By Brett Jones
Guest Writer for Wake Up World

What is Happiness? When we say we are seeking happiness what we really mean is, we will be happy when we get everything we want. Unfortunately life is not built like that.

Many seek happiness by wanting the world to conform to their desires. They work hard and attempt to influence people to do what they want, even manipulate or tell lies to bend reality to their needs. This is the ego’s way of being happy. It never works.

What we really seek is not happiness but peace. Why? Peace comes from bending ourselves to reality. The ego never wants us to do this. Bending ourselves means to accept what is. No matter what occurs we can be at peace with it when we can look at the event and say to ourselves “Interesting that this happened, now what am I going to do about it”?

By Katrin Geist
Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Ah, the curse of plastics! They surround us on all levels, in all areas of life. They also cause major health and environmental problems. One of my earliest memories is that of Mom tightening and tying up the (plastic) diaper straps around my groin. Not nice when too tight.

Fast forward 40 years: to this day, disposable diapers – while doubtlessly a huge aid to parents everywhere – contribute a mountain of plastic waste that is not easily dealt with. And of course it’s not only diapers. This is but one example of a large problem: introducing exorbitant quantities (245+ million tons of plastic each year — Lithner 2011) of substances to our planet that it has no concept of integrating.

Nature works perfectly in all of her cycles. There is no such thing as waste. Everything is food. Not so in our world. Initiatives like “Cradle to Cradle” and “upcycling” are slowly beginning to change this, however.

In order to heal you must first stop the trauma. Do you allow others to treat you in ways that are less than you deserve? Do you abuse yourself with your negative self talk or poor boundaries? Dear Ones, loving another should never come at the cost of not loving yourselves. The balance and nurturing you seek comes from loving yourself just as tenderly and unconditionally as you love others. ~Archangel Gabriel

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God said:

You can give away too much of yourselves. Sometimes you like to give away too much. Even as you know you are overdoing, you feel impelled or compelled to give away too much of your own hide. I wonder what it is that you think you have to prove. And to whom are you proving it? To others or to yourself? Is there something somewhere that you think you have to atone for? You didn’t get the idea of overdoing and sacrifice from Me, beloveds.

When you give away too much, you are exceeding. You are simply giving away too much. No one asked you to. Or, if someone does ask or expect it of you, still it’s something you ask of yourself or demand of yourself. You may feel this beforehand or afterwards and then you recognize and are dismayed at your lopsidedness. Still, you do it.

There is an expression: Giving your whole heart and soul.

Giving your whole heart and soul to Me is one thing. Giving your whole heart and soul to the world doesn’t carry the same ring. Your giving away everything is not the same as loving everyone. Perhaps somewhere in your psyche, you believe you have to make up for something, and you don’t know what. Let Me state this clearly and firmly:

I do not ask you to be a martyr. Martyrdom is not meant to be a conscious or unconscious ambition.

Your giving is not to subtract from you. If you give more than you can give, you are suspect. You may be making yourself into a self-induced self-proclaimed martyr. Yes, by all means, give. This does not mean to give all your life energy away.

When thinking about mint, green, aromatic and refreshing are the first three words that pop in our mind. But that’s not enough to describe this wonderful herb.

Mint is rich in powerful antioxidants such as vitamin C, E, B6, AK, riboflavin and folic acid.

Here is a list of some of the most beneficial effects of mint:

Improves digestion

The best effect mint has on your body is improving digestion. For best results in improving your digestion, drink mint tea regularly.

Irritated intestines 

Scientists have discovered that mint is very efficient in healing symptoms of irritated intestines.