Enriching Our Life

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Simplify your life

Much of spiritual practice is just this: cutting away what must be cut, and letting remain what must remain. Knowing what to cut—this is wisdom. Being clear and strong enough to make the cut when it is time for things to go—this is courage.
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Grief: saying goodbye

GRIEF IS A NATURAL RESPONSE to loss. It’s the emotional suffering you feel when something or someone you love is taken away. Often the pain of loss can feel overwhelming. You may experience all kinds of difficult and unexpected emotions, like shock or anger, disbelief, guilt, and profound sadness.
Dodge City grew up as a cow town in the Wild West and remains a center of beef production today.

Dodge City grew up as a cow town in the Wild West and remains a center of beef production today.

A Walk in the Park - A thousand miles of nothing

In the 1980s and ’90s, I was eager to get to the Golden West. Rocky Mountains National Park. The Tetons. Yellowstone. Grand Canyon. Zion and the other four splendiferous national parks in Utah. The price of getting there was the long drive through Kansas, or Nebraska, or South Dakota.
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How to set realistic resolutions for 2024

RESOLUTION SEASON IS HERE AGAIN, and many of us have begun evaluating our lives to decide which aspects need tweaking or overhauling. Some people may have a particular bad habit they’d like to kick, such as overeating or smoking.
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Many people don’t plan for the reality of retirement

MANY OF US aren’t addressing the realities of retirement planning. Here are some of the worst mistakes being made today: Underestimating life expectancy Twenty-five years ago, insurance companies estimated life expectancy at 83 years.
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Avoiding jet lag on your holiday vacation

by Regina Patrick, RPSGT, RST Your winter holiday vacation is perfectly planned. One thing you may not plan for is one of these two scenarios: 1. You flew across several time zones from west to east.
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Many people don’t plan for the reality of retirement

MANY OF US AREN’T ADDRESSING the realities of retirement planning. Here are some of the worst mistakes being made today: Underestimating life expectancy Twenty-five years ago, insurance companies estimated life expectancy at 83 years.
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Random acts of kindness

A random act of kindness can be easy to do. Your kindness, large or small, can make someone’s day! According to a study by The Ohio State University, showing kindness to others can help you when you are feeling depressed. I encourage you to be kind every day.