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We Exist Outside of Space -Time / Is Death an Illusion? / School Calendar 2022-23

Little Planet | World Royalty Free Music EthnicLove
is the only power
capable of spinning Worlds
into existence.
.
Beautiful.

We begin our Journey
of Life
with the Love
God,
Blessing countless
generations.
 And,
we arrive with the Love
that we Truly
are.

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Life
can become
the best experience ever.
You will not want it
to end.
.
It can be
so immersive and amazing.
You can start feeling
like your Life
is not your own.
And it is
not.
.
We
are part of a collective
Journey
beyond understanding.
Sunrise HD - Wallpaper, High Definition, High Quality, WidescreenWhen we Love
others
as we Love ourselves,
it connects us all into
one
through space
and our brief moment in
Time.
.
Love
connects us
to God.

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We can become
one,
 because we are
one.

Joseph Rain“Life
is the fundamental Essence
of all reality.

It doesn’t emerge,
and it never dies.
Life simply is.
It’s the inherent quality of everything
that is or is not.
Under certain conditions,
Life awakens,

and we call it Living.
But eventually all Living forms decay
and through so-called death,
Life transforms back into
its elementary stage;

the Infinite potential for expression.
We comprehend such transition as dying,
but death is just a term we invented to mark
the end of Living.
Everything that is born and dies
is an expression of so-called
Absolute Life,

which exists as a continuum in everything, everywhere, always, and on all levels,
forever
seeking new ways of becoming alive.

We should, therefore, replace the popular saying
“it’s all about Life and death”
with
“it’s all about birth and death,
while
Life is Eternal.”

–  Joseph Rain,
The Unfinished Book about Who We Are

Beautiful Sunset, Nature, Landscape | AmOWe Live in a
collective, Spiritual, magical, sublime Life
that simply can not be expressed in
words.

We 
are a Divine Form of Art
that combines Elements
of
God’s Love.
.

And,
knowledge of this
helps us to reach the apex
of Awareness.
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expresses the Mind
of the Artist.
And we have the same
expectation,
as we engage
Creation.

“You are worthy, O Lord our God,
to receive glory and honor and power.
For you created all things,
and they exist because you created
what you pleased.”

Revelation 4:11

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we exist
outside
of Space -Time.

At the end of Life,
what we want is more
Time.

 This knowing,
helps bring to reality
that the most precious thing we have
is Time.

1,404 Meadow Rainbow Flowers Photos - Free & Royalty-Free Stock Photos ...But because we are not aware
that Time does not exist,
we do not feel the need to focus
on the now,
this precious Moment,
in which all Living
takes place.

There have always been people
who were able to see through
the Reality of Life,
who discovered the Absolute Reality
of the Eternal
now,
THIS moment.

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 Look around you.
There is Beauty
everywhere.
You can come
to Love and Truly appreciate
the Beauty
of God’s Creations.
.
His Love
Blossoms in the Beauty
of every Flower,
in every Leaf and every
Tree.
God’s Artwork is all around us,
displayed in Nature.
.
And His Art,
and His Love,
Blossoms in
YOU.

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 The tears you may cry
in this moment,
can water the Flowers
that Bloom in your
Heart.
Questions you have,
will have answers.
Your Prayers
have been heard.
.
You
will be Guided by the Grace
of God
and Blessed with his Eternal
Love.
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 Our Lord
will calm and console
broken and bruised
Hearts.

No Life
does exactly what we think
it is supposed
to do. 
Praise be to God
for All His Blessings
and His Eternal Love,
Compassion, Mercy and Grace.
.
God is Love.
And His Love is
you
.

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The Music
of this moment
is so Beautiful.
It is played
 as it is supposed
to be.
.
Let us Praise
our Lord God
for All His Blessings
and Love,
His Compassion, Mercy
and Grace.
He Truly is
Beautiful.
And so are
you.

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It’s amazing how Thoughtful
Prayer
can change our perception
of what is real.
Prayer
gives us Hope
that there’s something more
to Life,
than Living.
To Pray
will make profound changes
in Life.
.
It transports us
to a Sacred Place
in the Heart.
It is not a distant
Place.
It is as near to you
as the Lord.
And,
it is easy to find.
.
When looking 
in Prayer,
you
have arrived.

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My Dear Friend,
You
are God’s Wonderful, Beautiful
Creation.
.
If you know
what is your real LIFE purpose,
you will always find the way to get there
and fill your Heart
with Light and Love.
Just relax and let it
be.

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 Prayer
transports you
to a Place that you
feel.
.
It is a Place that it is
easy
to get to.
 And,
you will be eager
to arrive.

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 Let the Love 
of God
wash over you
and cloak you in its
Beauty and Simplicity
and Comfort.
.
Our World
is a better place
when we recognize 
God’s Love
in it.
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.Prayerful Thought
will elicit Beautiful feelings,
that we can be more mindful
in all aspects of
Being
.

It is amazing
to see how a small act 
of Kindness
can touch so many people
in our World.
The Beauty of a
Kind Act
touches us all in the same way.
.
Prayer
gives us a Sparkle
of Hope,
a speck of Light
among the darkness
that prevails in Life.
.
It is amazing
how Communion with God
can change Life,
how God’s Love
can provide so much Hope,
how it Soothes our thoughts,
makes our World
a Hopeful and Happy
Place.

Goodnight.

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Is Death an Illusion?
Evidence Suggests Death Isn’t the End
by Robert Lanza
in Psychology Today

Life is an adventure that transcends our ordinary linear way of thinking.

After the death of his old friend, Albert Einstein said “Now Besso has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us … know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”

New evidence continues to suggest that Einstein was right, death is an illusion.

Our classical way of thinking is based on the belief that the world has an objective observer-independent existence. But a long list of experiments shows just the opposite. We think life is just the activity of carbon and an admixture of molecules: we live awhile and then rot into the ground.

