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Faith and 6 other F-words to live by

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  1.  FUN – Keep fun in your agenda…watch funny show, movies, play board games, write, enjoy theaters and museums, ride zip lines, attend concerts, go to the state fair, go to the beach.  Enjoying FUN things releases natural “feel-good” hormones called endorphins.  These endorphins combat stress and are therefore good for us.
  2.   FITNESS – Keeps you thriving….golf, walk, swim, bike, hike in national parks or near a waterfall, run, dance, garden, play soccer, strength train.  Keep yourself active.
  3.   FINANCES – The most precious thing money buys is time….family time, beach time, dinner time, playing with your kids time.  Do you need the latest technology, the coolest car (OK, maybe?) or the largest house?  Those things will count for nothing when you die, but money spent on the people you love and places that you visit that hold special meaning for you will.
  4.   FLIGHT – Travel, trek and tour…explore that you are not the center of the universe and that the USA has many attributes, as well as faults.  Look for the beauty everywhere you go.  Beauty in the sky, at a lake, near the beach, overlooking a mountain, walking on a trail: all that God has blessed us with.  Inhale the sights and sounds that renew your connection to our Creator.
  5.   FAMILY – Family has many meanings…it could be your wife/husband and your children, but these days family has multiple meanings.  It can be an endearing term, but if you aren’t close to your immediate family,  you may need to look for family elsewhere.  Look for family where you find belonging – maybe at work, the gym, church or organization.
  6.   FAITH – Faith is something that embraces you and keeps you from falling when all else fails.  Faith is the grip of the parachutist, faith is the grasp of trapeze artist.  It is a clutch that embraces you from just beyond the edge of darkness.  It is an authority that knows its way through darkness because it comes from the light.  When you keep faith, it keeps you.
  7.   FORGIVENESS – Live the Lords prayer.  It all seems to depend on forgiving others as we want to be forgiven.

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