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		<title>zen habits: Staring Out Over the Bridge</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Discovering Life Purpose is a Zen habit and leads to simplification of your life so is it time to discover yours?<br/>
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		<title>zen habits: find stillness to cure the illness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[My stillness is in the mornings, in my com-fee chair, overlooking the lake/mountains/ and observing the weather pattern over the lake.  My perfect time is just when the sun rises over the mountain...<br/>
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		<title>zen habits: a brief guide to life – a guest post</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Life can be ridiculously complicated, if you let it. I suggest we simplify.

Thich Nhat Hanh’s quote, which I’ve stolen as this site’s subtitle, is the shortest guide to life you’ll ever...<br/>
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		<title>How to Summit Life’s Everyday Mountains</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Failure is a part of the process. If we would have started our climb the week before, conditions would have been too grave to make it. Be ok with not reaching the summit every time. Falling short is...<br/>
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		<title>Lesson Three; Who am I?  Session 2, Rules we live by</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rules we live by are like values in their importance, but they generally come from the outside rather than inside.  In many cases they are handed down by our family, close friends, church, teachers...<br/>
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		<title>What are Your Values??  Making value centered choices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[VALUES CLARIFICATION EXERCISE

The Living Your Vision® process is based on the premise that your quality of life is influenced by the extent to which you honor your personal values. Please read...<br/>
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		<title>The Wastefulness of Decluttering; or How to Make Less Count for More</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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The Wastefulness of Decluttering; or How to Make Less Count for More



Don’t throw the good away with the bad.

‘It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything...<br/>
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		<title>7 Simple Ways To Say “No”   another great guest post</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Why do we say yes when we want to say "no"?  What happened to speaking the truth with love?  Why are other' needs more important than our own?  Are others really upset when we say no?  Perhaps it has...<br/>
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		<title>Guest post “How to be Insanely Productive and Still Keep Smiling”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I remind myself every morning that life is short and mine may be over by nightfall. That gives me the the desire to taste and enjoy each moment. It also adds a measure of calm urgency because I want...<br/>
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		<title>Lesson Three; Who am I?  Session 1, Values</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Session 1 – Values. What I have discovered is that to the extent we are engaged in activities that are in line with what we value and believe in, that we are the happiest and most satisfied.<br/>
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