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  • Life Challenges

    How to Find Joy and Positivity in Difficult Times

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    embracing stone statue to depict practicing for death...or joy in difficult times

    We all know that life can be tough. Sometimes, it feels like there's a never-ending stream of challenges and obstacles to overcome. It's easy to get bogged down…

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    Ardis Mayo
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    How To Begin Again When You Fail

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    "Always we begin again.” These are grounding words of St Benedict. Words that speak a gentle truth when we find ourselves up against a brick wall of failure. 

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    3 WAYS TO FIND JOY IN THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE

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    a child finds joy in the journey

    Here are three ways to find joy when life seems to be crashing around you and you are in danger of losing hope.

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