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12 Insights for Contentment

June 1, 2019 By Val Gonzales 1 Comment

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The following is a suggestion for consideration on how to gain a balanced perspective on life, one that brings inner contentment. Without integrating these insights, life will be frustratingly like a rocking chair that keeps one moving but leading nowhere. 1. Happiness comes from within It does not depend upon what happens outside. If you […]

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The Pain of Grief

September 19, 2017 By Val Gonzales 1 Comment

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Death is a human experience that levels us all. Everyone will die. But before one’s appointment with death comes, someone close to the person will die either through drastic means or prolonged illness. And the common human response of emotional nature to losing someone who is loved is grief. It is accurate therefore to say […]

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Val Gonzales is an educator, minister, psychotherapist, and amateur photographer. He has served in Southeast Asia and North America. He is happily married with two well-adjusted grown-up children.

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