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Quest For Balance
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Whether we find happiness through grand adventures, or seek it in every-day places, we all want less pain and more joy. Quest for Balance is a place where people can be reminded that finding lasting happiness and inner peace is not only achievable, b
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Road to Freedom Update # 2
Last Wednesday I started this series of Road to Freedom Updates, in order to keep you involved in the more practical side of our big decision to leave the rat race with no Plan B. In case you missed it, you may want to check out RTF Update #1 first. ...
Fellowship Fridays: LEOpalooza – The Essential Motivation Handbook
Most of you are probably quite familiar with Leo Babauta. His blog, Zen Habits, has about 68 billion subscribers (I rounded up), and he just launched his latest project, an ebook called The Essential Motivation Handbook (a partnership with Eric Ham...
2012: The End of the World as We Know It?
You have three and a half years left to live… at the most, maybe less. December 21, 2012, is 1,248 days away. Some say that will be the end of time. What if they are right? This sort of information is kind of like a cancer diagnosis, when the d...
The Danger of Jumping to Conclusions
Jeff and I have been married for almost ten years, and I guess you could say we’re “happily married”. I really don’t have any point of comparison because Jeff is my first husband. But I don’t even remotely want a divorce...
Our Grandmas Weren’t Whiners
This was my grandmother, my dad’s mom. She was a character and a half (in case you can’t tell). This is the same woman who led me to believe I was the Goddess of the Universe… until I found out she was schizophrenic, and also though...
Obstacles: Are They Tests or Warnings?
Obstacles are tricky things… If we think of someone pursuing a noble goal, like finding a cure for cancer, or trying for Olympic gold, then obstacles are merely tests of determination. Overcoming them shows commitment, resourcefulness, and an ...
