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5 Ways to Make Your Kids Love Algebra Homework
By: John Noels
Tags: Math, Algebra, Mathematics, Writing, Students

Algebra is that branch of mathematics that comprises a lot of theories, analysis, and geometry. Students find it quite difficult to fall in love with this subject, and thus they look for algebra homework help. Most of the students are not able to grasp the concepts and start disliking it. But algebra is an important part of the curriculum, and in order to score good grades, every student needs to do well in algebra also.

In order to complete your algebra homework precisely and on time, you need to like the subject. This article includes a few ways through which parents can make their kids love algebra and perform well in their homework as well as in exams.

1. Tell them that algebra is a scoring subject — Unlike Hindi, history, or any other theoretical subject, your answer in algebra is either right or wrong. You either score full or no marks in a particular question. Thus, you can tell your child that if he clears his concepts well and learns the theorems and formulas, he can easily score good marks. Algebra is a scoring subject and can compensate for low grades in other subjects if understood well.

2. Evoke interest in the subject — Students often consider algebra as a boring subject as it deals with numbers only. They prefer other subjects like English or History, where they get to learn new things every day. It is the parent’s responsibility to evoke interest in algebra by telling them about the importance of numbers and theorems. Tell them how important is the subject for their higher studies and how they can use it in other subjects.

3. Teach them easy ways to memorize formulas — It is quite difficult as well as time-consuming to learn the theorems and formulae of algebra, especially when you don’t love the subject. Parents must help them in problem-solving and insist them to practice more so that they can easily memorize the formulas and equations and retain this learning for a longer period of time. Make them understand the working of the formulas and apply the knowledge gained in working examples. This way, they will learn things effortlessly without the need to cram.

4. Discover interesting ways of teaching — Sometimes, students fall in love even with a boring subject if the teaching style is interesting and exciting. You can either talk to the teacher or try explaining things in an interesting manner to the child at home. You can take examples or stress more on difficult topics to make the concepts clear and things more interesting.

5. Motivate the child — Last but not least, you should keep motivating your child. Children often develop a fear about a subject and then start ignoring it. You must motivate your child and tell him that he can do it. Provide him complete support and ensure that he can score good grades if he has confidence in himself and makes some effort towards it.

Algebra is a dynamic and interesting subject if studied well with interest. Hope the above points are helpful and make the child fall in love with algebra.
Did you just multiply your hard-work with zero or added it?
By: Abishek Babu
Tags: Math, Strategy, Life, Hard Work, Working

Multiplication has power to both construct and destruct our lives; we might have to deal with it carefully.

Let’s understand on the basis of first principles.

We all are aware of basic math.

10 multiplied by 20 equals 200

while 10 added with 20 equals just 30.

Well, seems like multiplication is the best; you are right, but let’s see if you have the same mindset after this thought.

10*20*0 = 0

10+20+0=30

That’s where the problem lies.

We can go with either additive system(non risk taker; play it safe always; not an alpha of the group; want to be one of the group; doesn’t believe his guts over facts) or Multiplicative system(Risk taker; believes in gut than facts generally; always an alpha; always wants to lead a team; doesn’t care about the outcome of execution sometimes)

Both might seem kind of hard situation to be in; logically the right thing would be a mix of both proportionate to the time or situation you are in.

Let’s understand this with a live example.

Say our boy wants to be a world class actor and wants to win an Oscar.

He has all his family support to work on it and plan ahead; they help him financially well till he could be able to stabilise.

He is the talk of the block cute kid where he has all the personality and face he needs to be an actor.

He has some really good award winning short films under his belt on track to make it in big movies

so far so good?

Now let’s add something into this equation.

He happen to pick up the habit of alcohol and he’s so into it; got addicted.

Now this is something bad which he added in his equation.

This ain’t the problem; the problem is if this equation is additive or multiplicative.

Now this guy apparently get’s drifted from his acting career; prioritised alcohol over other things; happens to kicked out of industry and eventually takes his own life.

Now the theory is, one little thing in his entire equation made him fall apart and now all the hard work he accomplished in his entire career doesn’t even matter anymore.
The Euler-Mascheroni Constant
By: Ujjwal Singh
Tags: History, Math, Mathematics, Science

Remember the harmonic series?

More often than not, it serves as one’s first encounter with a series wherein individual terms diminish successively yet the series diverges to infinity. The below quote nicely sums the up notoriousness of the harmonic series:

Today I said to my calculus students, “I know, you’re looking at this series and you don’t see what I’m warning you about. You look and it and you think, ‘I trust this series. I would take candy from this series. I would get in a car with this series.’ But I’m going to warn you, this series is out to get you. Always remember: The harmonic series diverges. Never forget it.” — Source

Indeed. Never forget. The harmonic series diverges. Flirting continuously with convergence all the way, yet slowly but surely making its way to infinity. Increasing ever so slowly. In your grasp, yet out of it. Coldly tantalising its suitors.

