Encouragement
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Do You Have a Story?
Of course, you do! It’s your life story or interesting parts of it! Today we live in a world of emails, texts, zoom visits and computer messages. We don’t keep most of them. In previous years we wrote letters and even mailed actual cards that some of us treasured for years. Many contained important events of our personal history. Yes, it is convenient to send the emails of today and receive a quick reply. But something important is being lost nowadays. Your story. Your triumphs, the big moments in your life, your times of courage. How did you deal with the unexpected fears and doubts? It could be the years…
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How Can Knowing the Basic Personality Types Increase Your Quality of Life?
There are all kinds of personality tests available today. Many are free on the internet including the popular Myers-Briggs test. Does understanding ourselves help us to interact with others including family, relatives, friends, at school and at work? Especially, can it help us get along peacefully with others who are difficult? Afterall, there are some people who we cannot avoid because we work or live closely with them. Who are we anyway? First, let’s figure out who we are. Below are the basic four, easy to understand types of personalities. Please enjoy finding yourself in one of these four. You can also identify others and why they are…
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How to Stay Happily Married – A Survey
Help! I need your opinion this week to complete our story. When I took a very unofficial survey a while ago, I asked my friends and clients to give me their opinions and ideas as to how to stay happily married. The responses below include the serious, the tender, the practical, the lighthearted, and even the hilarious. All are anonymous and spoken from the heart. Now it’s your turn. Here’s a chance for you to give your advice. Please email me at anniefarris777@gmail.com with your opinions. Who knows? You might save a marriage or two with your wisdom or help prepare a friend who is single as to just how to have…
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Enjoy a Good Laugh, a Chuckle or a Smile
We all appreciate it! Some experts claim that laughter, or even chuckles or smiles, decrease stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving our resistance to disease. Laughter, some say, triggers the release of endorphins which produce a sense of well-being and even temporary pain relief. Even the Bible mentions laughter in Ecclesiastes 3:4…” a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance”… Proverbs 17:22 KJV – A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones. I have been fascinated with what makes us laugh ever since I participated in an improvisational…