Where Happiness Resides
A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one’s life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted. –George Santayana
Are Your Beliefs Working For You?
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives. –Tony Robbins
Michael J. Fox – Incurable Optimist
I find it impressive when I see someone facing a difficult challenge but finding a way to turn that challenge around. Michael J. Fox is one of those people. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 18 years ago, Fox remains positive and optimistic. He’s written a new book called Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable […]
Give Some Happiness
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. –Eleanor Roosevelt
Don’t Let The Stop Lights Stop You
Now, I’m not saying you should be running red lights when you’re driving. I’m saying don’t let the stop lights stop you from being happy. Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m writing this piece of advice to myself more than anyone. Traffic lights are one of my pet peeves. I find myself getting very frustrated by […]
It Just Takes A Smile
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. –Thich Nhat Hanh
You Need It Daily
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar
The Problem Is Not ‘Out There’
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It’s not what they’re not doing or should be doing that’s the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is ‘out there,’ stop yourself. That thought is the […]
The Importance Of A Good Attitude
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. –Dalai Lama
You Can Change Your Life
Life is constantly pounding you from the outside with millions of hammer blows, but you have the last word as to how those blows will change you. Humans alone, of all the creatures of earth, can change their own pattern. Humans alone are the architects of their destiny. William James declared that the greatest revolution […]
