Sip of Soup

Uplifting Insights & Life-Balancing Tools

   

February                                                                                                                             2011
Dear Fellow Caregiver,  

Greetings from snowy Colorado!  Welcome to Sip of Soup, my monthly tools to help you balance your life physically, mentally, and spiritually. May my messages give you inspiration, warm your heart and touch your soul... like taking a sip of comforting chicken soup. 

Positively Yours,
LeAnn

LeAnn

 

Positivity Power

"We have a lot less money, but we're a lot happier these days," a woman told me at a recent event. That same week I read yet another study proving that people with a lot of money are not happier than people with little. "Instead of going out, we fix meals together, play board games and watch movies at home," the woman beamed.

 

Lessons from LeAnn
woman chasing the dollar

When my hubby and I were newlyweds we lived in married student housing for $68 a month (now I sound like my mother!) These were the "poorest" and some of the happiest days of my life. Do you recall a time you were "poor" but happy?

 

The effect of income on life satisfaction is transient, researchers say. Economics are not a measure of happiness.

 

British Prime Minister Cameron understood that when, a few weeks ago, he insisted that the annual household survey poll residents, not only on their income, but on their level of happiness. This information, combined with existing data, will better measure the quality of life, he claims.

 

I've watched people lose their health to make more money, then lose their money to restore their health. Sometimes our zealous quests for money take its toll on us, physically, mentally, and spiritually and inhibits our commitments to truly live our priorities.

 

Perhaps success isn't the person who has the most things, but the one who needs less.

 

We've all heard adage, "Few people on their death beds say, "Gosh I wish I'd spent more time at work.'" I often ask myself, "Are you making a living, or making a life?"

 

What are you making?

In This Issue
Positivity Power
Lessons from LeAnn
Sip du Jour
Balancing Life
Bring LeAnn to You
About LeAnn Thieman

Sip du Jour

A Healthy Quote:

"It's time we admit there is more to life than money, and it's time we focused not just on the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) but on the GWB--General Well-Being."

David Cameron

British Prime Minister

 

Insight & Contentment

Balancing Life

To learn more about living a balanced life you can order LeAnn's book Balancing Life in Your "War Zones;" a Guide to Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health:

 

Bring LeAnn to You

To find out more about having LeAnn Thieman bring healthy balance and inspiration to your staff or organization, Click Here.

About LeAnn Thieman

Best-Selling Author, Nurse, Wife, Mother & Grandmother, National Speaker Association Hall of Fame.

Co-Author: Chicken Soup for the Nurse's SoulChicken Soup for the Caregiver's Soul, and nine other  Chicken Soup for the Soul titles including the latest: Chicken Soup for the Soul - A Book of Miracles.
Author: Balancing Life in Your "War Zones - A Guide to Physical, Mental & Spiritual Health; This Must Be My Brother, Adrift in the Storms: A Twenty Year Journey to Peace.

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