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Do you need a pencil? 12 Tips to Smile More
Do you need a pencil? That is my favorite tip to smile more. Let me explain. Do you have teenagers or have children that already went through the challenging teenage years? I do, and let me tell you that during this time the word “smile” is the one I mention the most at home. I am sure the same thing happened to my mom when I was a teenager. Why? Because when we are teenagers, we all suffer a transformation from little and smiley angels to grumpy and moody people. For this reason, I am always asking my kids if they need a pencil. Yes, you read it right, I…
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Let’s Go and Enjoy: We are Alive | 12 Tips to Enjoy More
The alarm goes off, and we wake up to a brand new day. We should be grateful and happy because we are alive! We have been given another day. Right? Well, if you are like me, happiness is not exactly the first feeling I have when I wake up. But, if we think about it, every morning when we open our eyes, we should imagine God opening the door to a brand new day telling us: “Go and Enjoy.” Well, ideally, that is the way it should be. However, we all know life is not easy and that some days look more like our worst enemy opening the same door…
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Awareness is the Key to Everything
How many things are happening around and within us and we don’t know or understand what is going on? Awareness is the key to everything. While I was writing my post about “Say YES to an Adventurous Life,” I started to pay attention to everything related to “adventures” around me. Now, I see opportunities for adventure everywhere. Coincidence? Not really, I noticed that to put the word adventurous into action; I first needed to put the word awareness into action. So, from now on: Before putting “any word” into action, first, we need to put the word “awareness” into action. What is Awareness? Here is the definition by Merriam-webster dictionary: The…
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Say YES to an Adventurous Life: 55 Great Ideas to Escape the Ordinary
Sometimes I feel trapped in my daily routine and wish to have a more adventurous life. Does this sound familiar to you? We are so used to doing everything the same way every day that we become boring people, even our kids become boring kids. Each day, after school, I ask my teen kids a few questions, and I usually get the same answers: How was school? “ok” or “good.” What did you do? “nothing” or “the same.” Did anything interesting happen today? “nope.” It is so frustrating to hear the same answers day after day, but if we think about it, it is the same for us. We all…
