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How Do You Live If Heaven Is Real?

By Kathy Gottberg
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Is Heaven Real?

As some of you know, I wrote a blog post last summer after hearing a author named Dr. Eben Alexander speak at a conference.   His book, Proof of Heaven raised a number of questions in my mind that I wanted to explore. That post attracted more readers than any other I have written in the last three years so I know lots of people are interested in the topic. Then last weekend Thom and I went to the new movie, Heaven Is For Real to discover if it offered any further proof of the concept. But instead of answers, it raised even more questions about the idea of heaven that I think each of us could benefit from answering for ourselves. And the biggest question of all is, “How would your life be different if you really believed Heaven were real?” [Read more…]

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Top 7 Posts—Thousands of Reads

By Kathy Gottberg
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Top 7 Blog Posts of All Time!

The end of 2013 marks two and a half years of blogging at SMART Living 365.  From a statistical perspective it is an excellent reminder that perseverance is one of the best qualities a writer can bring to her craft.   At the end of 2011 I had barely 50 email subscribers and a handful of feed subscribers.  Now two years later I want to thank the thousands of readers who have stopped by and made SMART Living a part of their lives.

With that in mind I went through and looked at my top posts during the previous 30 months.  With so many new followers I’m assuming many of you may have missed some of them.  As usual they reflect some angle of what I consider a SMART Life.  And always my goal is to share ideas that will help us all live a more happy, peaceful and meaningful life.  Here they are: [Read more…]

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Kathy Gottberg is an author with seven published books and hundreds of articles covering dozens of topics in the last 35 years. Along with her books, her passion today is SMART Living 365 where she explores ideas and experiences that help to create a meaningful, sustainable, compassionate and rewarding life for herself and others. Beyond that, she lives with Thom, her best friend and soul mate in Tucson, AZ.

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