Please Note: This is a guest post by my spiritual twin, Zeenat Merchant-Syal, from Positive Provocations.  Remember to subscribe (free) to her blog by Email or RSS.

“Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person. “
Warren G. Bennis

When Lisis recently wrote about her life in Nobody Trips Over Mountains, I was deeply moved to the core. Her story, and her being able to share it with the world, is simply courageous on her part. That post nudged me to become courageous too; well not as much as Lisis, but I’m trying.

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Please Note: This is a guest post by my friend, Zoli Cserei, of Simply Will Do.

I read Lisis’ list of Five Steps to Finding Fulfillment with great respect and enjoyment, too. Let’s take a quick look at what she teaches us.

Just be. Because we all do breathe, eat, and sleep. Also the ability of just being is also something highly valuable. Then, be safe. Because you don’t want to be kidnapped, and financial security is a good thing, too. Be social. We love friends, and dating is awesome, too. The list goes on, be strong. And that’s not just lifting weights. And finally – everybody knows a smile has godly healing powers: be happy.

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Note: This is a guest post by Paul Martin, author of Original Faith: What Your Life Is Trying to Tell You, from which this article is adapted.

There is necessary suffering and there is unnecessary suffering. For example, if I lose my job in an economic downturn, this is a source of some unavoidable pain. I’ll have to go job hunting and figure out how to pay the bills.

But if I spend lots of time worrying about losing my job months before it happens and if I resent being let go and then continue to resent it months or years later, then these are examples of unnecessary suffering. Our own trains of thought are the main source of unnecessary suffering. “Trains of thought” is a good phrase for this. They come around almost as if on schedule.

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