By now, the series’ divergence has been confirmed via myriad different proofs, though none more beautiful than the very first one, which stands out for its simplicity. However, in this article, we would be concerned with the question

Is there any function which provides a decent approximation to the partial sums of the harmonic series?

Here, by partial sums, we mean the first n terms of the series, ie, -

It turns out there is one, the natural logarithm function. As n gets larger, the difference between the partial sums and ln(n) approaches a finite limit. This limit is known as the Euler-Mascheroni constant, γ (gamma).

First appearing in 1734, the constant derives its name from two mathematicians — the ubiquitous Leonhard Euler, and Lorenzo Mascheroni, an Italian mathematician. The notation γ was adopted most probably because of the constant’s connection with the gamma function (extension of the factorial function). Despite being around for almost 300 years, gamma’s rationality is an open question. Also, it is unknown whether gamma is algebraic or transcendental.

How does the harmonic series relate to the logarithm function? That, precisely, is the content of this article. The process followed here relies on geometrical intuition, and is an archetype of a well established test for series convergence, the integral test.

Let

Then,

For better understandability, the article has been divided into four sections
Golden Ratio
Tags: Mathematics Education, Math, Learning, Fibonacci, Mathematics

1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55......

The above pattern is achieved by summing up the last 2 numbers.

1+2=3

2+3=5

3+5=8 and so on....

This is famously known as Fibonacci Series.

Now let's see what happens when we divide the two conseutive numbers:

2÷1=2

3÷2=1.5

5÷3=1.666

8÷5=1.6

13÷8=1.625

21÷13=1.615

34÷21=1.619

55÷34=1.618

As we go ahead with these division of all these consecutive numbers it will give a number converging to 1.618.

This number 1.618 is known as Golden Ratio or Divine Ratio.

When you look around you will find Fibonacci Numbers and Golden Ratio everywhere in nature. No doubt Maths is a language of nature.
FAA Areodynamics of Flight refresher PDF
By: Jon Walsh
Tags: Math, Flying, Physics, Adventure, Aerodynamics

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Elastisitas Harga, Pendapatan dan Silang
By: Wulan Inayah
Tags: Math, Mathematics, Business, Elasticity, Bisnis

“A star will shine no matter where it goes”
CBSE Sample Paper for Class 12 Mathematics 2021 with Solutions in PDF format
By: Study Rate
Tags: Math, Sample Paper, Sample Paper For Class 12, Cbse 2020, Cbse

Download CBSE Sample papers for Class 12 Mathematics and Marking Scheme PDF to understand the pattern of questions asked in the board exam. Know about the important concepts to be prepared for CBSE Class 12 Mathematics board exam and Score More marks. Here we have given CBSE Class 12 Mathematics Sample Papers.

Here we will provides you 10 Sample Paper for class 12 Mathematics 2021

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 12 Mathematics 2021 with solutions and marking scheme in PDF format to free download, in PDF form along with Previous 5 years papers.

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How do two numbers compare?
By: Igor Ivanov
Tags: Math, Mathematics

To compare two numbers, you need to know their size.

Example:

If the numeric size is less, then the number is less.

See also calculator — compare numbers online.
Between
By: Richard Palmquist, Dvm Gdvchm Cchvm
Tags: Life Lessons, Love, Gratitude, Dawn, Poetry

Not all treasure sparkles

— (hidden deep —

Within the earth…)

This…blessed…grey

— holding sunrise hostage

A few moments

— in a nether world

Birds singing

— announcing day —

But somehow

— less demanding

More relaxed

— less insistent —

About beginning

— the duties of the day…

Night lingers

— asking Chronos —

For one more dance

— a rare opportunity —

To be neither

— light… nor…dark…

Colors gently whisper

— promising their gifts —

Before shadows

— gain their ground

Mist hangs there

— offering damp shivers

Promising

— moisture: in a time —

So…devoid…of…rain…

In the Grey

— he smiles —

An only one

— living on a lonely trail

Cold enough to shiver

— pleased enough to notice

What gifts

— this day promises

What luck it is

— to…simply…be…alive…
Talents
Tags: Talent, Thoughts, Feelings, Gratitude, Poetry

I embrace my talents,

we all have them.

I decipher the signals.

If i don’t have that

or that,

It will be for something.

It will be because I have this.

I take care of them,

I bless and thank.
Amy — multitalented, that’s great! I don’t dare perform my own work, but I turn classic songs into new poems, example below. I will add you as a writer for NCiR’, please consider writing for us…
By: Joe Váradi
Tags: Gratitude, Poetry

Amy — multitalented, that’s great! I don’t dare perform my own work, but I turn classic songs into new poems, example below.

I will add you as a writer for NCiR’, please consider writing for us.
My Wheelchair Bound Classmate Made a Habit of Calling Me Names
By: Deante L. Young
Tags: Self Acceptance, Life Lessons, Self Love, Gratitude, Mindset

What would you do if you were horribly overweight, or had a giant nose, or a large forehead or some other humiliating physical quality?

