Measuring Happiness In The UK
As the United Kingdom prepares to measure the happiness of its people, the Rt Rev Dr Michael Nazir-Ali thinks the new happiness survey should consider the spiritual as well as the economic: The less we pursue our own happiness, the more we find it
Happiness Index Makes Archbishop Unhappy
The Archbishop of Wales is concerned about the UK’s plan to measure people’s happiness: Archbishop of Wales’ concern over happiness index To your happiness!
Happy Planning
Here we are at the end of another year. How did those New Year’s resolutions you made last January 1st work out? Oh, yeah . . . THOSE resolutions! Were those the ones you forgot on January 7th, or maybe even on January 2nd? In the past, I’ve tried making New Year’s resolutions, but they […]
Want Happiness? Be A Swinger
That title above may be taken a number of ways, any of which may make some people happy. The way I’m thinking of “swinger” today is in the way we remember it from when we were kids. Climbing into the seat of a swing, pushing your legs out in front of you as you lean […]
Have Patience
I learned another lesson myself last Friday. The day before I started feeling very frustrated that my business wasn’t growing as quickly as I wanted it to. I knew I had been working hard to improve things, but it wasn’t moving quickly enough. I found myself getting frustrated, depressed even. Then Friday morning, I looked […]
Courage
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. –Mark Twain
Finding Happiness
According to Fresh Ideas: Finding our happiness most people around the world are at least “somewhat happy.” Are you? Are you more than somewhat happy? What’s one thing you could do today to increase your happiness power? Do that thing. To your happiness!
Half-Empty or Half-Full?
I’m sure you’ve heard this question many times: Is the glass half-empty or half-full? The theory is, that if you’re an optimist you’ll see the glass as half-full, while if you’re a pessimist you’ll see it as half-empty. Technically, both answers are correct. Whether you can really tell if someone is an optimist or a […]
A Simple Way To Feel Love
Today’s post will be short and sweet because this idea is so simple it doesn’t need much explaining. If you want to feel love give someone a hug. It’s as simple as that. I wrote recently about the late Dr. Leo Buscaglia who always ended his public talks by giving hugs to everyone in the […]
Forget
Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it. –William Durant
