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How to Stay Content

Remaining contented throughout your life is a big task but an important one. Contented people have fewer health issues, are more likely to enjoy life to its fullest and do not want for what they do not have. A contented person is not chasing after rainbows or trying to keep up with the Joneses; instead, a contented person knows that the source of contentment is deep within, trusting oneself and loving the life one has.

Steps

Tips and Warnings

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   Be in harmony with those around you. If you are having difficulties in your relationships, it is important to sort these out quickly. Impoverished relationships are a key source of discontentment and if you have tried hard with some people and nothing improves, it is important to reassess whether or not you will continue to have that disruptive influence in your life. For those you love and care about, praise them, acknowledge them, and be more a part of their lives in each and every way daily. Revel in the beauty of loving and caring for people around you. Even those who cause you pain, forgive them as you move on from them, and let them be the way they are in the world without this causing you angst.
   

   
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   Stop seeking the riches and fortunes that you feel others have. Think about the realities involved; what a lot of other people have are debts and a need to be boastful through belongings. Eschew this path and avoid falling into the trap of wanting all the goodies others have. Having all that stuff will not make you happy.
   

   
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   Love your job. No matter how much you earn, no matter how much training in a specific field you have, no matter how much you think ought to follow the "right path", working in a job you hate will not bring you contentment. Even your perfect home life cannot overcome the daily grind of a much-detested job. The key is to accept that you might not be cut out for the career you chose for yourself. And to accept that happiness may just come with a much less well paid job that comes with greater fulfillment. Readjust your life's priorities.
   

   
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   Keep healthy with the little things. Floss your teeth daily, eat nutritious foods, exercise regularly, have a good laugh at least twice a week. These are simple things, said often and over and over again, but there is a reason for this–they work. Do them and contentment will follow.
   

   
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   Be a good neighbor. Get to know the people around you and be there for them as much as you can. Create community wherever you go and show trust to others. Reaching out to all is part of being contented within ourselves.
   

   
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   Trust and have faith. Learn to trust more and learn to have faith in both others and yourself. This may seem difficult at first in a world where you are taught to "trust nobody but yourself" but if you cannot even trust yourself, even that adage is twisted. Forget the negative connotations about trust. Be a pragmatic trust-warrior by accepting that there will be some people who will abuse that trust but for every abuser, it is likely there will be 9 people who reciprocate your trust, or who eventually come around because someone cared enough to trust them. Hang onto this belief doggedly and change the world's contentment as well as your own.
   

   
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   Be in the moment. Don't worry about the past and the future. contentment is reached when you make the most of the present as thinking of the past and the future will in the end just lead to disappointment.
   
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   Positive thinking. Changing your outlook to a positive outlook makes it much easier to be content.
   
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   Don't compare. Comparing your life against others or your past creates a lot of unhappiness, enjoy and make the most of what you have.
   
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    Meditate. That is sitting still for 20 minutes a day, which gives time for your worries to come up, but don't think about them just allow them to naturally pass until you achieve a calm mind. meditation is allowing your mind to become calm.
    
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    Ask questions. When you experience a thought nagging at the back of your mind, write it down as a question. This focuses your mind and helps you not become obsessed with your thoughts.Original article here

Discover 8 Proven Ways to Manifest Money Fast

Original article found here: http://how-to-manifest-your-desires.com/manifest-money-fast.html

There are a number of ways that you can manifest money fast into your life. The first thing you need to understand is that there is a reason why money is not coming into your life right now. You are doing some things that repel money. So you have to change this and start doing the things that will manifest money quick into your life.

#1 Be grateful for what you already have
I'm sure you have already heard this one. Be grateful for what you already have, not only money and you'll automatically attract more of it to yourself.

#2 Decide on a specific amount and timeframe
One of the principles of a successful manifestation is that you be clear on what exactly it is you want. In this instance you want to manifest money fast, so decide exactly how much you want, and when you want it. Write it down on a piece of paper and put the paper where you can see it.

Read what you wrote on the paper out aloud every morning and night at least 3 times.

The way that you write it should be in the present moment. For example if the amount you want is $10 000 and you want it by the end of the month, you should say "I have $10 000 in my bank account by month end."

Don't be over ambitious with the amount you pick. This is because your mind may have difficulty believing you if the amount is too big. So rather pick an amount that you are comfortable with, even if it is not the exact amount you need. You need your mind to support you, not sabotage you.

#3 Visualize money coming into your life
Once you have become clear on what you want and when exactly you want it, start seeing it clearly in your mind's eye. Not only see it but feel it.

Ask yourself this magic question.

"What if, I already had this amount of money? How would I feel?" and FEEL IT!

"What if, I already had this amount of money? Where would I be, and what would I be doing?" and SEE YOURSELF DOING THAT THING with whoever and wherever it may be!

