I suppose, it could be the subconscious mind reminding us that without peace existing around us and without it permeating our souls as it should on a consistent basis, nothing else we do first will provide the happiness that we desire. In other words, to experience joy and happiness in the heart we need peace to be in the soul. This is the payoff for making correct choices and wise decisions.

Peace is not achieved by accident; we need to create an environment for peace to exist. How to do that is the focus of my book “The Treasure Box Series, Volume I: Peace, Joy, and Happiness“.

• First, we must become a peaceful person on the inside by being in harmony with the human system (we will discuss that more later).
• Next, we establish healthy habits that help us control our impulses and reactions
• We must do whatever it takes to protect the peace around us by making good choices and decisions that reward us with the peace and happiness we seek.
• Then we live the type of life that fills the empty places in our souls with gems that give us more of what we really want in life.  These gems reflect the many facets of peace, joy, and happiness that fill our treasure boxes with a rich sense of fulfillment and a warm feeling of contentment in our souls.

It is possibile that, from this point forward, you can create a life with purpose you and your family will feel good about for years, even benefit from for decades to come. What is more satisfying than that? What will make your life more creditable, meaningful, and more peaceful than it is right now? This question is one you need to answer. Perhaps my blogs can help you do that (see  http://mytreasureboxseries.wordpress.com,http://familybasics.wordpress.com, and http://www.rdays.tv).

Learning to respond appropriately to situations is vital for keeping the peace and being happy. I hope you will check out my book as mentioned abovebecause it has suggestions to help you accomplish this goal.

Developing a better understanding of what to do in life’s storm helps you prevent even the slightest wind from becoming a tempest when adversity comes your way. Consequently, you will feel more confident about your ability to weather storms that threaten your peace.

As we see demonstrated in the “Three Little Pigs” story, when the big, bad wolf blows on our house of peace, it will not blow over and will remain standing firm because we know how to appropriately respond to the storm and the wind.

Being at peace requires our full commitment, discipline, and resolve to change how we deal with situations that cause chaos and stress. This means we need to learn new skills to avoid inappropriate responses. We will discuss how to do that in later articles.

I welcome your thoughts on this article. I also welcome anything you would like to add in disagreement or as advice.

What treasures will the new year bring us? We have much to be grateful for and things to experience in this new year. Let us enjoy whatever 2010 brings to us.

• Family
• Friends
• Job
• Associations
• Church and Love of God
• New Birth
• Beauty of the Earth
• Home or Shelter
• Freedom to Worship as We Please, Believe as We Please, and Say What We Please
• Our Government – Even With Its Shortcomings
• Warmth of The Sun
• Coolness of The Night
• Stars and Moonlit Night
• Sunrise and Sunset
• Peace and Serenity
• The Internet
• Access To Information The Helps Us
• Knowledge
• Love
• Experiences
• Blessings
• Joy and Happiness in Simplicity of Life

Raising a healthy and vibrant family is the most important thing we can do in life. We want to teach our children how to be an asset to the community and a good citizen in the future. Our future rests in the hands of the children today. This is why we need to make sure that the family is a priority in our lives.  Success in the community or in business will NEVER replace failure in our own homes.

Mothers and fathers need to appreciate their own responsibilities in raising a happy and well-balanced family. Unfortunately, parents today are often too bogged down by the demands of life and their obligations at work, socially, and at home so they forget about their priorities. It’s tough to be parents today, that is for sure. All a parent can do is try to do his or her best and rely on anyone who can help them.

Sometimes, or perhaps most of the time, parents have little time left to care for their families’ needs. With that being said, where does a family member turn when he or she is in crisis or in trouble?  Often they won’t accept help from the traditional sources (such as churches, family members, relatives) so the community has to step in when the kids or parents have problems.

With the current dynamics in the home, where both parents work, single parent works while trying to raise a family on limited income, and where young mothers with children try to care for their families, society is all that is left to turn to for help. However, churches cannot do much good in supporting families because people are not as open to God or church as they used to be.

With parents not having much impact on a child’s decision any more, and with churches and God having little impact on them either, what is left to affect children’s lives? This is why children are turning more to their peers, celebrities, rock stars, and others that capture their attention as their role models and advisers.

Parents and churches must change this situation because, otherwise, communities are left holding the bag in solving problems caused by out-of-control youngsters. Communities are equipped to handle such problems, but they cannot help out with places for kids to meet at with good activities and receive the guidance they need.

So how do we approach this problem? It has been suggested by some people that we change the way we think. We need to understand that protecting the quality of family life is the most important priority we have today. Churches, communities, schools, and parents need to work together on this to find a solution that works for their own community. We start with one community at a time and teach others what we learn from it. Communities can learn from each other through the Internet, so why not take advantage of this vehicle.

For example, Josephson Institute is doing a great job with this problems.  We can learn from what they are doing. Go to http://josephsoninstitute.org/.

Hi, my name is Judith Sherman. I am a Life Coach. I can help you with your goals as well as resolve the concerns you have about your business, life, and family.

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