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DAVID B. BOHL

Relinquishee, Adoptee, MPE
Author, Speaker.

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Happiness: It’s What One Emphasizes That Counts

One of my favorite quotes is Carlos Castaneda’s:

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”

I love this quote because it reminds me of how hard I used to work, just because I believed that working that hard would make me happy. It didn’t, and I think that if work was going to make me happy, eighty to one hundred hours a week should have done it.

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December 18, 2007

Awareness: How You Live is Who You Are

I’m always amazed at what people say about themselves sometimes, and how that really contrasts with what they do. What’s the quote? Something about what you do speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you say.

That sentiment means so much to me, because I know that in spite of wanting to be generous, patient, compassionate, and thoughtful, I am often selfish, impatient, intolerant and closed-minded.

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December 17, 2007

Are ‘Smart’ and ‘Spiritual’ Mutually Exclusive?

There sometimes seems to be a backlash in our culture against people who value their spiritual lives and try to improve their spiritual state. In effect, the idea seems to be that smart people aren’t spiritual; that people who are spiritual are somehow stupid enough to be “gulled” into believing something that obviously can’t be true. I really have a problem with this outlook for four reasons:

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December 13, 2007

How to Live a Sweet Life

Sweet Life:

In Harmony. Balanced. Mental and emotional stability and serenity.

Free of discord. No contradictions. No inconsistencies between the beliefs and values one holds and one’s actions.

Want to live a sweet life? Find out exactly how to do it in my post

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December 12, 2007

Fitter, Happier, More Productive

Where we once felt purposeful, focused, and fueled with passion… these days, we’re apt to be idealistic but scattered, connected but alone. Our lives are brimming over, and yet we’re empty inside.

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December 12, 2007

6 Ways for Effecting Change in Your Life

We all deal with change, well or poorly, every day. The challenge for most of is not so much that we have change to deal with, but how well we manage it. Managing change well means less stress, less work, and more time to feel content, joyful, and fulfilled.

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December 10, 2007

Internet Addiction and Authority

Is it any wonder that the X and Y generations display such irreverent humor and disregard for authority? It’s because they’ve discovered that, to a great extent, “authority” has become a self-affixed label.”

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December 5, 2007

Get Rid of Black and White Thinking Once and for All

Very few things are simple, and the more we try to simplify our thinking into this/that, black/white, good/bad, the worse we’re going to make our lives, because life just isn’t like that. We’re not like that, no one is like that, and no one ever will be.

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December 3, 2007
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