If you were me, you’d wobble your super chubby ass around with self-esteem lower then caterpillar ankles.

What if someone rolled up in a wheelchair and multiple times per week disrespected you by calling you “Big Draws” all because you’re heavy than a Chevy?

If you were me, you’d secretly be embarrassed and pissed, but never retaliate with your own cruel words.

That situation happened to me as a freshman in high school. I was hopelessly overcaloried, when another heavyset student (but not as big as me) showed up in my Art Appreciation class and before long began referring to and addressing me as “Big Draws”

I was always extra embarrassed whenever a classmate would make fun of me when girls were around. I almost never heard teasing from those girls, which doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

As for the wheelchair guy, I couldn’t help but be shocked that he would ridicule me despite being handicapped. It seemed as though he would be self-conscious about that, but he never seemed like it if he were.

Maybe he called me names to make himself feel better. Whatever the case was, I knew right away that I was lucky to only be fat than to have been in his position.

That understanding was enough for me. I didn’t need to stoop to his level of cruelty. Looking back, I know that if I had ridiculed his disability, I would’ve been “the bad guy” to my other classmates.

I never stopped being uncomfortable with the fact that I was (and still am) a porker. But I definitely liked my “predicament” a hell of a lot more than if I had his.

It’s called self acceptance and gratitude.

Have you ever experienced a situation similar to this one? If so, how did you handle it? If not, how do you think you would’ve handled it? Let me know in the comments.
The couple at the heart of this story were initially reluctant to speak with me, and for good…
By: Derek Moore
Tags: Reporters Notebook, News, Journalism, Writing, Gratitude

There’s a couple of points to be made here. One, it’s not uncommon, at least in my experience, for people who are experiencing trauma to want to share what they have been through, even — or perhaps especially? — with a reporter they’ve just met. We are often among the first people on the scene of disaster when the desire to tell the world what happened is most fresh. For this, reporters bear the awesome responsibility to get the details right, but even more than that, to get the story while being sensitive to what that person is going through. “I’m sorry to meet you under these circumstances,” is my standard greeting in these situations. Often, that opens the door.
BEST WAYS TO STOP OVERTHINKING EVERYTHING
Tags: Overthinking, Surroundings, Positive Thinking, Gratitude, Explore

When we don’t compromise or set mutual terms with a situation we tend to overthink, right?

The root cause, probably our brain.

So basically our mind is like a magnet and mostly tries to attract negative vibes. Even though we try to overcome it, unfortunately, our mind gets fixed to it.

I will share my ways of how to stop overthinking everything.

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the opportunity of your lifetime
By: William Liao
Tags: Growth Mindset, Generosity, Gratitude, Compassion

1 idea, 60 seconds, daily to spur action towards our best work and living meaningfully and mindfully

When a person receives an act of generosity, they are more likely to be generous to others. This creates a beautiful chain of generous acts that lead to more generous acts.

This phenomenon is called upstream reciprocity. It’s categorically upstream because without the initial act of generosity — the first domino — the chain reaction doesn’t happen.

The opportunity of your lifetime is getting to make the world a little more kind and gentle by choosing to be the kind of person who generously tips the first domino.
2020: The Best Year I Had so Far
Tags: Life, Reflections, 2020, Writing, Gratitude

2020: The Best Year I Had so Far

Photo by Elton Yung on Unsplash

Soon the numbers will flip. We will have to get used to a new number on the dates. It’s natural that many of us are thinking about the past 12 months.

I’m one of those that reflect. The first emotion that comes up is thankfulness. Not that the year is over, but what it gave me personally.

Here are 3 changes that took place in my life this year.

Writing

When someone shared their writing passion I couldn't understand them. During my philosophy studies writing papers was my least favorite part. I always procrastinated. Only because the deadline was a week ahead I sat down to write. It was so boring and difficult as counting grains of sand.

This year I felt God’s prompting. He said that I have a gift and I don’t use it. I was shocked. How can writing be the thing?

Because I had time, I decided to give it a go. Few weeks in and I truly fell in love with it!

I understand now that philosophy papers were not part of my interest. Mandatory research and academic style made me feel disgusted just by the thought of writing.

I have the privilege to write what I’m passionate about. I get to earn some extra money. Most importantly, it helps me to think. My faith and understanding of the world became much clearer because I started writing.

Relationship With God

All the stress, fear and challenging circumstances made me embrace God’s arm tighter this year. Because of that, I found true peace. It was in God all this time, but I haven’t been focusing on Him.

No matter what challenges the future will bring, I know that I’m standing on the immovable rock. He’s my fortress and my comfort. I don’t need circumstances to be perfect, I need to be with Him.

I’m no Longer Hard on Myself

Relationship with God showed me wrong mindsets that held me back for years. One of the biggest was the fact that I was very hard on myself. I found the root and was able to pluck it out.