We believe in death because we’ve been taught we die. Also, of course, because we associate ourselves with our body and we know bodies die. End of story. But biocentrism, a new theory of everything, tells us death may not be the terminal event we think. Amazingly, if you add life and consciousness to the equation, you can explain some of the biggest puzzles of science. For instance, it becomes clear why space and time – and even the properties of matter itself – depend on the observer. It also becomes clear why the laws, forces, and constants of the universe appear to be exquisitely fine-tuned for the existence of life.

Until we recognize the universe in our heads, attempts to understand reality will remain a road to nowhere.

Consider the weather ‘outside’: You see a blue sky, but the cells in your brain could be changed so the sky looks green or red. In fact, with a little genetic engineering we could probably make everything that is red vibrate or make a noise, or even make you want to have sex, as it does with some birds. You think its bright out, but your brain circuits could be changed so it looks dark out. You think it feels hot and humid, but to a tropical frog it would feel cold and dry. This logic applies to virtually everything. Bottom line: What you see could not be present without your consciousness.

In truth, you can’t see anything through the bone that surrounds your brain. Your eyes are not portals to the world. Everything you see and experience right now‚ even your body, is a whirl of information occurring in your mind. According to biocentrism, space and time aren’t the hard, cold objects we think. Wave your hand through the air – if you take everything away, what’s left? Nothing. The same thing applies for time. Space and time are simply the tools for putting everything together.

Consider the famous two-slit experiment. When scientists watch a particle pass through two slits in a barrier, the particle behaves like a bullet and goes through one slit or the other. But if you don’t watch, it acts like a wave and can go through both slits at the same time. So how can a particle change its behavior depending on whether you watch it or not? The answer is simple, reality is a process that involves your consciousness.

Or consider Heisenberg’s famous uncertainty principle. If there is really a world out there with particles just bouncing around, then we should be able to measure all their properties. But you can’t. For instance, a particle’s exact location and momentum can’t be known at the same time. So why should it matter to a particle what you decide to measure? And how can pairs of entangled particles be instantaneously connected on opposite sides of the galaxy as if space and time don’t exist? Again, the answer is simple: because they’re not just ‘out there’—space and time are simply tools of our mind.

Death doesn’t exist in a timeless, spaceless world. Immortality doesn’t mean a perpetual existence in time, but resides outside of time altogether.

Our linear way of thinking about time is also inconsistent with another series of recent experiments. In 2002, scientists showed that particles of light “photons” knew, in advance,what their distant twins would do in the future. They tested the communication between pairs of photons. They let one photon finish its journey – it had to decide whether to be either a wave or a particle. Researchers stretched the distance the other photon took to reach its own detector. However, they could add a scrambler to prevent it from collapsing into a particle. Somehow, the first particle knew what the researcher was going to do before it happened, and across distances instantaneously as if there were no space or time between them. They decide not to become particles before their twin even encounters the scrambler. It doesn’t matter how we set up the experiment. Our mind and its knowledge is the only thing that determines how they behave. Experiments consistently confirm these observer-dependent effects.

Bizarre? Consider another experiment that was published in the prestigious scientific journal Science (Jacques et al, 315, 966, 2007). Scientists in France shot photons into an apparatus, and showed that what they did could retroactively change something that had already happened in the past. As the photons passed a fork in the apparatus, they had to decide whether to behave like particles or waves when they hit a beam splitter. Later on – well after the photons passed the fork – the experimenter could randomly switch a second beam splitter on and off. It turns out that what the observer decided at that point, determined what the particle actually did at the fork in the past. At that moment, the experimenter chose his past.

Of course, we live in the same world. But critics claim this behavior is limited to the microscopic world. But this ‘two-world’ view (that is, one set of physical laws for small objects, and another for the rest of the universe including us) has no basis in reason and is being challenged in laboratories around the world. A couple years ago, researchers published a paper in Nature (Jost et al, 459, 683, 2009) showing that quantum behavior extends into the everyday realm. Pairs of vibrating ions were coaxed to entangle so their physical properties remained bound together when separated by large distances (“spooky action at a distance,” as Einstein put it). Other experiments with huge molecules called ‘Buckyballs’ also show that quantum reality extends beyond the microscopic world. And in 2005, KHC03 crystals exhibited entanglement ridges one-half inch high, quantum behavior nudging into the ordinary world of human-scale objects.

We generally reject the multiple universes of Star Trek as fiction, but it turns out there is more than a morsel of scientific truth to this popular genre. One well-known aspect of quantum physics is that observations can’t be predicted absolutely. Instead, there is a range of possible observations each with a different probability. One mainstream explanation, the “many-worlds” interpretation, states that each of these possible observations corresponds to a different universe (the ‘multiverse’). There are an infinite number of universes and everything that could possibly happen occurs in some universe. Death does not exist in any real sense in these scenarios. All possible universes exist simultaneously, regardless of what happens in any of them.

Life is an adventure that transcends our ordinary linear way of thinking. When we die, we do so not in the random billiard-ball-matrix but in the inescapable-life-matrix. Life has a non-linear dimensionality; it’s like a perennial flower that returns to bloom in the multiverse.

“The influences of the senses,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson “has in most men overpowered the mind to the degree that the walls of space and time have come to look solid, real and insurmountable; and to speak with levity of these limits in the world is the sign of insanity.”

You can learn more about biocentrism at www.RobertLanzaBiocentrism.com

Knowledge is power
and LIFE.

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closes a prison.“
Victor Hugo

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I wish you all
 Peace.

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Hang on
to your Faith.
You will get there.

.

.