#4 Be Joyful
Be joyful where you are. Having fun is a sure way to manifest money quick. When you are having fun, you forget about the fact that you "urgently need money" and before you know it, the money will be there or you'll manifest an opportunity that will lead you to the money. Either way, it is important to have fun.

#5 Pay your bills with pleasure
Most people who want to manifest money fast have huge bills and no money. Whenever they think of the bills they cringe. Just the thought of having to use the last money on bills makes people depressed. This is something you definitely want to change if you want to manifest money quick.

#6 Give money away
In order to attract anything you want, you have to first give it away. Remember the law of giving and receiving? But how can you give money away if you don't have any? A good way to do this is with million dollar bills. These bills can be bought all over the Internet, including on Ebay. They have a great energy to them and will help you manifest money fast.

#7 Help others
If you don't have a dime to your name, there is still something you can do. You can offer your knowledge and your time to help out others who may need it. You never know who you may be helping and where that may lead to.

#8 Take inspired action
Become aware of the prompting from your subconscious and follow whatever suggestions you receive. Your subconscious is connected to all knowledge and by following it's suggestions you are sure to hit the bulls' eye.

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Quote of the Day

I was reading the blog of Marc & Angel Hack Life and loved quote # 47:

47. Money is a renewable resource. If you lose some money, don’t sweat it. You can always make more. However, if you spend valuable time stressing over money, or lost opportunity, you’ll never get that time back. Time is more valuable than money – time is the greatest constituent of life.

How to stop feeling guilty about spending money

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     Look at your financial situation. If you are solvent, able to support those you need to, have extra cash, and have an emergency fund, know that it's fine to spend a little extra money! There should be no issue in getting that new, hardcover book you've been eyeing or spending a few extra dollars to get a fancy lunch with friends.2

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     Understand where your cash goes. If it helps you to understand that you money isn't being wasted completely, look at what happens to it: in buying a glass of orange, juice, for example, money is going to the company that supplied it, the store you bought it from, the worker who picked the orange, the farmer who grew the tree, the company that built the car that the worker drove, and so on. It's a never-ending cycle of where the money goes. Look up some economic theories to understand why spending money stimulates the economy.

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   • Realize what you're doing with your money otherwise. If you're not spending that few dollars in your pocket, it does nothing but get sucked through the washer a few times. If you never spend it, it stays for years without going into circulation and benefiting you little.

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     Consider your money-spending a gift. Try spending something on yourself as a reward once in a while: plan on buying something when you get that major promotion or for your birthday. Small rewards like this will help you feel as though you're treating yourself without turning into a full-blown addiction to wasting hard-earned cash.

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     Look at what you need. If you feel bashful spending money on basic needs, such as food, really reconsider why you feel this way. Some things are necessary in life, and it's hard to get them without spending some money. Don't ever think of these things as luxuries, and don't budget yourself so harshly on them.

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     Get a little job on a side. In order to combat my Spender's Guilt, I started writing online. I consider my usual income to be what it always has been: pretty untouchable. The money I may online, I reason, is something I wouldn't have ordinarily, so I should feel perfectly fine using it to treat myself once in a while, so long as it doesn't exceed the amount I make writing.

Original article found here

Nice article about feeling secure

How to Feel More Secure

February 8, 2008

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How secure you feel is largely determined by how secure or insecure you feel as a person. If you are a generally insecure person you are likely to be frightened by every little disturbance that happens around you or by not having money. The world is trying to tell us that what we feel inside is separate from “reality”, i.e. the things that happen around us on the physical plane. According to this thinking, the source of your anxiety or insecurity is outside; hence people who feel insecure are trying to fix the problem on the outside.Going with this argument, people do all kinds of things to improve their security. Many people want more money, because they believe this will lead to more security. However this is not necessarily true.This may be fine if the source of your insecurity is outside, for example if you have received threats or if the area where you live is dangerous. In that case more money will help you to improve your present security or move to a safer area.But what if your insecurity comes from within? How can you fix it outside? I know what I’m talking about. I suffered rejection while being raised by my Aunt, which projected itself as insecurity in my later life.My insecurities and fears were very real and were compounded by the fact that we had little money. My wife and I often had blazing rows because of the fact that she bought stuff, sometimes even things that we needed. As far as I was concerned we shouldn’t have bought anything until we had “enough” money. I thought at the time that having more money would solve the problem, because I didn’t realize the problem was inside me.The truth is that money doesn’t necessarily give security. If you feel insecure, clearly examine what you feel insecure about. Is there a clear physical threat to your security, for example, someone threatened you personally? If you cannot really pinpoint where your security comes from, it is likely that it is from within.So if you are having anxiety relating to money, reason with your mind in a logical manner.

• Ask yourself who has died from not having money.
• Ask yourself what is the worst thing that can happen to you if you don’t have money. Try to paint the most ridiculous possible outcomes.

