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Happiness & Acceptance
Happiness & Acceptance Happiness can only exist in acceptance ~ George Orwell “Acceptance is a beautiful thing, but it’s also something that I’ve struggled to master. Acceptance, the opposite of resistance, is simply allowing things to be as they are, … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, happiness, happy, life, orwell, philosophy, positivity, safe
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Reflection and Meditation
Reflection and Meditation The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it. ~ James Allen It’s been a turbulent week for me and a lot of the … Continue reading
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Tagged basics of meditation, contemplation, deng ming-dao, happiness, life, meditation, positivity, reflection
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Happiness, the U-Bend and Bhutan
Happiness, the U-Bend and Bhutan Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It’s great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I’m not complaining,… Those who find growing old terrible … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, bhutan, gross domestic happiness, happiness, life, news, positivity, u-bend
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Connecting with others and selected families
So in order to improve our happiness we need to have the appropriate people around us. Our selected family should be composed of positive, honest and upbeat people who can make us laugh. Those people that are negative, that for whatever reason you can’t remove from your life, need to have their impact minimized. Interact with them as little as possible and on a regular schedule so you know when the interactions will happen and limit the interactions to only necessary discussions. For those you have to remove from your life, do so as quietly and compassionately as you can, but make the break quickly and fully. If you leave them in your life at any level the negativity can creep back in. Continue reading
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Tagged family, friends, happiness, kindness, life, personal happiness, positivity, selected family, wisdom
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Notice the Small Things
Noticing these things may not do anything in themselves to increase your happiness, but may increase the happiness of others, which in the end will increase yours. So have a great Monday, take your time, remember to breathe, stay positive and notice the small things.
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Tagged happiness, life, mindfulness, mohammed, monday, mother teresa, positivity, small things
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Focus on the Good Things
And if you’re smiling at them, they’re likely to smile back and make both of your days just a little bit better. So smile sunshine things will get better.
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Tagged anger, frustration, happiness, life is hard, mother teresa, personal happiness, positivity, smile, sunshine
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Happiness, Science and Meditation
The link I’m providing you today is an old article from Wired magazine in regards to some of the scientific work that was being done with the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist monks not just on the effects of meditation, but how meditation can increase your happiness, enjoy.
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Tagged breathing, buddhism, dalai lama, happiness, health, meditation, positivity, yoga
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Indecision & Procrastination, the Enemies of Happiness
If you wait for everything to be perfect according to your preconceived plans, then you may well wait forever. If you go out and work with the current of life, you may find that success comes from building upon small things. Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, deng ming-dao, happiness, happy, indecision, positivity, procrastination, taoism, wisdom
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Balance: The Wisdom of Deng Ming-Dao
Everything has its place. Everything has its season. As events turn, balance is to know what is here, what is coming and how to be in perfect harmony with it. Then one attains a state of sublimity that cannot be challenged.
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Tagged balance, be happy, deng ming-dao, happiness, happy, life lessons, positivity, tao, taoism
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A Question of Happiness
The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up. ~Charles L. Morgan Continue reading
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Tagged blog, change, happiness, life, personal happiness, positivity, question
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