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Encouraging Words

ENCOURAGING WORDS: Are You Willing to Do the Thing?

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 by Paradise News Team

In February’s Encouraging Words, Dr. Dennis Merritt Jones explores our willingness to do the things on our to-do lists.

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Encouraging Words: Will Your BS Hold You Back in 2021?

January 3, 2021January 1, 2021 by Paradise News Team

In January’s Encouraging Words advice column, Dr. Dennis Merritt Jones asks ‘Will your BS hold you back in 2021?’

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Discover the Wisdom of Equanimity in 2021

December 31, 2020November 30, 2020 by Paradise News Team

In December’s Encouraging Words advice column, Dr. Dennis Merritt Jones explores discovering the wisdom of equanimity in 2021.

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Encouraging Words: An Attitude of Gratitude

November 19, 2020October 31, 2020 by Paradise News Team

Dennis Merritt Jones reflects on an attitude of gratitude in his November Encouraging Words Advice column.

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ENCOURAGING WORDS: The Bridge to a Better Place

September 29, 2020 by Paradise News Team

By Dr. Dennis Merritt Jones Authentic Kindness Matters Your act of kindness could be the bridge that another person needs at that moment to get him or her through the day. … Read more

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Encouraging Words: Take Care of Your Vehicle

July 31, 2020 by Paradise News Team

Take Care of Your Vehicle . . .It’s the Only One You’ll Get to Drive “Acceptance is the act of embracing what life presents to you with a good attitude. Our … Read more

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Encouraging Words: The Anatomy of Worrying

June 12, 2020May 31, 2020 by Paradise News Team

Encouraging Words By Dennis Merritt Jones “Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.”  ~ Mark Twain With the coronavirus pandemic front and center for the past five months, … Read more

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Encouraging Words: Inconveniences

May 3, 2020 by Paradise News Team

By Dennis Merritt Jones Knowing the difference between a problem and an inconvenience makes every day of life a more meaningful experience. Friends, The Covid19 virus is giving us a … Read more

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Encouraging Words: Uncertainty is Not the Enemy, Fear of It Is

April 1, 2020 by Paradise News Team

ENCOURAGING WORDS By Dennis Merritt Jones The likelihood is that while I am sitting alone in my home writing this article you are sitting in your home alone (perhaps with … Read more

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ENCOURAGING WORDS: LOVE IS NOT IN SHORT SUPPLY

February 2, 2020 by Paradise News Team

“What you seek is seeking you. …Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against … Read more

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