I experience a lot more joy and peace as well as productivity. It feels like I got free from slavery.
NIGHTTIME ROUTINES FOR A BETTER SLEEP
Tags: Nighttime Routines, Positive Affirmations, Pechoti Method, Gratitude, Skincare

Learn the tips to be followed for a peaceful sleep

Hitting the sack right after a tiresome day would be the most enjoyable feeling in the world and I am one of it too. But, we should have a sound sleep for it, to make sure it's still more refreshing in the morning.

I’ll suggest my top 10 routines to have a better sleep at night.

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Christmas Isn’t Perfect
By: Ll Miguel
Tags: Perfection, Gratitude, Family, Christmas

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We woke up yesterday morning to my husband yelling…It’s Christmas day!! We slept in to a whopping 7:00 AM.

Groggily wolfing down pancakes, sausage and coffee, my husband laid the gifts out in the family room and got his phone ready.

“After we open all of our gifts, we are going to Facetime everyone in the family to open theirs and to say Merry Christmas.”

The kids and I steeled ourselves phone call after phone call, where two weary hours later, we put on a the new movie “Soul” and sat, while resting. Facetime provided a sad and somewhat effective (yet lonely) way to celebrate the most important holiday of the year.

While watching the movie, I looked around the family room. The family was peaceful, and appeared to be content. You could sense the underlying pain we all felt but could do nothing about. It reminded me in so many ways of the vast imperfections that Christmas held every year before this one. By setting up the largest, looming-est expectations, you almost set yourself up for failure every year hoping this holiday could compensate for the other aspects of your life that are lacking.

It got me thinking of all the other aspects of my life I usually struggle with during the holidays. I don’t talk to my brother anymore. My father passed away five years ago. Several of my relatives don’t even celebrate Christmas. Old friends disappear and the number of Christmas cards we receive in the mail lessen year after year. And if you are really adding in yearly pain, I can’t remember the last time I got a raise at work.

The sadness seeps in while the holiday music blares in the background, and as the inflatables light up the street, I remember what my husband said to me one random holiday year: Christmas isn’t perfect.

It’s something to think about this year as we lament the loss of people, time, money, the ability to travel; this holiday never did give us 100% did it? It could never compensate for what was missing, but it did buoy us — it held us (me) up above that line — for a little while anyway.

It has not been the best year, but this day has brought me a level of hope. As I sit here wearing my new dangling sloth earrings, doing laundry as I prep for the work week to begin, I remember why I celebrate Christmas in the first place: gratitude for what I have in this exact moment.
HOW TO RAISE A HAPPY CHILD
By: Pat Atkinson
Tags: Loneliness, Happiness, Happy Children, Self-awareness, Gratitude

How do I know if my child is happy or unhappy? What are the signs? Every child is different & there is no set method for how to raise a happy child.

This article is not about happy or unhappy parents, but our actions can impact the culture and happiness of our children. How happy you are, affect how happy and successful your children will be. The parental mood has shown significant impacts on the behaviour of children. Happy parents are likely to have happy kids.

Your task as a parent isn’t to become responsible for your children’s happiness. Instead, you need to teach your children the skills they need to manage their emotions in a healthy way.

My wish for every child is the following: ‘Get connected to your life by focussing on your inner feelings to find your purpose. Your purpose in life does not have to be something that you will find at some point in your life. You are never to young or old to find your purpose. Find your purpose right NOW’.
What is Christmas Supposed to Feel Like?
By: Ryan Dejonghe
Tags: Health, Mental Health, Self, Gratitude, Mindfulness

Christmas doing

If anything, I’ve given too much thought to what I should be doing on Christmas: buy presents, wrap presents, bake cookies, deliver cookies, write cards, send cards, host parties, attend parties, and — above all — pretend that I’m happy.

But I’m usually not happy. I’m too exhausted to feel happy.

Yes, I know, the birth of Jesus and “tis the season” and all that. Great. Hallelujah. Wonderful. It doesn’t make me feel any less exhausted.

This year, I plopped up the pre-lit tree, barely spread out the branches (looks like a stick monster with a hundred green twig arms), and had the kids put the ornaments on it. I literally threw the tree skirt on the ground next to it, drank a beer, and said, “fuck it, it’s a 2020 Christmas.”
Thanks..?
Tags: User Experience, Organic, Choices, Gratitude, Thank You

How do I say a thank you to you? Will it be rude?

Will it be obnoxious?

Will it be plain vulgar?

I use you.

Everyday, first thing in the morning. You are poky and scratchy -

but you seem to do the job well.

Some might say you are flexible and bendy,

but that’s not my type.

I like all the colours you come in, be it blue, red, white or even orange — ew!

But you aren’t all that permanent.

Did you know (perhaps you did), that it’s recommended

that I’d have to replace you, every 3 months?

What would happen then? Which colour of you, would I choose next?

Will the new one in the mug, adjust as well as you did? You see, I don’t like this impermanence.

