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• We got to try retirement thanks to our neighbor, Charles

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on May 19, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  John and I spent part of our autumn vacation giving retirement a test drive.
  Vacation is typically synonymous with the “not working” part of retiring, so what was noteworthy was staying in a Santa Fe retirement community with our neighbor, Charles.

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• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: #7, The law of dharma

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on March 3, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  In the final chapter of the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra suggests asking yourself:
  1. If money was of no concern, what would I do?
  2. How am I best suited to serve humanity?

• Why I’m grateful our new Christmas tablecloth looks tiedyed

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on December 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I would rather have the kind of home where people have a good time, without fear of ruining overly precious belongings because gravity can be a challenge and we all have accidents, than to protect purchases in their pristine condition.

• Embracing all the emotions of the holidays

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on December 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Inside Out and Mama Gena gave me timely reminders that the whole range of human emotions is valid. Even at holiday time.

• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: #6, The law of detachment

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on November 10, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Deepak Chopra talks about the value of flexibility in the sixth spiritual law, detachment.
  “This doesn’t mean you give up your intention to create your desire, you don’t give up the intention and you don’t give up the desire, you give up your attachment to the result.”

• Letting my gray hair show is an act of protest

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on October 8, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  Once I stopped coloring my hair, I began to understand I was defying the cultural expectation that we not age, like Peter Pan, and that challenging social norms is unnerving to some.

• Hold up a mirror for yourself, or ask someone else to hold it for you

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on August 13, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  “People don’t learn from experiences, they learn from the reflection on their experiences.”

• Go to the light. Be the light. Now.

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on August 1, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Recently when I was meditating with my eyes closed in a dark room, I saw a white light that got brighter and brighter. Eventually it felt like I was staring at the sun.
  Looking at this make-believe light prompted an insight: So many people describe seeing a bright white light when they’re dying because it’s the first time they stopped to notice it. That light is always there, trying to glow into our lives, but we’re too busy with our distractions and pursuits to notice.

• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: #5, The law of intention and desire

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on May 29, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  “Attention energizes and intention transforms,” Deepak Chopra says in this chapter about intention and desire. “Whatever you put your attention on will grow stronger in your life. Whatever you take your attention away from will whither, disintegrate and disappear.”

• Make time for close relationships this week

  By Colleen Newvine Tebeau on March 6, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  According to Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, “The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period.”

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