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		<title>A Checklist for the Best Year of Your Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love the optimism everyone feels at the start of the new year. The bad things that happened seem to pale &#8211; so last year &#8230; time has a way of doing that. What really stands out are the good things &#8211; for me, how I&#8217;ve grown, personally, and the things I&#8217;ve learned as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>23 Inspiring Quotes on Life, Motivation &amp; Simplicity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.&#8221; - Henry David Thoreau &#8220;The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.&#8221; - Ralph Waldo Emerson &#8220;Many of the things you can count, don&#8217;t count. Many of the things you can&#8217;t count, really count.&#8221; &#8211; Albert Einstein “One joy shatters a hundred [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2012/01/inspiring-quotes/</link>
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		<title>Your Favorite Peace and Projects Posts from 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life is full of blessings. Last year was no exception. The end of the year is always a good time to reflect and give thanks for the good stuff. This blog is on the list. Peace and Projects grew from 600 readers to more than 1,200 &#8211; that makes me smile. Thank you so much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2012/01/top-posts-2011/</link>
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		<title>The Ultimate Question to Shape the New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you think about your job or relationships or resolutions for the New Year, first answer: What makes you come alive? * * * “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman Photo by Noukka Signe]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2011/12/new-year/</link>
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		<title>25 Simple Paths to Joy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[stillness meals with people you love rest your hand on his back do what makes you feel alive make music sometimes &#8211; peace and quiet hot coffee look outside for a new perspective look inward for help from yourself do what you said you would slow to speak radiate love encourage instead of criticize sing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2011/12/paths-to-joy/</link>
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		<title>Two Mindful Decisions to Make Your Holidays Better</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Besides joy, the holiday season can bring plenty of other feelings into our homes &#8211; stress, irritability, anxiety, you name it. Blame it on everything extra we have to do &#8211; shopping, baking, decorating, cleaning and planning for enough food to feed an army. If you&#8217;re feeling overwhelmed, so are your kids and husband. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2011/12/mindful-holiday-season/</link>
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		<title>3 Simple Steps that Can Change Your Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My life has changed a lot in the last 5 years. You&#8217;ve probably read my story. Thinking back, I never believed my life could be different until someone else shared his story. You might know the feeling &#8211; maybe you feel there are too many obstacles in the way of having a simpler life or becoming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2011/12/change-2/</link>
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		<title>#18: Having the Things You Want</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We spent Thanksgiving with my parents. They have these amazingly comfortable blankets &#8211; fuzzy and thick and warm. On the car ride home, I really wanted one. Not because I need a new blanket. Simply because I wanted it. Badly. It&#8217;s an easy thing to do this time of year. I&#8217;m not going to demonize [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2011/11/want/</link>
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		<title>My Fiction Writing Process &amp; Current Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Note: If you&#8217;re not interested in writing, you can skip this post, or read my list of simply beautiful things for a dose of inspiration. I know a few of you are writers, or aspiring writers, so I wanted to share a little more about my daily fiction writing process. Last year, I wrote a novel in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2011/11/fiction-writing-process/</link>
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		<title>You Have Two Choices: Enjoy, or Make it Enjoyable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two really good ways to approach everything we need to do: Enjoy it &#8211; or make it enjoyable. I was thinking about this while recalling a Zen Habits article where Leo wrote, &#8220;Enjoy the process.&#8221; That&#8217;s something I often forget, but his advice is priceless. With those words in mind, I&#8217;d like to share [...]]]></description>
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