 

We Are in God’s Dream / 11 Simple Ways to Find Joy in Your Everyday Life / School Calendar

Beautiful Red Columbine Flower. Aquilegia Stock Footage ...As Human Beings,
we have felt loss,
pain and disappointment.
And,
we have experienced
the warmth of the Sun,
the Beauty of a Sunset,
laughter and Love.
.
A kiss was bestowed
by the very first Flower
ever to embrace
our awareness of the Love
of God.
100 flowers royalty free pictures - 1 million free picturesWe 
were too young
to know what the Heart
was looking for.
We
may still be.
.
The Love of
God
comes like a mist
in the Morning
of Life
that we cannot behold.
Like a
Smile,
felt by the Heart
in volumes untold,
and Loving words
whispered in the wind,
by the Leaves of Trees
that know
when to bend.
God
is calling you
by name.
A name
you may not know.
.
His Love
is calling you,
to follow
a Pathway
far beyond the Afterglow
of Tomorrow,
beyond this Day
of suffering
and sorrow.
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God
has given us
to Nature,
of which we are
a part.
.
We Human Beings,
being so Human,
can become
part of that
which we Truly are.
.
We
can reach a Level
of Heavenly Humanity,
being Children
of God.
Dog And Cat Lover Nice Photos 2012 - Pets Cute and DocileWhen
you have Love
by your side,
and in your Heart,
the simplest things make you
Happy.

.
The Beautiful feelings
are awesome.
And you discover,
they have always
been yours.

HD Cheetah Love. Wallpaper | Download Free - 107586Our fragile emotions
are much like the waves
of the billowing Sea.
Faces
may turn to red
with eyes to electrify,
crashing upon the shores
of other Lives
with words
of never more.

With intentions unknown,
something never there before,
perhaps Love,
perhaps not.
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With a Smile
one can never lose
in a crowd,
 it does what Angels do.

Once made
in God’s Dream,
your name is whispered
by a breeze in the wind,
as He
recognizes who you are,
His Beautiful Creation
floating around a
Star.
.
And like a flash of Light
in the night Sky,
no one can
deny,
is His Love
for you.
.
He will Forever
remember your name.
He wants you
to Know,
He made you
Real.
And He Truly
Loves You.

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is not only incredible,
it is immensely
Healing.

It Heals
inside.
.
Pray for everyone.
Pray
that God takes away
the sadness and suffering.
Pray with all your
Heart,
the Heart in which
God Dwells.

God Forgives us,
and Heals us.
He
Loves us.

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 Thank you Lord,
from all
of our Hearts.
.
My Dear Friend,
Prayer
brings Peace to your Heart
and Healing to your body and mind. 
 Prayer
  spreads Kindness and Gratitude,
Love and Joy.

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In the quiet and calm
of Prayerful Thanksgiving,
 your mind and Heart
will be in deep focus
.
In Beautiful Images
the Heart
 will contemplate in solitude
deep thoughts.

Find Words
to Praise the Lord
for the Melody
of this moment,
and the subtlety
of His Love.

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We all
have need
to get our thoughts
together.
And thoughtful Prayer
will sooth the Spirit
and bring new understanding
that we long for.
.
It is
so Beautiful
to know
the Love of
God,
and to know
it resides
deep in our
Heart.

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Sharing your Love
is healing to the 
Spirit
and soothing to the
Soul.
.
Your Love,
and Love alone,
will bring Peace
and Happiness
.
.
Goodnight.

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11 Simple Ways to Find Joy
in Your Everyday Life

find joy

1. Stop waiting to be happy.

The good news is there are always fresh opportunities to be happy. Imagine life is like Grand Central Station, where happy times arrive around the clock. Chances are the opportunity to be happy has already arrived. Sometimes it’s right in front of you. For whatever reason, you are unable to shift your focus to notice and appreciate it.

Regardless of what is going on around you, you can feel happier, be productive, attract success and enjoy yourself during the process. When you shift your focus and the way you think, your perspective changes. When shift happens, your life changes. So get your shift together.

2. Add happiness to your life, right now.

Can you see it? You live on a tropical island. You get up when you like and you do what you want. Some guy named Jeeves brings breakfast. From a reclined position on your balcony, all you can see is the ocean and your feet. Ah, the life of the young and retired.

We all dream of being happy someday. Until then, we are overworked, over stressed and under-happy. The dream doesn’t seem possible without a lottery win or a call from a wealthy uncle in poor health. But what fun is life if we aren’t happy about it?

The good news is, you can add happiness to your life now. Just a few serotonin-producing activities can reduce stress and make the wait for Utopia easier to bear. 

3. Make self-care part of your routine.

Being able to take a moment for yourself in order to hit the reset button is something we all need to do every once in a while. But here’s the thing: Taking a timeout to give yourself a moment of respite or relaxation or indulgence is only part of the battle. We carve out time for happy hour, but it ends up being less than happy because you’re thinking about the last couple of emails you didn’t get to in order to be there. How can anyone binge watch Netflix stress-free with piles of dirty laundry lurking next to the TV? Can you really go to town on that box of salted caramels knowing you haven’t been to the dentist in 18 months? Or when you still haven’t ordered a wedding gift for your college roommate and it’s been two years since the wedding?

One of the surest ways to let that self-care time shine is to make sure you’re not stressing about miscellaneous, small-ball to-do’s while you’re trying to check the eff out. Get yourself sorted so that your “me time” can be as effective as possible.

4. Get in a joyful state of mind.

A joyful life is the best existence we can hope to achieve. It’s the kind of life that produces positive vibes and feel-good energy, and encourages us to look to the future with high hopes. Pure joy might seem like a fleeting emotion, but even if you only feel it for a moment in time, you can hold onto it. You can relish in it.

5. Stop worrying.

Happiness works much like love, in mysterious ways. However, science and psychology tell us that brain chemistry alters emotion. But in order to activate those chemicals, we have to talk about habits first.

