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I'm out to inspire people to Create What Matters Most - To Live a Life Worth Living.

I want to be MAD - Make A Difference, first in my life, my family, my loved ones and friends.

I want to Dare to dream and set my sights on my Dream and help others to do so.

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Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values How to be happy in everyday life: 1 of 86

How to be happy in everyday life? Simple yet profound question. The answer is very simple, just be. A simple question and a simple answer. Why is it that we tend to make our lives more complicated than it is? All of us in our right minds want to be happy and yet many of us find that an elusive dream. We can all be happy wher...
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Money does not bring happiness: 2 of 51

Money is a form of exchange for a service or product that is useful or beneficial to us. Once we can understand the meaning of money, then we can see the impact of money in our lives. Money by itself does not bring anyone happiness as it is just a medium of exchange. If someone who does not have this medium of exchange, in t...
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Healing Forgiveness and your healing journey: 2 of 47

At some time in our lives, we have people who had hurt us so much that we find ourselves unable to forgive the person who had done us wrong. What we fail to realize is that when we are unable to forgive those who had inflicted pain on us consciously or subconsciously, we are responsible for the heavy burden we carried each d...
Relationships & Family > Communication (Other) Thoughts and ideas that influence your life: 2 of 40

Have you ever wondered how the thought process works? Let us work through this process of how we think and then we can figure out how thoughts and ideas can influence our life. A thought is something we think in our mind and we associate our emotions with it. When we think of someone we love, we associate positive feelings f...
Relationships & Family > Communication Issues How to hold a difficult conversation: 1 of 16

It is heart breaking when we are unable to hold a conversation with our loved ones due to past anger and past issues. If we have issues holding a conversation with someone else be it family members, friends or colleagues due to past grievances, it is only natural that we are cautious with what we say as most of the time only...
Relationships & Family > Family Life Family and what it means: 3 of 36

Family and what it means Family starts with a nuclear unit and extends outwards to siblings and relatives. Family is basically the foundation of a country whereby the members of the family contributes to society. It is important for the family to be a stable unit for a country to prosper. Now that we understand how much impo...
Relationships & Family > Communication Issues Bare basics of truth, love and life: 2 of 17

Who you are makes a difference I believe that each and every one of us wants to be someone who makes a difference. It does not mean that until we have reached a certain goals or when we are successful, then we think we make a difference. I believe we are special where we are now and with this belief, we can be the person we ...
Health & Fitness > Alternative Therapies Alternative treatments for anxiety: 2 of 17

Anxiety is a physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create the feelings that we typically recognize as fear, apprehension, or worry. Anxiety is often accompanied by physical sensations such as heart palpitations, nausea, chest pain, shortness...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips What children need from their parents: 4 of 30

Talking to your child One morning, my eldest son wanted to speak to my daughter on the telephone as he was staying over at his grandmother's home. He was supposed to help my daughter do Sight Reading as part of her preparation for her music exam next month. He had left the music scores on the piano but did not get round to s...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: What would you consider to be the most important things that have been a major inspiration in your life and why?: 22 of 133

What would you consider to be the most important things that have been a major inspiration in your life and why? This question makes me think and reflect so that I can write about it. I would think my dad's love for me would be the most important gift I have received and that has been a source of major inspiration in my life...