FIND MORE IN LESS

Simplifying your life will bring balance, freedom, and joy. When we begin to live simply and experience these benefits, we begin to ask the next question, “Where else in my life can I remove distraction and simplify life to focus on the essentials?” Below are many important things to simplify in order to begin living a more balanced and joyful lifestyle:

1. Your Possessions

Too many material possessions complicate our lives to a greater degree than we ever give them credit. They drain our bank account, our energy, and our attention. They keep us from the ones we love and from living a life based on our values.

2. Your Time Commitments

Most of us have filled our days from beginning to end with time commitments: community events, religious endeavors, hobbies… the list goes on. When possible, release yourself from the time commitments that are not in line with your greatest values.

3. Your Goals

Reduce the number of goals you are striving for in your life to one or two. By reducing the number of goals that you are striving to accomplish, you will improve your focus and your success rate.

4. Your Negative Thoughts

Most negative emotions are completely useless. Resentment, bitterness, hate, and jealousy have never improved the quality of life for a single human being. Take responsibility for your mind. Forgive past hurts and replace negative thoughts with positive ones.

5. Your Debt

If debt is holding you captive, reduce it. Start today. Do what you’ve got to do to get out from under its weight. Find the help that you need, and learn how to get out of debt. Sacrifice luxury today to enjoy freedom tomorrow.

6. Your Screen Time

Focusing your attention on television, movies, and technology is an addiction which affects your life more than you think. Media rearranges your values. And it has a profound impact on your attitude and outlook. Unfortunately, when you live in that world on a consistent basis, you don’t even notice how it is impacting you. The only way to fully appreciate its influence in your life is to turn them off.

Veterans Post

Honor Flights are free trips to Washington, D.C., for veterans to spend the day of visiting memorials and monuments dedicated to their service. The trips leave from one of 124 hubs around the country, with all details managed by a crew of volunteers. In 2022, there were 21,800 veterans who made the Honor Flights and 18,709 guardians with them. Since starting in 2005, Honor Flights have escorted over a quarter of a million veterans on these trips. Because of the ages of elderly veterans, flights are currently restricted to veterans from the World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War eras.

To see the 2023 schedule and learn more about Honor Flights, go to www.honorflight.org.

For those not near a hub, or for those in the five states without hubs, there is the Lone Eagle program (loneeagle. honorflight.org).

Any veteran is eligible, but priority is given to veterans from the World War II, Korean War and Vietnam eras. For specific info, contact Bobbie Bradley at 937-521-2400 ext 104.