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The Dalai Lama – How to start your day
See if paying attention to the nature of the mind early in the morning makes your mind more alert throughout the day. Your thoughts certainly will be more tranquil. The conceptual mind that runs on thinking of good things, bad … Continue reading
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Happiness & Less
Happiness & Less Happiness is a way station between too little and too less ~ Channing Pollock For today’s post I decided to write about happiness and wanting less. You see we are all always, particularly as Americans, told that … Continue reading
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Dalai Lama on Religions
Because of the great differences in our ways of thinking, it is inevitable that we have different religions and faiths. Each has its own beauty. And it is much better that we live together on the basis of mutual respect … Continue reading
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Time for a Happiness Day
Time for a Happiness Day Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you ~ Karl Lagerfeld You are not a bad person, you’re not evil … Continue reading
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Happiness and writing away the darkness
Happiness and writing away the darkness An update to a piece from a couple of years ago ~ Rev Kane Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence. ~ Jeanette Winterson … Continue reading
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Happiness is a Choice
Happiness is a Choice Our life is the sum total of all the decisions we make every day, and those decisions are determined by our priorities. ~ Myles Munroe Lately I’ve been having a tough time of it, trying to … Continue reading
Happiness is Feeling Safe
Happiness is Feeling Safe Happiness is a form of courage. ~Holbrook Jackson Happiness at some level is a luxury. What do I mean by that? Well it comes back to one of my favorite concepts of all-time, Maslow’s Hierarchy of … Continue reading
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Children and Happiness
Children and Happiness The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. ~Albert Einstein This topic seem to be a natural to talk about, of course there … Continue reading
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Happiness and an Important Question
Happiness and an Important Question “It is necessary … for a man to go away by himself … to sit on a rock … and ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?”~ Carl Sandburg … Continue reading
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On Being Present in Your Life
So, because there is wisdom in knowing when someone has done something better than you can, I will refer you to their amazing piece on being present. And in the spirit of being present in our over stimulated, multitasking world, take a few minutes to do nothing but focus on the article and let it sink in, great way to start a shortened holiday week, here’s the link:
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