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Continue reading →: ViewEnjoy your view on the way down as well as on the way up. Life is filled with ups and downs. As much as we don’t plan for them as much as we should, we often react to them in ways which do us a disservice. We are not always…
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Continue reading →: MaintenanceUnless looked after, everything degrades over time. Well, nearly everything. Certainly most of the things that you care about. Your home, your car, your body, and even your relationships. Setting time and resource aside to ensure that you are looking after the things that your care about is essential. We…
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Continue reading →: TogetherIt is okay to be different. Being individual is part of what makes us human. We should enjoy and celebrate our differences. We should be who we are. We do not have to aim to be different. The beauty of nature is found both in difference and in conformity. The…
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Continue reading →: Higher“I was enjoying my view, until I saw someone fly over me.” No matter how high you climb, there will always be someone higher. No matter what you have, there will always be someone with more. There is always a higher. There is always a more. In the words of…
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Continue reading →: RelationshipsRelationships are a fundamental part of who we are and our experience of life. We often, however, spend little time truly thinking about our relationships outside of the times when someone has delighted or upset us. In truth, not all of our relationships are good for us and there will…
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Continue reading →: Value 1Consider the elements in your life that you are proud of. Relationships may be a fundamental part of your list but put those aside for this exercise. Take your time in creating your list and only move on once you believe that you really cannot think of anything else to…
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Continue reading →: LevelsAristotle developed a theory that there are four levels of happiness. Laetus (pleasure) The first level of happiness, according to Aristotle, is the happiness of pleasure, or “Laetus” in Latin. At this level, happiness is derived from things and from sensory experiences and deliver immediate gratification. It is the pleasure…
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Continue reading →: CareHow honest are you with your expectations of yourself, of others, of what you have? It is in our nature to be drawn to the shiny and the new. We can be careless with what we already have. But there is one unassailable truth that we must remember: nearly everything…
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Continue reading →: DecisionsGood decisions lead to good outcomes. Good outcomes create good days. Days are the bricks from which your life is built. In general, good decisions require a number of key things: Information: to have all of the relevant pieces of information that support your decision making. Definition: to have a…
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Continue reading →: SunriseLife is built in days. Every day starts with the rising of the sun. At Optima Vita we see every day as a new opportunity to make further progress to live our best lives. And for us, that is it. Progress. Life, after all, is a journey. A journey of…
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