Maybe I should opt for that fancy, organic, wood one -

Would my stern dentist approve?
‘Each morning we are born again. What we do today, is what matters most.’ Buddha
By: Maria Rattray
Tags: Quotes About Life, Living With Purpose, Death And Dying, Acceptance, Gratitude

‘Each morning we are born again. What we do today, is what matters most.’ Buddha

Intellectually we all know it. One day we will die. It’s not a reality we allow ourselves to get too caught up in, though. It’s more important to make time for living. But sometimes that reality lands on the doorstep, an untimely thud, and ready or not, you are left with one choice, how to deal with it.

I’d like share with you, the inspirational story of Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He died of pancreatic cancer, some years ago at the ripe old age of forty-seven. With a wife and three children, and in the midst of pursuing a successful career in science, he would have been forgiven for thinking he had many years ahead of him.

But he didn’t!

He could have been forgiven for being angry.

But he wasn’t.
A Heart Full of Gratitude
By: Gina Pacelli
Tags: Poem, Poetry Sunday, Self, Gratitude, Poetry

A Heart Full of Gratitude

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Today I give thanks,

for family and friends,

who have been there for me,

through good times and bad.

I am thankful for my health.

Without it, where would I be?

I am grateful to be alive,

in such crazy times.

I’m lucky to have food,

to garnish my plate.

To fill my belly,

and never go hungry.

I am thankful for little things,

such as sunshine and rainbows,

many precious moments,

and adventures experienced.

I’m happy for the money I make,

which allows me to live.

To be employed,

despite COVID.

I am thankful for challenges,

I have overcome.

Without them,

how would I grow?

Today, I give thanks,

with a heart full of gratitude.
So Long 2020, Week 42 in the Time of Coronavirus
By: Janet Zinn
Tags: Self Care Tips, Mental Health, Gratitude, Coronavirus, Mindfulness

Before the end of this week we will welcome in a new year. Never will there have been a greater collective sigh throughout the globe than at the rotating midnight hour of 1/1/2021. We all faced many challenges throughout the year. And we all learned essential truths about ourselves. I learned that doing less was a relief. I learned that patience is not an end point, but an ongoing process. I learned to use my crankier tendences as a reflection on what vulnerabilities I am attempting to protect. I learned that I still have a lot to learn in asking for help. Plus, I learned that 2020 gave us endless opportunities to learn. I also learned that even with the possibility of learning, sometimes learning to relax was the best option.

Having to slow down gave me a chance to see the best in others. Family, friends and others shared their kindness and generosity of spirit again and again. Courage rose exponentially as we faced multiple traumas. There was the courage to get through a single day. And there was the courage to recreate ourselves in the face of endless hardships.

I’m uncertain what the future brings. I long to travel, but don’t want to go anywhere until we’re all safe. I yearn live theater, however, I can’t say what that might look like post-pandemic. January 1st will look pretty much the same as the other days these past months. Nevertheless, I feel tremendous hope for our near future. We still have the beauty of nature, as long as we treat our natural world with respect. Thanks to acts of goodness and kindness, both apparent and unseen, we will continue to make it through this time of Coronavirus. Personally, I thank you for reading these blog posts. By giving your time and attention, you have been invaluable to me.

Self-care Tips:

· Rather than looking for happiness, try working on feeling deeply satisfied.

· Instead of New Year’s resolutions, think of what you’d like to let go of at the end of this year.

· Sleep, laugh and cry. Not necessarily altogether, but each provides relief and release.

· Review this past year and acknowledge all you accomplished, both large and small wins.

· Review this past year and celebrate the inner strengths you never knew you had.
Thank-you Note
By: Jane Woodman
Tags: Sonnetry, Christmas, Sonnet, Love, Gratitude

Thank-you Note

Christmas at author’s house

One of the visible spirits of Grace in my life,

You offer me always more love than I’ve ever deserved;

With critical eye and kind heart you regard what I do

And judge it all with generosity, always unswerved.

When I go walking the thin ice of hard public scrutiny,

Your hand’s there to steady my paces so I rarely stumble;

With warmth you pick out for me what’s best in work that I do,

And still your intelligence questions me, keeping me humble.

There have been many times when, to do all the work that I wanted

To do, I would try to be tireless, hard-palmed and tough;

Every time I have failed and then blamed myself for all my weaknesses,

Your quiet applause has convinced me my best is enough.

If you now suspect you’re the one to whom this is addressed,

Know you are indeed a Grace with which my life has been blest.
Well-Being On Christmas
By: Nanda Jurela
Tags: Santosha, Holidays, Life Changing Moment, Wellbeing, Gratitude

Painting by Julian Merrow-Smith, on 20 December 2010. Sold.

Santosha, my first thought on Christmas Day. Santosha means contentment and was one of Patanjali’s disciplines.

May Santosha fill your soul, body and mind. May it shine in you and from you into the world. May these holidays give you memories that are friendly and sweet. No stress.

Christmas Day 2014

…

The impression of this day made for a succint writing. In retrospect, it was the beginning of a new chapter that improved my life holistically and irreversibly. I did not look back — the results were so good.