When you do this you confuse your mind.

• Remind yourself that there are people who are worse off than you, but they haven’t died.

Also do this. I’m sure there are many homeless people on the streets. In the morning talk to yourself and say:

• This morning I’m going to prove that I’m overcoming this fear. Stop next to some homeless people and give them some money, or something which they don’t have.
• Also ask them if not having money have killed them. When they say no, walk away and tell your subconscious, you see I told you that nobody has ever died of not having money.

You’ll find you will not believe these things you say to yourself, but don’t worry about that. The mind is a creature of habit and it will take a while before things start to change.

The key to establishing new behavioral patterns is to keep on repeating it for at least 21 days. When the thought of not having money comes, laugh about it. Tell others that you “have this silly fear” that you may not have money for the things that you need. You see these fears only have power over you as long as you don’t confront it. As soon as you confront, and share it with others it will start to go away.

original article here

Sunday Inspirations

When you focus upon lack in an attitude of complaining, you establish a vibrational point of attraction that then gives you access only to more thoughts of complaint. Your deliberate effort to tell a new story will establish a new pattern of thought, providing you with a new point of attraction from your present, about your past, and into your future. The simple effort of looking for positive aspects will set a new vibrational tone that will begin the immediate attraction of thoughts, people, circumstances, and things that are pleasing to you.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the book "Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth and Happiness" #538

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Make lists of positive aspects. Make lists of things you love—and never complain about anything. And as you use those things that shine bright and make you feel good as your excuse to give your attention and be who-you-are, you will tune to who-you-are, and the whole world will begin to transform before your eyes. It is not your job to transform the world for others—but it is your job to transform it for you. A state of appreciation is pure Connection to Source where there is no perception of lack.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the book "Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth and Happiness" #539

Inspirations Sunday Quotes

"Success is not permanent. The same is also true of failure." - Dell Crossword

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." - Vincent T. Lombardi

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Herman Cain

Quote for the Day

Positive attitude towards money

Excerpt taken from Abraham-Hicks Publications

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As you practice your more positive, better-feeling story, in time your pleasure will become the dominant vibration within you, and then as you couple your pleasure with your means of earning, the two will blend perfectly and enhance each other.

There is no better way to earn money than to do the things that you love to do. Money can flow into your experience through endless avenues. It is not the choice of the craft that limits the money that flows—but only your attitude toward money.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the book "Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth and Happiness" #425

Nice quote!

"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end"

- quote taken from a friend's wall on Facebook

What is the Difference

Happiness and Optimism
Some people believe money leads to happiness. Not true. Once you're living comfortably, more money doesn't buy more happiness. The reverse, however, is true: Happiness leads to money. And success. Likewise, so does optimism. Both enable you to solve problems, conjure ideas, take long-range consequences into consideration and come back and try again if you miss the first time.

Resilience

People who have moved from a bad financial situation into comfort or wealth have resilience. They can overcome—on the job, in their personal lives, with their finances. They don't deny the bad things that happen, but they're able to turn their focus to things over which they have control with the belief that they have the ability to effect change. The good news is you don't have to be born with resilience—you can learn it by controlling the things you can control and letting go of the others.

Gratitude
The Karma Kickback. The people who get rich—and stay rich—are not just grateful. They practice gratitude by giving back to their communities, to organizations they believe in and the people they care about. Even if you are thinking of something you view as mundane—like your job—when you think about it as a gift, you focus on what life might be if you didn't have it.

Passion

It is a key element that moves people from a life of financial struggle to one of financial success. The wealthy, simply put, want it more than the rest of that. Some want it in the form of money, but most are quite passionate about the careers they choose to pursue. And, at a time where doing what you love may seem not so possible, it's important to know you can learn to love what you do.


Habitual saving
The wealthy people in our study certainly have the funds to be crazy spenders, but most are not. Both wealthy and financially comfortable individuals say that saving more money has been an "absolutely essential" financial goal as an adult. If you're not a habitual saver already, The Difference will show you how.

Invest in stocks

Jean did the research for this book when housing prices were cratering and the markets were falling out of the sky. Yet, one lesson emerged again and again: The wealthy understand the need to take risks in the market—in good times and in bad—in order to make their money work as hard as they do.

Excerpts from this article and pictures courtesy from this website

The Journey Begins

I read something in my email today that has inspired me to start this blog "Hakuna Matata". I'm going through a lot right now, but the email "The Journey" put things in perspective. I will be striving for a life of "Hakuna Matata" which taken from the Lion King means "no worries for the rest of your life". We all know this is unrealistic, but what I want to change are not the circumstances but my attitude. So please be patient as I go on this journey...."The Journey: Life isn't about getting to the destination. Its about the journey. So don't think that you have to rush to get to the destination. The journey is the important part, what you take time for, the people you're with, what you learn & experience along the way. Enjoy the journey".