

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Debunking the Whole “Life Purpose” Thing. By Tara Mohr

Debunking the Whole “Life Purpose” Thing

Sunday, February 20, 2011 by Tara

If you are searching for your life purpose, you are in luck. The search stops here.

It’s become a common thing in our culture to try to “find your purpose.” It’s thought of almost like finding a soul mate: there’s a big epiphany as you discover your one true purpose and then… you and it ride off into the sunset. Now you’ve got career direction, a sense of meaning, and a kind of serenity about finally knowing what your purpose is. You can say to your purpose, a la Jerry McGuire, “You complete me.”

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Coping With A “February”

Coping With A “February”

Insight from Martha Beck. http://marthabeck.com/

I am thinking of training a hamster to predict the weather in Phoenix, where I live. It will not be difficult; I will purchase two buttons – a red one that says “sunny” and a blue one that says “not sunny”. Then I will teach the hamster that the blue button does not exist. We’ll make millions!

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The World Will be Saved by Western Women. By Tara Sophia Mohr

The World Will Be Saved By Western Women by Tara Sophia Mohr

I recently had coffee with two women friends. They are smart, capable women. They have quality degrees and impressive work experience. For the last several years, they’ve been focused on taking care of their families. Their spouses make enough income that they can afford to do that.

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Embracing Imprefection

Embracing imperfection

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Want To Be Happier? Think Like A Baby!

Oprah.com

Do you want to be happier, more connected to others and a better problem-solver? Karen Salmansohn says we all once were Zen masters when it came to interacting with the world around us, but our brains change as we age—becoming more focused and inhibited—and now you may need to retrain your brain to expand your consciousness. Take her advice and tap into the little buddha inside of you!

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Lucille Ball Quote

“I’m not funny.  What I am is brave.– Lucille Ball
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How To Recover From 10 Types of Demotivation

How To Recover From 10 Types of Demotivation

http://www.productiveflourishing.com/how-to-recover-from-10-types-of-demotivation/
by Cath Duncan on July 13, 2010

Motivation is central to creativity, productivity and happiness. Motivation is what causes us to act, and when we act, we create movement, growth and change, we feel involved, masterful and significant, we feel powerful through experiencing how we can change the world, and we create more of what we love in our lives. And all of this gives our lives purpose and happiness.

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When adversity knocks

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up; She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

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