…

Shared on my blog:
Nothing happened this Christmas, thank goodness!
By: Denise Shelton
Tags: Short Story, Christmas, Short Read, Shortform Stories, Gratitude

Nothing happened this Christmas, thank goodness!

Nobody woke up hungover today because getting drunk is the only way to endure Christmas with Uncle X, Grandma Y, or Cousin Z. A visiting cat didn’t knock one of our favorite ornaments off of the tree, smashing it to smithereens. We avoided pretending to like our coworkers’ loathsome Secret Santa gifts. No one humiliated us by snoring open-mouthed through midnight Mass. Our families are spared jaw-dropping credit card bills due to overspending to impress out-of-town guests. Food servers, actors, and musicians spent Christmas at home for once. Countless arguments, car accidents, and heartbreaks were avoided. And, best of all, if the kids didn’t make it home for the holidays this year, it was because they do care about us. Christmas 2020 had a bright side. Let’s remember what worked this year in planning for 2021.
Winter Solstice, Welcome
By: Nanda Jurela
Tags: Blessings, Welcome, Gratitude, Winter Solstice

Image credit to Pure Wow

May your new season be everything you ask for and everything you work for.

Envision what it would mean to thrive, how you could feel, what you would do, who is with you, and how you relate to, celebrate and grow the good fortune in your life — and then, do what you can to do make that happen. Day light is increasing in the Northern hemisphere. I already think of the plants I want to grow in the coming year.

Love and light to this new chapter. I am especially grateful to the balance, harmony, peace expanding in my life, to the new invigorating entrepreneurial energies coming in, to the permaculture wizards who teach me what tomorrow will look like, and that I am noticing more earth kindness than ever… If not with the mainstream (maybe that is too much to ask, ha ha), but with the awake. May the good continue.

Winter solstice 2018

#solstice #Christmas#onsetofwinter (North) #onsetofsummer (South)

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Shared on my blog:
Good Morning
Tags: Everyday Life, Good Morning, Gratefulness, Gratitude, Everyday

Good morning!! Wake up! Open your eyes, look at yourself in the mirror. Who do you see? Notice how you look good. Think about everything you have. What you are grateful for, being healthy, being able to have relitives near by. For having friends and family that love you. Everyday should be a good day. Keep that smile going. :)

Have a wonderful day ❤
The Blessings of Writing for Medium.com
By: Summer Simonton
Tags: Personal Development, Happiness, Writing, Gratitude, Medium

The Blessings of Writing for Medium.com

Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash

It is with much gratitude that I am writing to say Happy Holidays!

To all of you writers, followers, commenters, clappers, etc. you are a wonderful community and I am so blessed to be on this platform.

Wishing all of you much love, light, peace, and Divine perfect health. There is more stories and good to come in 2021.

With much gratitude,

SUMMER SIMONTON
A Week For Love In December
By: Nanda Jurela
Tags: Jesus, Christmas, Love, Gratefulness, Gratitude

Artwork by V. Vaveikin, on Etsy, by LanaPicArt / Svetlana Vaveikin — https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/893336520/original-oil-painting-of-clementinesfine

May the holidays refresh you and make you smile a lot.

Use this time on what you need: a lucky break from routines, the opportunity to spend time on something that restores you or with good people, to observe the sacred in the land (post solstice), in the collective consciousness (festivities), in the generosity of December (communal life). Imagine how our communities could be, if the seasonal good will and caring that people get a break, are fed, have a positive memory were an every day attitude.

Merry Christmas.

As usual, juicy music from my home out into the world, heaps of gratitude to the blessings in my life.

Also thanks and respect to the Palestinian Jew whose birth is observed in this time, who grew up to embody a love that was like water in the desert, who healed many by laying on his hands, by commanding the problem to go, by using words like “Stand up!”, directed at a person who would then stand up and go back to their tasks as if they had never been ill or suffered. Thanks and respect to his parents too for raising Jesus and giving him what he needed as a child to become the adult he was. The tone of love that Mary and Joseph set in their home is what nurtured the young Jesus (although this piece of wisdom had been omitted and forgotten by many, since the reflections on Jesus were not written down by people who parented children and had no way of knowing what it means to raise the young with skill).

May the love of the moment catch you too.

Santosha and a friendly end of the year.

25 December 2018

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2020 Holiday & New Year’s Wishes — Just for You
By: The Secret Aspirant
Tags: Wishes, 2020, Médium, Writing, Gratitude

Foremost, I just wanted to say ‘Thank you’ sincerely for deliberately clicking the “Follow” button and having taken a short journey with me so far through the end of this incredibly sobering year, 2020.

It’s been odd and telling to say the least to write on a platform that generally involves a premise that isn’t normally my way of connecting myself with the rest of the world, but here we are.

I appreciate friendly debates and apologize if it may not have been taken the same way over strong opinions I sometimes have had about certain topics. (◦•●✿ Christina M. Ward ✿●•◦ — you certainly know how I feel about the unfortunate allure (and forced behavior) new platforms like NewsBreak have on us).