There is a formula to happiness, and it lies in changing thought patterns. Your patterns—what you do and think and say every day—determine how happy you are. It’s got nothing to do with what’s around you, but everything to do with how your brain works—that inner voice. Happiness is not within your grasp because it is, quite literally, within you.

6. Appreciate the small things.

We all have them; those small moments or things that often go unnoticed or unappreciated because we think they’re either insignificant or we take them for granted because we live in a culture that celebrates big accomplishments. But what if we made it a habit to embrace and celebrate the small things? Real life is happening all around us while we’re waiting for the big thing we hope is going to give us some sort of inner peace, contentment or joy. The truth is that often the things that matter most are the small ones.

7. Surround yourself with positive people.

One big mistake people make is not realizing that happiness is an individual choice. But every choice is influenced by the people in our lives. If you change your life influencers for the better, you can dramatically increase your chances for happiness and success.

In my research, I’ve found that positive social connection is the greatest predictor of long-term happiness. Welcoming a positive new influencer into your world can be one of the most important choices for happiness you make.

8. Laugh more.

Breaking news: Laughing makes you feel good. OK, maybe this isn’t so surprising. But try to think about the last time you really laughed—chances are, it may have been some time ago. Preoccupied with all of our grownup responsibilities, we adults just don’t giggle as often as we did when we were kids.

We should, though! Laughing has been shown to reduce stress, enhance immunity, improve blood flow and strengthen relationships.

9. Love more.

“‘What is Real?’ asked the rabbit.”

“‘Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you.’”

In 1922 Margery Williams tackled a particularly complex topic in her now beloved children’s book, The Velveteen Rabbit. On its journey to discovering what it means to be Real, the Velveteen Rabbit learns that, in the end, it’s to have someone love you and to be able to accept that love in return.

The classic illustrations and touching lesson offer a comforting bedtime read. But as we age, we’re taught that being Real means paying attention in school, landing a good job, earning a steady income, settling down with a family and preparing for retirement. As adults, we smile nostalgically at the simpler times. Because we know life is more complicated than just loving and being loved.

Right?

10. Find bliss in a bucket list.

Each time I complete one of these checked boxes, there is a moment. Sometimes it only lasts a flash of a second, but on the lucky days it lingers for minutes or hours. It’s a moment, a fleeting moment, where I can honestly say that I’ve found bliss. It’s every part of you, from your fingers to your toes nearly bursting with light and full with purpose. It’s the amazement, pride, triumph and an overwhelming sensation of the purest self-love. It’s your entire perspective changing after seeing the world from a different lens. It’s the feeling of feeling completely in the moment. It’s being alive.

11. Plan your happiness.

We put money in our 401(k)s. We take calcium supplements. We exercise. We hope these precautions will protect us as we age. But as we safeguard our money, bones and blood pressure, we forget to safeguard the one thing that can make a difference in the quality of our lives as we get older: our happiness.

Decades of positive psychology research has shown high levels of subjective well-being (the combination of overall life satisfaction and in-the-moment positive feelings) can translate into better physical health and a longer life. In a 2011 report from the International Association of Applied Psychology, Edward Diener, Ph.D., a psychology professor emeritus at the University of Illinois, analyzed over 160 relevant studies and found that while positive feelings did not improve outcomes for people with certain diseases such as cancer, the evidence that happiness leads to better health is “clear and compelling.”

Start planning for your happy future.

Knowledge is power
and LIFE.

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I wish you all
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Hang on
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You will get there.

.

.

.

.

.

.

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 In Ways You Cannot Imagine / Amazing Facts That Will Blow Your Mind / School Calendar 2022-23

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God
gave you the most precious
Gift of Life. 

Life is a Genuine Gift
of LOVE,
from a Heart
that cannot be denied.
.
Know
deep in your Soul,
 that God gives meaning
to the word
of LOVE.
.
God is the very definition 
of Love
and what it Truly means.
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“Whoever does not Love
does not know God,
because God is Love.”
1 John 4:8

God’s Love
is permeating
everything.
It is True Love
that gives and expects
nothing
in return.
It gives us Peace
that surpasses all
understanding.

1 Corinthians 13 is devoted
to understanding Love.
It tells us that
Love
is greater than Hope
and greater than Faith.

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is All.
He Is and He Does
All..
.
My Dear Friend,
the Light
in so many precious eyes
will burn brightly
for your Beautiful Smiles.
.
 There is 
no other someone like
you.
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Your Heart can become
pure.
You can shower
so many others with
Bright and Beautiful
Shades of
Love.

You have the
PRIVILEGE
of seeing with your own unique eyes
the Joy you can create
with your Loving ways.
Your new Journey
can begin
Today.
.
Know
deep in your Heart,
that God Gives
Meaning to
LIFE,
with His

LOVE
.
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Your Sacred Heart
is Precious.
Don’t let it break.
It is a rare
Treasure.
.
Pray
for people who hurt,
and be Happy.
.
Live for now,
and Forgive,
and go on.

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 Learn
more about who you are,
and learn to Love yourself.
Then
you will be headed toward
Peace Forever.
.
Share your Love
and send your Light
and your Love,
the way
God
wishes for you.

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.
Sending your Light
and Love
is simple and powerful.
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Sending your Blessings
through your precious
smiles,
will have a profound impact
in ways you cannot imagine.
.
Wishing someone well
can change the trajectory
of their Life
and align them
with their True Path.

Love
purifies the Heart.
It
easily defines
Life.
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everyone
you meet.

Love
is a permanent Truth,
impervious to the illusions
of our World.

Fall in Love
with everyone.
It will change your mind
and Light up your Life.
To experience such 
Love,
is to be in the presence
of God
Himself.

