20 Things My 90-Year-Old Grandmother Told Me to Stop Worrying About So Much
Worry gives small things a big shadow. Some people wait all day for 5pm, all week for Friday, all year for the holidays, all their lives for happiness. Don’t be one of them. Don’t wait until your life is almost over to realize how good it has been. The secret to happiness and peace on […]
Read more40 Quotes for Letting Go and Coping With the Things You Can’t Control Today
The goal each and every day is to gradually grow stronger on the inside, so that less and less on the outside can affect your inner wellness without your conscious permission. Truth be told, how you cope with unexpected problems and frustrations can easily be the difference between living a good life and living an […]
Read more12 Sticky Notes We Need to Read Every Morning for the Rest of the Year
It’s not what you say to everyone else that determines your life; it’s what you whisper to yourself that has the greatest power and influence. The best lessons we learn in life are the lessons we learn over and over again. The human mind needs lots of reminders — lots of practice — to operate […]
Read more10 Life Choices We Will All Regret in 10 Years (if We Aren’t Careful)
“If only…” Those two words paired together create one of the saddest phrases in the English language. In the end, more than anything else, we regret the small chances we didn’t take, the priceless opportunities we were too busy to nurture, and the good decisions we waited too long to make. Angel and I have […]
Read more8 Wake-Up Calls You Really Need to Receive in Life Before it’s Too Late
You have come a long way, and you’re still learning and growing. Be thankful for the lessons. Take them and make the best of things today. For my 18th birthday, many moons ago, my grandfather on my mom’s side gave me four lightly-used flannel shirts that he no longer needed. The shirts were barely worn […]
Read more10 Things Everyone Always Waits Too Long to Let Go of in Life
We don’t even realize how often we block our own present blessings by holding on so tightly. Letting go is not giving up. Letting go is surrendering any needless attachments to particular outcomes and situations. Surrender means showing up in your life with the intention to be your best, and to do the best you […]
Read more8 Wake-Up Calls Everybody Needs to Receive in Life Before it’s Too Late
You have come a long way, and you’re still learning and growing. Be thankful for the lessons. Take them and make the best of things today. For my 18th birthday, many moons ago, my grandfather on my mom’s side gave me four lightly-used flannel shirts that he no longer needed. The shirts were barely worn […]
Read more10 Things We Always Wait Way Too Long to Let Go of in Life
We don’t even realize how often we’re blocking our own present blessings by holding on so tightly. Letting go is not giving up. Letting go is surrendering any needless attachments to particular outcomes and situations. Surrender means showing up in your life with the intention to be your best, and to do the best you […]
Read more20 Things My Now 81-Year-Old Dad Was Right About
“One day you will look back and see that all along you were blooming.” — MHN Twenty-nine years ago, when I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher gave my class a homework assignment entitled, “Advice for a Younger Generation.” The concept of the assignment was simple: Each student had to interview a […]
Read more10 Gentle Decluttering Rules to Help You Let Go
These decluttering rules evolved when I was in the midst of decluttering for good. Because it wasn’t the first time I was decluttering my home or simplifying my life, I knew I had to watch out for some obstacles. I couldn’t expect to approach things the same way and get different results. I had to […]
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