Many of us create our lives by default…

We allow our habitual ways of thinking, the circumstances and conditions that we find ourselves in, and the expectations of others, to dictate the choices we make and the results in our lives… without stopping to ask if what we are creating is what we would truly love.

Years, sometimes even decades, may pass by until one day, we hear that “still, small voice within” whispering to us that there’s so much more to life than what we’ve been experiencing.

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Elephants are trained to haul and carry tremendous weight — like trees, rock and sand — that, in some cases, is unmanageable by heavy equipment.

Farmers begin training the elephants when they are very young to do these jobs, rather than when they are fully grown.

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I was on vacation with my grandchildren in Cabo San Lucas, when they suggested we rent four-wheeled, all-terrain vehicles.

I will admit, I’m more of a read-a-book-by-the-pool type of person. I’m not a big fan of motorcycles, and though my children explained that ATVs were different because they had four wheels instead of two, that did nothing to assuage my fears.

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“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

What does this mean? How does it embody the power of positive thinking… and how does it instruct us on finding happiness?

We think, we speak words, and we take action. But when our words and actions are not in alignment, we are essentially teaching ourselves and others that we can’t be trusted.

In other words, our thoughts, words and actions lack integrity. This can erode our sense of trust in ourselves, which in…

Do you need to find true happiness in your life?

Our lives are made up of days, and our days are literally in our hands.

We all have 24 hours available to us each day, but what we do with this time is completely up to us.

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