Hope, even when things get hard

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Choosing to have joy is not naively thinking everything will be easy. It is courageously believing that there is still hope, even when things get hard.  – MORGAN HARPER NICHOLS Let go: Where do your mind and heart go when things get hard? Do you catastrophize? Are you discouraged? Start over: Choosing joy doesn’t mean…

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Become a Child Again at Christmas

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Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. ― Laura Ingalls Wilder Let go: Does your load feel heavy? Is it hard to feel the joy of Christmas? Start over: When was the last time you…

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Quick to praise. Quick to thank.

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Let us be quicker to praise than to find fault. Let us be quicker to thank others than to complain. Desmond Tutu Let go: Are you quick to criticize or complain? Start over: Pause before uttering a criticism or complaint. As you pause, think of a word of praise or thanks that you can say.…

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