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Loving others,
draws you closer to God
and lets you feel His Presence,
as it envelops you
in His Loving Arms.
.
There is so much Love
in His World.
There is so much Peace.
There is so much Purpose.
.
Thank the Lord
for His Powerful Love.
Health and Happiness
will lie within you
and your Precious Heart,
now and
Forever.
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Be still
and feel
the Beautiful Blessings
in Life.
Love, Peace and Joy
can fill the Soul.
.
Your Life
can easily become
a new Happy Place.
.
Just
let yourself fall in Love,
in Love with yourself,
in Love with Life,
in Love with God.
.
Forgot
all the worry,
all the stress,
and everything else
not worth remembering.
Be Grateful for
the countless
Blessings.

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You are Eternal.
You are an Expression
of your Creator.
You
are Life itself.

Problems in Life
come from what you Believe
to be True,
and the fear rooted in 
emotion.

But,
YOU can change what happens,
and you can control
the emotional level.
Yes,
M
agic happens.
Being powerless is an
illusion.
.
You
are the power in your
Life.
All circumstances
have no power or meaning,
other than what you choose
to Believe
.

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There is
Divine Music in
Life.
You
can be carried
on the Wings of your
Dreams,
to a Magnificent World
filled with Love. 
.
  You
can feel that you are in the Arms
of an Angel.
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makes your mind and body
and Soul
feel the way you Truly are,
as you are elevated above
everything.
.
There is Divine Love
within YOU.
.
Give Thanks
with Love
and Gratitude
.

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Imagine
what Life could be
with everyone sharing their
Love.
.
Imagine
what the World would be like
if we all worked together
to spread the Love
of God.
.
What would Civilization
become?

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May God Bless
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Amazing Facts
That Will Blow Your Mind
by

Dr. Margaret R Rutherford
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The world is very mysterious! No matter how much you stay tuned with latest updates and boost your general knowledge, there are some amazing facts that you are unaware of. And once you take a deep dive you will realize that truth is stranger than fiction.

This post shares interesting information and secrets related to human beings, plants, animals that will surely blow your mind.

Here are the most amazing facts:

1. Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you. Wear nice shoes.

2. If you sit for more than 11 hours a day, there’s a 50% chance you’ll die within the next 3 years.

3. There are at least 6 people in the world who look exactly like you. There’s a 9% chance that you’ll meet one of them in your lifetime.

4. Sleeping without a pillow reduces back pain and keeps your spine stronger.

5. A person’s height is determined by their father, and their weight is determined by their mother.

6. If a part of your body “falls asleep”, you can almost always “wake it up” by shaking your head.

7. There are three things the human brain cannot resist noticing – Food, attractive people and danger.

8. Right-handed people tend to chew food on their right side.

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9. Putting dry tea bags in gym bags or smelly shoes will absorb the unpleasant odor.

10. According to Albert Einstein, if honey bees were to disappear from the earth, humans would be dead within 4 years.

11. There are so many kinds of apples, that if you ate a new one every day, it would take over 20 years to try them all.

12. You can survive without eating for weeks, but you will only live 11 days without sleeping.

13. People who laugh a lot are healthier than those who don’t.

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14. Laziness and inactivity kills just as many people as smoking.

15. A human brain has a capacity to store 5 times as much information as Wikipedia.

16. Our brain uses the same amount of power as a 10-watt light bulb!!

17. Our body gives enough heat in 30 mins to boil 1.5 liters of water!!

18. The Ovum egg is the largest cell and the sperm is the smallest cell !!

19. Stomach acid (conc. HCl) is strong enough to dissolve razor blades!!

20. SMILE. It is the ultimate antidepressant.

21. Humans are the only animals that enjoy spicy foods.

23. Potato chips cause more weight gain than any other food. Uh Oh!

24. Bananas can’t reproduce.

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25. It’s impossible to hum while you hold your nose.

26. The least interesting day in history was April 11, 1954.

27. Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis died on the same day as President John F. Kennedy.

28. Bigger forks lead you to eat less.

29. Cell phones are full of bacteria.

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30. Chewing gum after a meal reduces heartburn.

31. Dogs can smell cancer.

32. Bees can detect bombs.

33. Boyfriends do more housework than husbands.

34. The world’s biggest tire producer is LEGO.

35. The longest word you can type with just your left hand is “Sweaterdresses”.

36. A Mid-day nap could save you from heart attack.

37. You fall asleep faster and deeper on a hammock than a bed.

38. Newborns don’t shed tears until they are one to three months old.

39. Most Canadians live in south of Seattle.

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40. There is a species of jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish) that is immortal.

41. Nauru is the only country in the world without an official capital city.

42. Prince Charles has a car fueled by wine.

43. In Mexico, escaping from prison isn’t considered to be a crime.

44. A day on Earth will be 25 hours long in about 175 million years.

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Dr. Margaret R Rutherford

Dr. Margaret Rutherford, a clinical psychologist, has practiced for twenty-six years in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Earning the 2009 Arkansas Private Practitioner of the Year award for her volunteer work at a local free health clinic, she began blogging and podcasting in 2012 to destigmatize mental illness and educate the public about therapy and treatment. With her compassionate and common-sense style, her work can be found at https://DrMargaretRutherford.com, as well as HuffPost, Psych Central, Psychology Today, The Mighty, The Gottman Blog and others. She hosts a weekly podcast, The SelfWork Podcast with Dr. Margaret Rutherford. And her new book, Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism that Masks Your Depression, is published by New Harbinger and available at Amazon, Barnes, and Noble or your local bookstore.

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Your Life
can add Poetry
to this Beautiful World
of ours.

Life
can be even more
Beautiful
  with subtle changes to the lyrics
of Life,
Lived in moderation.