I officially starting writing seriously on Medium since May 2020 of this year due mostly in part to this COVID-19 pandemic as I’m sure it propelled many similarly as well.

But it was both the pandemic and US politics in the end that pushed me out of my silence onto the keyboard to pursue writing, something I personally believe I should have done a long time ago, which I am regrettably trying to rectify that now. I’m still figuring it all out but I’m happy for the lessons I’ve learned so far and for your support in the very least being my first followers of 2020.

I chose a genderless pen name both as a social experiment as well as for other practical reasons — I guess more on that when the time is right and no need to keep on blabbing on about myself now.

So in any case, given the holidays and nearing year-end it seemed only proper to give you a gift of which I can definitely offer back which is: reading some of your pieces, claps (progressively til the end of the year), as well as intended amicable commentary or questions to some which I’ve also mentioned here with a message just for you.

It’s also a 2-way street. If you have some suggestions, corrections, or commentary back for me, I’m ears and can take criticisms.

So here is to wishing you all a very safe and healthy holiday and wishing you individually as well as collectively as humanity the power of hope (like wishing on a shooting star in the ombré-dusk skies) to carry on and beyond in 2021!
December’s Custom Of Spreading Love
By: Nanda Jurela
Tags: Christmas, 2020, Holidays, Love, Gratitude

Treat yourself to well-being on this day. Today is a good day for gratitude. Today is a good day for connection.

If you are social distancing this year, connect with all you love through your heart centre and send them a sincere blessing for the year on the way.

May everything that is good in your journey grow and keep your heart lit.

The habit of spreading love in December is a taste of what the rest of the year can be… Merry Christmas.

25 December 2020

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Image credit to Kukkala.fi. Winter decor for small spaces.

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One Word That Changed My Life
By: Supriya Sharma
Tags: Abundance, Transformation, Life, New Year, Gratitude

One Word That Changed My Life

Source: Pixabay

Are you on the quest of becoming a better person? Having a fulfilled life? Being in a state of happiness? Achieving your goals? Having lovelier relationships?

If you’ve come to believe that online courses, retreats, coaches, mentors, friends, journals, blogs, etc. can be pivotal in your catharsis, you’ve terribly mistaken. YOU are the only one who has the capacity and capability to transform your life. Struggle no more, the right moment is here.

I invite you to replace the words HAVE TO with the word GET.

Sometimes, a single word can be magical.

You don’t HAVE TO finish writing that dissertation which you’ve been working on for past 2 years, you GET to conclude that…and as you do so, you would earn the degree you were keen on receiving as a key to your next promotion…how stupefying is that?

You don’t HAVE TO work out, you GET to work out….and while you do, you get to exercise your body in ways so many others are not able to, and in teh bargain you are creating a healthy present and future for yourself…how astonishing is that?

You don’t HAVE TO take care of your mum who’s keeping unwell this winter, you GET to…many others don’t have the good fortune of serving the person who’s the reason of their existence in this world...how amazing that you do?

You don’t HAVE TO go to work today, you GET to go to work today…many people have no source of income, no source of purpose, no source of utilising their education and knowledge…and look at yourself, out there working hard with clients and team members…how remarkable is that?

You don’t HAVE TO take your boyfriend’s call during lunch hour, you GET to speak to him…umpteen number of humans are on the constant look out for that person with whom they can share their life and soak up in love…how astounding that you have such a bae who cares for you?

You don’t HAVE TO pray, you GET to spend time in the company of that super power who you believe in…many others aren’t able to make that connection with the divine…how marvellous that you are spiritually sound?

You don’t HAVE TO wake up to the alarm each morning, you GET to witness the rising Sun…not many get this opportunity, life is uncertain…how awesome that you are amongst lucky few?

When you make this shift, you’ll leave the space of scarcity and fear, and enter a space of abundance and gratitude.

Give it a go this new year and watch the magic happen in 2021!
Don’t Invest Yourself In The Wrong People
Tags: Writing Tips, Gratitude, Illumination, Wrong People

Because when you invest yourself in the wrong people, they break you into pieces they tore you apart, in such a way that it takes years and years to get back together.

This life is a test and a trial and tests our trial is never supposed to be easy so when you’re expecting are from life, And life gives you lemons then you make the lemonade and then do not blame life for that because you were expecting ease from a trial. Trials make she was stronger a better person. Life is a trial every time you realize that.

The real happiness is doesn’t lie in money, success, fame. It lies within real happiness lies in gratitude.

What attracts people to one another can be the very defences that hold them back in life.

Relationships make our life meaningful because man is a social animal and cannot survive alone, There are numerous occasions in life when we have shared our joy, sorrow, happiness, and feelings with our near and dear ones. They have offered support in ups and downs and they form a chain with the society.

Our mind is like a bird, wherever the bird flies and wanders about, it has to come back to its nest and likewise, the relationships; be it, mother, sister or brother can never be erased or denied, whether we accept it or not. Though there are occasions when we like to be left alone, it is a vicious circle where it is impossible to be alone always.

