By Sally Tippett Rains I wish you joy and happiness on Christmas. May God bless you richly. If you are physically alone remember this– you are never alone. God is here with us and I am here for you. If I can pray for you please let me know. King James Version of Luke 2:1-20- The Birth of Christ And
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Note: I wanted to do this weekly “Choose Happy” blog during the pandemic to give hope to others. Next week’s will be the last one on a regular basis. I may do weekly short inspirational posts for those who are subscribers, but won’t be promoting them on a regular basis. Thank you for reading and I hope they have been
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Today is the third week of Advent and each week we will focus on one of the candles on an Advent wreath. This week we focus on joy. Each Advent candle symbolizes something. One is for hope, one is for love, one is for joy and one is for peace. There is a fifth candle that is lit on Christmas
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Today starts the second week of Advent and each week we will focus on one of the candles on an Advent wreath. As I mentioned in my last post, I have shared a devotional which you can use with your family. Each year I would copy it and change it around so it would suit the times. Now I have
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By Sally Tippett Rains NOTE: If I have any Jewish people who read my inspirational “Choose Happy” blog, I wanted to let you know that for four weeks I will be doing an Advent series. It’s not my purpose to change anyone’s views, but rather encourage people to live their happiest life in the best way they can, and for
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Happy Thanksgiving week to you. I hope you are not despairing either about all the work you have to do to cook dinner or how you can’t get together with family due to the pandemic, or even that you can’t afford a turkey this year. Rather than focussing on the negatives I hope you are trying to be peaceful and
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We all would like to live a great life but sometimes it’s tougher than others due to our circumstances. Sometimes we are just trying to get by; get through the day. There are a few things that can help us have a better life– even when things aren’t going the way we want and they are al related to our
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When the chips are down and we feel defeated—whether it is through illness, disappointment or whatever, it would help if we would remember God is helping carry us through. The Rev. Nicholas Inman told me this story for my book, Choose Happy Find Contentment in Any Situation. “When I was in high school, I had a teacher who was going
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By Sally Tippett Rains ELECTION SPECIAL: We’ve been focusing on the 15 keys to a happy life as featured in the chapters of my book Choose Happy; Find Contentment in Any Situation. As often happens in life, a wonderful coincidence puts us at number twelve which s “Mindfulness—don’t worry about the future” on a week when nearly everyone is worried
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By Sally Tippett Rains There is a saying “if you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything,” and that applies to trust. In our past people have hurt us. People have disappointed us. Politicians have lied to us. Doctors have upset us. And we have disappointed ourselves. So what are we going to do? Give up? If we
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