“Moderation in all things”
Aristotle
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You
tell your own story
of surviving the circumstances
of Life
and of perseverance through it all,
 of becoming the Person
you have become Today.

You are
what Love has made.
You are what your
Love
is.
.
The expressions of Love,
and only Love,
reveal how Beautiful the Lyrics
of Life
can be to everyone.
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Feelings
come through Life
so hauntingly in our
Lives.
For all those who have suffered
and persevered in their own Lives,
Love touches the Soul
in a very special way.
.
We Learn
to sing a Song,
and Pray
to Truly Live
every day.
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Feeling
the Love of God
 flow through our body and Soul
 makes us Forever Grateful.
How Beautiful Life is
when we Journey on
with
the Love of God
in our Heart.
.
Life 
is here for all of us
to enjoy.
Let the Peace
of God
fill your Heart
and mind and body
to Heal within,
and be Thankful
for our Freedom
to Pray
and Love the Lord.
May GOD
Bless us all.

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When rain
has hung the Leaves
with Tears of Joy untold,
be bold
and go back
to so many cherished memories
of Childhood,
and remember how your Parents
taught you to waltz to the Music
of Life
and dance in the
rain.

The Time
to be grateful
is now.
For this moment
is all we Truly have.

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We are here
but for a Blink
of God’s Eye.

My Dear Friends,
Friendships
often lead to
Love
of a depth and force
beyond our capacity
to understand.
.
And we have
the capacity
to Love
the Whole World.
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exerting pressure against the limits
of our Mother Earth,
 our awareness is calling upon us
to Love our World.
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The Love of God
is found in our World
near to hand
in the food we eat,
in the air we breathe,
and in the Beautiful People
that Bless
our days.

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The Tides
of our Devotion,
can write
the Will of God
across the Stars,
and free Mankind
from the shackles
of sin.

Only Love
will convey the Essence
of His Reality.
.
Our Human experiences
and Life’s Marvelous Adventures
can give us Blessings
for as long as we Live.
Such is
the Love of
God.

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His Love
is so calming
for the Heart and mind.
Restless thoughts 
and troubled worries
move far away,
when we wander in the Beautiful Fields
of Flowers and Prayers.
.
Thank God
for the Oasis of comfort
within the Beautiful and Sacred
Words
of Our Precious Lord
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 A Beautiful Life
is enhanced by the
Words
of our Sacred Lord,
that calm and console
bruised and broken
Hearts,
and bring Peace to our
mind.
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God
will Heal the Soul 
 and help all your troubles
fade away.
.
What a Blessing
 
to be in God’s
Beautiful World
.

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Let us Pray
a Beautiful Prayer.
God is within us.
And as we come to enjoy
the adventures
of Life,
we discover
that Holy Creations
are here
and there
and everywhere.
.
The Beauty
of God’s World
is here to bring us all
some distraction from grief,
and give insight 
into Panoramic Joy.

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Humanity
can share knowledge
and Hope and Joy,
as the whole World
 is working together.
.
What our civilization
can become,
is what we should
become.

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Enjoy 
this moment.
.
The Serenity
and the magnificent Beauty
found in all of Nature,
gives us Hope
and tells us that there is a reason
for your day to be as Wonderful
as you are.
.
There is a solution to every
problem
and a Rainbow present
after the rain.
.
Call upon God’s Love,
and everything will be fine
in the end.

Goodnight.

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16 Simple Ways to Relieve Stress
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Stress and anxiety are common experiences for many people. In fact, millions of adults in the United States say they feel stress or anxiety daily.

Many people deal with stress every day. Work, family issues, health concerns, and financial obligations are parts of everyday life that commonly contribute to heightened stress levels.

What’s more, factors such as genetics, level of social support, coping style, and personality type influence a person’s vulnerability to stress, meaning that some people are more likely to become stressed than others (1Trusted Source, 2Trusted Source, 3Trusted Source).

Plus, research shows that parents, people in professions such as healthcare and social work, People of Color, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are more likely to have higher stress levels (4Trusted Source, 5Trusted Source, 6Trusted Source, 7Trusted Source).

Minimizing the chronic stress of daily life as much as possible is important for overall health. That’s because chronic stress harms health and increases your risk of health conditions such as heart disease, anxiety disorders, and depression (8Trusted Source, 9Trusted Source, 10Trusted Source).

It’s important to understand that stress isn’t the same as mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression, which require treatment from medical professionals. Although the tips below may relieve many types of stress, they may not help people with these conditions (11Trusted Source).

Here are 16 evidence-based ways to relieve stress.

1. Get more physical activity 

If you’re feeling stressed, moving your body on a consistent basis may help.

A 6-week study in 185 university students found that participating in aerobic exercise 2 days per week significantly reduced overall perceived stress and perceived stress due to uncertainty. Plus, the exercise routine significantly improved self-reported depression (12Trusted Source).

Many other studies have shown that engaging in physical activity helps reduce stress levels and improve mood, while sedentary behavior may lead to increased stress, poor mood, and sleep disturbances (13Trusted Source, 14).

What’s more, regular exercise has been shown to improve symptoms of common mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression (15Trusted Source, 16Trusted Source).

If you’re currently inactive, start with gentle activities such as walking or biking. Choosing an activity that you enjoy may help increase your chances of sticking to it in the long term.

Summary

Regular exercise may help reduce stress and improve symptoms related to common mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.
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2. Follow a healthy diet 

Your diet affects every aspect of your health, including your mental health.

Studies show that people who follow a diet high in ultra-processed foods and added sugar are more likely to experience higher perceived stress levels (17Trusted Source, 18Trusted Source, 19Trusted Source).

Being chronically stressed may lead you to overeat and reach for highly palatable foods, which may harm your overall health and mood.

Plus, not eating enough nutrient-dense whole foods may increase your risk of deficiencies in nutrients that are essential for regulating stress and mood, such as magnesium and B vitamins (20Trusted Source).