The moment you stop thinking of whats going on with your partner is the moment you had enough.

Truth is, no two people are completely compatible, We have to learn to become one, That means we may have to make sacrifices; we may have to overlook some things. We must be willing to compromise for the good of the relationship.

Stay away with the people who make you feel crappy, and stick with the one who makes you feel happy.

Everything you do and every step you take today will shape your tomorrow.

Thanks for reading…
Gratitude and Optimism: Two Keys For a Happy Life
By: Deante L. Young
Tags: Happiness, Self Improvement, Optimism, Self-awareness, Gratitude

With each passing day, I’m always thinking of how grateful I am for the circumstances of my life.

I journal about it often.

My hope is that you are also aware of the enormous importance of having and expressing gratitude in your life.

Optimism goes hand in hand with gratitude. Without having either, life won’t be nearly as enjoyable as it can be, in spite of the challenges that we all face every day.

Gratitude means that you’re grateful for the big things, the little things and everything in between. You appreciate life and you understand that you’re lucky to have the circumstances of your existence.

Again, it doesn’t matter what those circumstances are. Your life can always be better, but it can really be much worse.

Optimism means that you firmly believe in the possibility that things will get better, something will be accomplished or otherwise “go your way.” It’s living with faith in the universe. Faith in a higher power.
The Good Egg: The Gift Of Gratitude
By: The Good Egg
Tags: Meditation, Health, Wellness, Gratitude, Mindfulness

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🎄🎄 Merry Christmas Everyone 🎁🎁

Today, I’m sending you all a quick gratitude meditation so that we can remember to appreciate all the good in our lives.

This guided meditation is from the Greater Good In Action website created by the University of California, Berkeley.

Listen to this 11-minute guided gratitude meditation by Dr. Kathi Kemper, executive director of the Ohio State University College of Medicine’s Center for Integrative Health and Wellness.

Whatever we may be doing today, remember to be grateful for all that we have :)

-The Good Egg 🐣
Looking at the New Horizon with Beaming Freshness, Confidence and Gratitude
By: Tapiwa Zuze
Tags: Freshness, Confidence, Horizons, New Era, Gratitude

Death is the anti-thesis of life. The reverse of the original intention of God.

The year 2020 has not been friendly to the entire living world. All activities were brought to a complete standstill, be it socio-politico-economic or otherwise. The entire world was choked and brought to a complete standstill through various lockdown measures and stages.

Read more at https://www.tapiwazuze.com/2020/12/looking-at-new-horizon-with-beaming.html

But be assured beyond any reasonable doubt that all the multi-faceted troubles and impediments encountered in the preceding year were just temporary sideshows of the devil trying to choke the world to a premature death. Fortunately for us she the year 2020 is now weak and fast approaching her complete demise on 31 December 2020. Come 1 January 2021 we will be peeping into the new horizon full of sincere freshness, confidence and gratitude.

As 2020 nears its ultimate demise; may your happiness, aspirations, careers, coffers and opportunities vegetate the same way the landscape often does after the periodic torrents of mother nature. Just as when the landscape nature sheds her sombre brown garment of the yester season and gets donned in the green garbs of Yuletide, so will be your 2021 and beyond.

In 2021; may you disconnect yourself from situations that dog you, and illogical relationship that torment your soul. Push and shove away all stumbling blocks, troubles, melancholy, misery, pain, ache, disappointments, and stings. They are never meant to be your portion in this new horizon and beyond.

In 2021; may you move on and never look back. May Jehovah Elshaddai grants you good, acceptable, admirable, advantageous, angelic, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, capable, caring, charitable, commendable, conscientious, considerate, decent, delightful, dependable, dutiful, efficient, enjoyable, ethical, excellent, exemplary life free from the daggers of evil.

In 2021; we pray for the Coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic) to be thwarted for the good of humanity and existence.

It shall be well for you and your family, and all those who depend upon your benevolence.

Sleep peacefully and trust Jehovah Elshaddai who is doing it for you.

With gracious thanks and praise.

Author: Forget Tsoro

Editor: Tapiwa Zuze
Breathe Notice Grateful Wonder — Day 25 of Simplicity
By: Mike Rusert
Tags: Wonder, Christmas, Breathing, Gratitude, Spirituality

Day Twenty-five — Wonder — 25 Days of Simplicity

Merry Christmas!



Today, and every day,

may love be born in us.



May we remember to breathe.



May our breath in…

and breath out…

be a moment to pause

and to notice the miracle of being.



May that noticing

then fill us with gratitude.



Thank you, Love.



And from the depths of our being -

from dark nourishing roots

reaching from Mother Earth’s warm heart

to starry cosmos above -

may we enter into awe and wonder

for this Great Mystery.



That Love is made known in the fleshy real.

That we are blessed to join in the Unending Dance…





Peace and breath and love



Merry Christmas, my friends!