Make the Circumstances
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. –George Bernard Shaw
Trust Yourself
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Too Much On Your Plate?
We’ve all had those days when we have so many things to do, the stress starts to build up. We get frustrated at things that don’t go quickly and smoothly. You know how it is. You’re already stressed and then something comes along that frustrates you even more. The computer locks up or someone in […]
More Thoughts On Happiness
Here’s a wonderful commentary published just this morning in the Georgetown (KY) News-Graphic written by George Lusby: Changing the pursuit of happiness To your happiness!
Let Go Of Yesterday
Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is […]
Tips For Happiness
From Forbes magazine: Ten Ways To Be Happier Now To your happiness!
Self-Talk
What kind of thoughts go through your head on a regular basis? As today’s quotation from the Buddha says, “What we think, we become.” If your self-talk — the thoughts that run through your mind each day — are negative, you’ll feel bad about yourself and your life. You won’t feel happy. You need to […]
What Are You Thinking?
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. –Buddha
Life Isn’t Fair
“It’s not fair!” If you have kids, I’ll bet you’ve heard this from them more than once. You may have even said it, or felt that way yourself at times. And you know what? Your kids are right. You’re right. Rule #1: Life isn’t fair. Rule #2: See Rule #1 When we come into this […]
Find Other Happy People
A 20-year study published in the British Medical Journal shows that being connected to other happy people can increase your happiness: Conclusions: People’s happiness depends on the happiness of others with whom they are connected. This provides further justification for seeing happiness, like health, as a collective phenomenon. Dynamic spread of happiness in a large […]
