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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Wanting More

For many of us, we work hard in creating a life that we envision for ourselves and our family. We may not be able to describe exactly what kind of life this would be, but we do know that what we have right now is not what we want. When we reflect upon our life, we can only see the many things that are missing from it. How can we find true happiness, if our life is spent searching for things that seem just beyond our reach? In the process of always wanting more, we are losing our self. There is no time to reflection when we are forever striving for more. We begin to lose value in ourselves and life because what we think we want, we never seem to obtain. If we stop to reflect upon what it is that brings us true happiness, we may find that it is not a matter of buying more material things, but discovering that the answers to our questions have always been within us all along. Today, find your bliss. Let your inner spirit lead you to the life you want to create. By experiencing the simple pleasures that surround you, your heart will be filled with joy and happiness. You will never have to look no further than within yourself to find the life you envisioned. 
If you don't need a chime, don't buy it...

(There was a sales person outside this store telling a customer why she had to buy a chime. Not knowing the customer or if she already had a chime, the sales person told her that it was good "Feng Shui" and will bring lots of luck. Always the skeptic, I wondered if she bought more than one chime would that increase her luck. I didn't wait to see if she bought it, but it did make me stop and think how many chimes do I have at home.)  

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