Minimizing your intake of highly processed foods and beverages and eating more whole foods such as vegetables, fruits, beans, fish, nuts, and seeds can help ensure that your body is properly nourished. In turn, this may improve your resilience to stress.

Summary

Following a nutrient-dense diet and limiting ultra-processed foods may provide your body with the nutrients it needs for optimal health and decrease your risk of deficiencies in nutrients that help regulate stress.

 
3. Minimize phone use and screen time  

Smartphones, computers, and tablets are an unavoidable part of everyday life for many people.

While these devices are often necessary, using them too often may increase stress levels.

A number of studies have linked excessive smartphone use and “iPhone addiction” with increased levels of stress and mental health disorders (21Trusted Source, 22Trusted Source, 23Trusted Source, 24Trusted Source).

Spending too much time in front of screens in general is associated with lower psychological well-being and increased stress levels in both adults and kids (25Trusted Source, 26Trusted Source, 27Trusted Source).

Furthermore, screen time may negatively affect sleep, which may also lead to increased stress levels (28Trusted Source).

Summary

Minimizing screen time may help reduce stress and improve sleep in both children and adults.

 
4. Consider supplements

Several vitamins and minerals play an important role in your body’s stress response and mood regulation. As such, a deficiency in one or more nutrients may affect your mental health and ability to cope with stress.

Plus, some studies show that certain dietary supplements may help reduce stress and improve mood.

For example, when you’re chronically stressed, your magnesium levels may become depleted.

Since this mineral plays an important role in your body’s stress response, it’s important to make sure you’re getting enough each day. Supplementing with magnesium has been shown to improve stress in chronically stressed people (20Trusted Source, 29Trusted Source).

An 8-week study in 264 people with low magnesium found that taking 300 mg of this mineral daily helped reduce stress levels. Combining this dose of magnesium with vitamin B6 was even more effective (30Trusted Source).

Other supplements, including rhodiola, ashwagandha, B vitamins, and L-theanine, have been shown to help reduce stress as well (31Trusted Source, 32Trusted Source, 33Trusted Source, 34Trusted Source).

However, dietary supplements may not be appropriate or safe for everyone. Consult a healthcare professional if you’re interested in using supplements to help relieve stress.

Summary

Certain supplements may reduce stress levels, including magnesium, L-theanine, rhodiola, and B vitamins.
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5. Practice self-care

Setting aside time to practice self-care may help reduce your stress levels. Practical examples include:

  • going for a walk outside
  • taking a bath
  • lighting candles
  • reading a good book
  • exercising
  • preparing a healthy meal
  • stretching before bed
  • getting a massage
  • practicing a hobby
  • using a diffuser with calming scents
  • practicing yoga

Studies show that people who engage in self-care report lower levels of stress and improved quality of life, while a lack of self-care is associated with higher risk of stress and burnout (35Trusted Source, 36Trusted Source, 37Trusted Source).

Taking time for yourself is essential in order to live a healthy life. This is especially important for people who tend to be highly stressed, including nurses, doctors, teachers, and caretakers.

Self-care doesn’t have to be elaborate or complicated. It simply means tending to your well-being and happiness.

Exposure to certain scents via candles or essential oils may be especially calming. Here are a few relaxing scents:

  • lavender
  • rose
  • vetiver
  • bergamot
  • Roman chamomile
  • neroli
  • frankincense
  • sandalwood
  • ylang-ylang
  • orange or orange blossom
  • geranium

Using scents to boost your mood is called aromatherapy. Several studies suggest that aromatherapy can decrease anxiety and improve sleep (38Trusted Source, 39Trusted Source).

Summary

Self-care is an important part of managing stress. A few simple strategies you may want to try are yoga, lighting candles, taking baths, and reading a good book.
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6. Reduce your caffeine intake

Caffeine is a chemical found in coffee, tea, chocolate, and energy drinks that stimulates your central nervous system.

Consuming too much may worsen and increase feelings of anxiety (40Trusted Source, 41Trusted Source).

Plus, overconsumption may harm your sleep. In turn, this may increase stress and anxiety symptoms (42Trusted Source).

People have different thresholds for how much caffeine they can tolerate. If you notice that caffeine makes you jittery or anxious, consider cutting back by replacing coffee or energy drinks with decaffeinated herbal tea or water.

Although many studies show that coffee is healthy in moderation, it’s recommended to keep caffeine intake under 400 mg per day, which equals 4–5 cups (0.9–1.2 L) of coffee (43Trusted Source).

Still, people who are sensitive to caffeine may experience increased anxiety and stress after consuming much less caffeine than this, so it’s important to consider your individual tolerance.

Summary

Large amounts of caffeine may increase stress and anxiety, although people’s sensitivity to caffeine varies greatly.

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7. Spend time with friends and family

Social support from friends and family may help you get through stressful times and cope with stress (44Trusted Source).

A study that in 163 ​​Latinx young adults in college associated lower levels of support from friends, family, and romantic partners with loneliness, depressive symptoms, and perceived stress (44Trusted Source).

Having a social support system is important for your overall mental health. If you’re feeling alone and don’t have friends or family to depend on, social support groups may help. Consider joining a club or sports team or volunteering for a cause that’s important to you.

Summary

Having strong social ties may help you get through stressful times and is important for overall mental well-being.
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8. Create boundaries and learn to say no

Not all stressors are within your control, but some are. Putting too much on your plate may increase your stress load and limit the amount of time you can spend on self-care.

Taking control over your personal life may help reduce stress and protect your mental health.

One way to do this may be to say “no” more often. This is especially true if you find yourself taking on more than you can handle, because juggling many responsibilities may leave you feeling overwhelmed.

