Peace & Tranquility

Tim McLaughlin on January 24th, 2011

For many of us (me included), our days are spent with a computer in front of us or close by.  Whether we’re working or “relaxing” we often spend hours on the computer – typing, clicking, reading, typing, clicking, reading . . . It becomes a constant state of activity and the only time we actually [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on January 6th, 2011

No matter how calm and happy we are there are always times when we feel stress in our lives. Sometimes that stress is good and pushes us forward to improve our lives.  For example, if you feel stress over your financial situation, it can help push you forward to finding a new job or an [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on May 1st, 2009

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. –Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Tim McLaughlin on February 24th, 2009

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. –Mark Twain

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Tim McLaughlin on January 27th, 2009

I read recently that not sweating the small stuff may help prevent Alzheimer’s Disease.  That’s certainly a good reason to calm down and not get stressed over the little inconveniences that seem to pop up almost daily. As I’ve gotten older, I don’t get as stressed as I used to, but I still let the [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on January 16th, 2009

Have you ever wondered why His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama always looks so happy? In this video, he very simply explains what brings happiness. Happiness, Inner Peace and Money To your happiness!

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Tim McLaughlin on January 12th, 2009

It’s the sound of silence. You say you can’t hear it? Turn off the TV.  Turn off the radio.  Turn off the iPod.  Turn off the dishwasher.  Turn off everything that’s making noise. Enjoy the silence. Most of us spend so much time with noise going on around us that we don’t take time to [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on January 9th, 2009

Finish every day and be done with it.  You have done what you could.  Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.  Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.  This day is [...]

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Tim McLaughlin on January 8th, 2009

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.  The mind is everything.  What we think, we become. –Buddha

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Tim McLaughlin on January 6th, 2009

One way to lighten up your life is to lighten up the things in your home. Often we acquire things without thinking about why we’re buying them. Before long, we’ve got so much stuff that all the things overwhelm us. Some of us have so much stuff that we need to rent a self-storage unit [...]

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