Gratitude

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Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile

By Paul | Jul 22, 2011

When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that success comes from what you count.

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Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion.

By Paul | Jul 19, 2011

Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion.

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Are Things in Harmony?

By Paul | Jul 15, 2011

It seems that the easy things are always the hardest to execute.

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The Dark Candle

By Paul | Jul 12, 2011

A man had a little daughter – an only and much – beloved child. He lived for her – she was his life. So when she became ill and her illness resisted the efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health.

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Running Through The Rain

By Paul | Jul 8, 2011

A short story to remind you to keep the important things in mind.

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The Point of Gratitude

By Paul | Jul 7, 2011

Here is a chain carved out of one regular #2 pencil, using only a razor blade, and a sewing needle, without the use of a magnifying glass.

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How many marbles do you have?

By Paul | Jul 5, 2011

I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. I express my gratitude to those around me.

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George Washington & The Fourth of July

By Paul | Jul 4, 2011

? Today, I express my gratitude for the fore fathers of my country. As the USA  celebrate the 4th of July, our Day of Independence, I wanted to share a very interesting documentary of George Washington as presented by National Geographic. Was George everything you learned about in school?     I am interested in…

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What Do You Choose?

By Paul | Jul 1, 2011

I learned from him that everyday you have the choice to either enjoy your life or to hate it. The only thing that is truly yours – that no one can control or take from you — is your attitude,
so if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.

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Gratitude From A Humpback Whale

By Paul | Jun 30, 2011

There was a front page story in the San Francisco Chronicle about a female humpback whale who express gratitude after being freed from an entanglement of crab traps and lines.

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Our circumstances have nothing to do with our happiness.

By Paul | Jun 27, 2011

Today’s post comes from Michael B. Gerber – he writes a fabulous blog, Perspective Is Everything, over at http://mgerber.blogspot.com/

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Gratitude for Flowers

By Paul | Jun 22, 2011

There are many reasons to be grateful every day. Here are some of Michele Tremblay’s flower gratitudes

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Happy Father’s Day

By Paul | Jun 19, 2011

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s, all the Dad’s to be, all the dads that were, and all those who have/had a Dad! Favorite sayings of my Dad were:‘Try it! You’ll like it!’‘Makes good sandwiches’‘It will look good on your resume!’‘I won the Olympic Gold medal for that’ Be Well.Paul.The Gratitude Guru

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Gratitude Helps Become Enlightened

By Paul | Jun 14, 2011

Meditation, another practice embraced by many philosophies, helps you de-stress, become more focused, heighten your gratitude, and maintain good balance.

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Mother Jackson’s Advice

By Paul | Jun 12, 2011

Advice that Andrew Jackson heard from his mother.

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