Conscious Comments October 1, 2012 | Page 17

Joie de Vivre

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5. Enjoy nature

6. Take a vacation: Refresh

with downtime

7. Dance like no one's watching

8. Have some face time with friends

9. Fall in Love

10. Work fewer hours

by Lance Malveaux

Smile

Everyday I am listening for people talking about how they are making a positive influence in their respective communities. Those conversations are far and few between. Now, there is typically a range of political, religious, business special interest groups that make community pushes from time to time, but that is usually due to some sort of panic induced money grab!

This has prompted me to find something we can all do to affect our communities