Tag: contentment
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Go Where You Feel Most Alive
My hike around Devil’s Tower National Monument in Wyoming was coming to an end. The 1.3-mile Tower Trail meanders around the massive stone pillar that rises 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River. Orange construction netting lined the trail as it neared a parking area—not a pretty sight compared to the Tower behind me. And…
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Celebrating Fragrances, Scents and Aromas: 50 Favorites
The sense of smell is one of the gateways to an abundant life. Every moment is an opportunity to be aware of all the pleasant fragrances, scents and aromas that life has to offer. When this awareness is cultivated throughout one’s life, then memories of our favorites can bring us peace, contentment and joy. Last…
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What Death Teaches Us About Living Abundantly
We can learn a lot about life from the dying. Profound wisdom often comes from those whose earthly life is slipping from them. The rest of us can listen to their last words, but if only we could get inside their spirits and understand their perspective. Are they just contemplating their lives, wishing they’d lived…
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Altered States for the New Year
NBC’s 2007 television show Journeyman was about a San Francisco newspaper reporter and family man who traveled through time and changed people’s lives. A change in the past forever affected the present or what happened in the future. In reality, of course, we can’t go back and right the wrongs of life that have altered the present—if…
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