Enriching Our Life

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SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING - Work as vocation—our soul gift

What you need to do is think of work as “vocation.”This word may seem stilted in its tone, but it has a wisdom within it.It comes from the Latin word for calling, which comes from the word for voice. In those meanings it touches on what work really should be.
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Retirement realities

Expectations vs. realityPredicting exactly what your retirement will be like is about as possible as a meteorologist predicting the weather correctly every single time. In fact, few retirees find their financial futures playing out precisely as they assumed.
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Take a vacation from screen stimulation

ACCORDING TO THE website DataReportal. com, the average American’s daily screen time—the amount of time spent each day gazing at a smartphone, tablet, laptop, TV, or other screened device—is approximately seven hours.Of course, not all that time is spent in frivolous or directionless pursuits.

Forgiveness

“FORGIVENESS IS OFTEN THE FINAL FORM OF LOVE.”Who hasn’t been hurt by the actions or words of another person? Perhaps a parent, a sibling, a colleague, a partner. These wounds can leave lasting feelings of resentment, bitterness, and anger—sometimes even hatred.
Lovers Leap is one of the popular places you can visit on the cruise.

Lovers Leap is one of the popular places you can visit on the cruise.

A WALK IN THE PARK - Picture this

YOU MAY REMEMBER HEADING WEST around Chicago when it was a significant challenge for a couple decades when road construction on I-80 reduced five lanes of traffic down to one. An option we adopted traveling to Glacier NP or Yellowstone was to go through the Upper Peninsula.
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Tax efficiency in retirement

Will you pay higher taxes in retirement? It’s possible. But that will largely depend on how you generate income. Will it be from working? Will it be from retirement plans? And if it does come from retirement plans, it’s important to understand which types of plans will be financing your retirement.