Being selective about what you take on — and saying “no” to things that will unnecessarily add to your load — can reduce your stress levels.

Plus, creating boundaries — especially with people who add to your stress levels — is a healthy way to protect your well-being. This can be as simple as asking a friend or family member not to stop by unannounced or canceling standing plans with a friend who tends to create drama.

Summary

It’s important to create healthy boundaries in your life by declining to take on more than you can handle. Saying “no” is one way to control your stressors.
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9. Learn to avoid procrastination

Another way to take control of your stress is to stay on top of your priorities and avoid procrastinating.

Procrastination may harm your productivity and leave you scrambling to catch up. This can cause stress, which negatively affects your health and sleep quality (45, 46Trusted Source).

A study in 140 medical students in China linked procrastination to increased stress levels. The study also associated procrastination and delayed stress reactions with more negative parenting styles, including punishment and rejection (46Trusted Source).

If you find yourself procrastinating regularly, it may be helpful to get in the habit of making a to-do list organized by priority. Give yourself realistic deadlines and work your way down the list.

Work on the things that need to get done today and give yourself chunks of uninterrupted time. Switching between tasks or multitasking can be stressful in itself.

Summary

If you find yourself regularly procrastinating, staying on top of your to-do list may help ward off related stress.
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10. Take a yoga class

Yoga has become a popular method of stress relief and exercise among all age groups.

While yoga styles differ, most share a common goal — to join your body and mind by increasing body and breath awareness.

Several studies show that yoga helps reduce stress and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Plus, it can promote psychological well-being (47Trusted Source, 48Trusted Source, 49Trusted Source).

These benefits seem to be related to its effect on your nervous system and stress response.

Yoga may help lower cortisol levels, blood pressure, and heart rate while increasing levels of gamma aminobutyric acid, a neurotransmitter that’s low in people with mood disorders (49Trusted Source, 50Trusted Source).

Summary

Yoga is widely used for stress reduction. It may help lower stress hormone levels and blood pressure.

11. Practice mindfulness

Mindfulness describes practices that anchors you to the present moment.

Stress reduction techniques that utilize mindfulness include meditation and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), a type of cognitive behavioral therapy (51Trusted Source).

Meditating on a consistent basis, even for short periods, may help boost your mood and decrease symptoms of stress and anxiety (52Trusted Source).

If you’d like to try out meditation, countless books, apps, and websites can teach you the basics. There may also be therapists in your area who specialize in MBCT.

Summary

Mindfulness practices such as meditation and MBCT may help reduce stress levels and improve mood.
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12. Cuddle

Human touch may have a calming effect and help you better cope with stress (53Trusted Source).

For example, studies show that positive physical contact and sex may help relieve stress and loneliness (54Trusted Source, 55Trusted Source).

These types of contact may help release oxytocin and lower cortisol. In turn, these effects help lower blood pressure and heart rate. Both high blood pressure and increased heart rate are physical symptoms of stress (56Trusted Source).

Interestingly, Humans aren’t the only animals that cuddle for stress relief. Chimpanzees also cuddle friends that are stressed (57).

Summary

Positive touch from cuddling, hugging, kissing, and sex may help lower stress by releasing oxytocin and lowering blood pressure.
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13. Spend time in Nature

Spending more time outside may help reduce stress.

Studies show that spending time in green spaces such as parks and forests and being immersed in nature are healthy ways to manage stress (58Trusted Source, 59Trusted Source).

A review of 14 studies found that spending as little as 10 minutes in a natural setting may help improve psychological and physiological markers of mental well-being, including perceived stress and happiness, in college-aged people (59Trusted Source).

Hiking and camping are great options, but some people don’t enjoy — or have access to — these activities. Even if you live in an urban area, you can seek out green spaces such as local parks, arboretums, and botanical gardens.

Summary

Spending more time outside — whether at your local park or atop a mountain — may help reduce levels of stress and boost your mood.
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14. Practice deep breathing

Mental stress activates your sympathetic nervous system, sending your body into fight-or-flight mode.

During this reaction, stress hormones trigger physical symptoms such as a faster heartbeat, quicker breathing, and constricted blood vessels.

Deep breathing exercises may help activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which controls the relaxation response (60Trusted Source, 61Trusted Source).

Deep breathing exercises include diaphragmatic breathing, abdominal breathing, belly breathing, and paced respiration.

The goal of deep breathing is to focus your awareness on your breath, making it slower and deeper. When you breathe in deeply through your nose, your lungs fully expand and your belly rises. This helps slow your heart rate, allowing you to feel at peace.

Summary

Deep breathing activates your body’s relaxation response, thereby counteracting some of the physical sensations of stress.
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15. Spend time with your pet

Having a pet may help reduce stress and improve your mood.

When you cuddle or touch your pet, your body releases oxytocin — a hormone that’s linked to positive mood (62Trusted Source).

Plus, studies show that pet owners — especially those who have dogs — tend to have greater life satisfaction, better self-esteem, reduced levels of loneliness and anxiety, and more positive moods (63Trusted Source).

Having a pet may also help relieve stress by giving you purpose, keeping you active, and providing companionship.

Summary

Spending time with your pet is a relaxing, enjoyable way to reduce stress.
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The bottom line

Although stress is an unavoidable part of life, being chronically stressed takes a toll on your physical and mental health.

Fortunately, several evidence-based strategies can help you reduce stress and improve your overall psychological well-being.

Exercise, mindfulness, spending time with a pet, minimizing screen time, and getting outside more often are all effective methods.

Just one thing

Try this today: Although there are many ways to reduce stress on your own, it’s important to get help when you need it.

If you’re experiencing overwhelming stress or symptoms of anxiety and depression, consider making an appointment with a therapist or visiting a trusted healthcare professional to discuss ways to improve your mental health.

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