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The Pomegranate: "And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;" - I Samuel 14:2 The name pomegranate comes from the Latin word meaning “the...

Today 13% of England is designated as green belt. Only 2% of England is actually built on. Given that there is a large need for houses to be built in England they could question as to the need for so much of the green belt. The population of London is...

constantly striving for personal gains can damage connections with others. In other words, Wanting to be happy can actually make you less happy. a meaningful life and a happy life overlap in certain ways, but are ultimately very different. pursuing a...

I maximized utility. I optimized happiness. I minimized cost. The best way to maximize freedom, time, and happiness is by using money to first buy maximum utility before trying to buy happiness. When we buy adequate utility in our life, we create the...

Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? What is the only goal in life worth pursuing? The great seventeenth-century theologians who formulated the Westminster Catechism began their treatise by answering all of those questions in fifteen words. Life...

1. Keep a diary beside your bed and every night, last thing before you turn out the lights, write down 5 things for which you’re grateful. 2. When you do this exercise, be specific (it’s not good enough to say “I’m grateful for my health (or the health...

A = Keep Active (we know that activity and exercise are very effective ways of improving mood) B = Be Optimistic (we also know that positive, realistic thoughts are the drivers of happiness and the best way to overcome depression) C = Decide to Take Control...

Happiness is, unfortunately, very misunderstood and as a result, many people see it as elusive. But happiness need not be elusive if it’s sought in an appropriate and realistic way. Happiness is NOT, for example, something you’ll experience in the future....

Living in a sea of negative voices. No one is an island. Who we socialize with, what we read, watch and listen to has big effect on how we feel and think. It becomes a lot harder to be happier if you let yourself be dragged down by negative voices. Voices...

Aiming for perfection. Does life has to be perfect before you are happy? Do you have to behave in a perfect way and get perfect results to be happy? Then happiness will not be easy to find. Setting the bar for your performance at an inhuman level usually...

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