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Afghan Children’s Circus
This is a double post with my other blog, zdeaconblue.wordress.com but I thought I would share it on both sites because its so damn cool. Saw this group on a story on CNN a few weeks ago and really dug … Continue reading
Monday Wisdom from the Dalai Lama
A reminder from his holiness that our own thoughts and attitudes can drive the way the world works, hopefully this will help us all have a better Monday and week than we had last week.
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A Perplexing Week but its a Happy Friday
So here is hoping the perplexing nature of this week is the beginning of a new learning experience and I wish you all a great weekend and I leave you a thought from Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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Tagged dostoevsky, friday, happiness, khalil gibran, work
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Happiness Requires an Open Mind
Happiness cannot occur if you spend all of your time being negative and looking down on others. Finally, I think it is also important, no matter how much faith you have in science, to understand there is still magic in the world. Children understand this and it is important to remember that children are often much happier than adults, it is easy to write that off only to their lack of responsibilities, but I believe there is more to it than that, that there is a certain wisdom in the way in which children view the world.
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Tagged children, happiness, karma, open mind, positivity, tolerance, wisdom, wisdom of children
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Tuesday has got to be better than Monday
Dalai Lama For the rest of your life to be as meaningful as possible, engage in spiritual practice if you can. It is nothing more than acting out of concern for others. If you practice sincerely and with persistence, little by little, step by step you will gradually reorder your habits and attitudes so as to think less about your own narrow concerns and more about others’ – and thereby find peace and happiness yourself. Continue reading
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Patience part II and a little bit about work
I posted on patience the other day and can’t believe I didn’t include the quote above from the Dalai Lama. So I’ve rectified that little error and also provided you a quote from Albert Camus about work, given that most of you will be seeing this for the first time on Monday morning when you’re on your way or at work. Remember it is in all of our life where we need to search for happiness, if you find happiness in your job that’s fantastic. For those of you who don’t, then it’s time to seriously sit down and consider when and how you can change the work you do. Continue reading
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Tagged dalai lama, happy, personal happiness, work
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The Language of Happiness
I live by this credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can find something to laugh about if you try hard enough.
— Red Skelton
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Tagged adventure, fun, german, happiness, open mind, personal happiness, positivity, rafting, story
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A Daily Meditation from Deng Ming-Dao
As I’ve mentioned in a previous post I read from a book each day, Deng Ming-Dao’s 365 Tao: Daily Meditations. I have always liked today’s entry so I thought I would share, as I’ve mentioned each day starts with a poem and then thoughts on the poem. Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, deng ming-dao, happiness, meditation, positivity, tao of steve, taoism, wisdom
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Quickie from the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama Everybody wants a happy life. But sometimes people, in order to achieve a happy and successful life, rely entirely on external means like money and power. I think this is a mistake. Ultimately, the source of happiness and joyfulness is within ourselves. And once our mind is more calm and joyful, then our activities can be more effective. Continue reading
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