Tag Archives: happiness

The Creative Place

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.Alan Alda

be brave

We must leap from the cliff, knowing that we’ll fly, that the winds will carry us, and that we’ll reach a place beautiful.

discover yourself

In making such a leap, in taking the necessary risks, in going out on the limb, we’ll discover new lands and new values, we’ll discover what causes us fear, we’ll know how to overcome it and increasingly we’ll know our own selves.

Daily Affirmation: I am brave now. I am jumping off the cliff, beyond my comfort zone, and embracing new possibilities today!

Recommendation: Beyond the Summit

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Only One Path …

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind, while just the art of being kind, is all the sad world needs.Ella Cox Wheeler

many paths

There are indeed enumerable paths. Which one is right or best? Many people believe that you’ll do just fine no matter which path you choose. In reality there are as many paths as there are people. 

one needed

The path of kindness and compassion is a sure winner. When we cultivate these traits we start to embody pure love (God). Being good just becomes easier. We then instinctively know what to do in each situation. Still very hard to do, but at least now we have a shot?

Daily Affirmation: Today I will exude peace, love, kindness and compassion. Each action today will be from goodness, with the aim to serve others.

Recommendation: Peace Pilgrim

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Happier

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.  – Martin Luther King Jr

resentments weigh us down

They occupy real-estate in our mind. We dwell on negativity. We lose precious time and fail to notice new opportunity. We go backwards.

forgive and forget

Feel lighter. Feel way better. Focus on positive expectations instead. Choose the new found time and attitude to pin-down new opportunities. Dwell on the silver lining.

Daily Affirmation: Today I refuse to be weighed down by resentment. I forgive one and all, I forgive myself. I travel in my lighter being to grander destinations. I’m smiling!

Recommendation: Even Happier

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Slow And Steady…

There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting.Milan Kundera

haste makes waste

We’re always in a hurry. To get where? To do what? Are we missing the journey while trying to get to the destination? It’s a habit we’ve formed. We ought to break it.

slow and steady

Let’s slooooow down.

Put reminders for yourself to pause and examine your mindset. Breathe deeper, don’t let life pass you by.

Daily Affirmation: Today I will remember to breathe slow and deep. I will pause to experience life.

Recommendation: Savor This Moment

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Change Happening!

Change is the law of life.John F. Kennedy

understand the law

Notice the change that’s always in motion. The day passes, we grow older, the keys on a keyboard slowly smoothen out, the sensitivity of our senses and our own awareness of things itself is constantly in flux. So why do we want everything to stay the same [don’t want change]? And what about our desires for new things and experiences all the time [want change]?

the ‘you’ that doesn’t change

If everything’s changing, what is it that’s not changing? The constancy comes from our individuality. Even though we ourselves change and grow all the time, there’s a part of us that instills a sameness to us. Under normal circumstances, whether we awaken from sleep or regain consciousness after losing it, there’s always the ‘us’ that’s there. That’s the lens from which we view all our experiences and changes. It’s the same perspective that can help us stay in the ‘now’ moment. The more we’re in the now moment, the better prepared are we for life as it happens to us.

Affirmation: Today I will stay centered as much as possible. As change occurs I will simply notice it.

Recommendation: Getting in the Gap

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Finding Real Security

True security is found in an inward relationship with Reality, not in an outward relationship with a man. Self-change toward lasting happiness proceeds from the inner to the outer.Vernon Howard

where to look

Here Vernon is talking to a woman who was asking him about relationship issues. We must peek inside first. We must seek that which we already possess. No one or no thing outside can guarantee us long term peace and fulfillment.

awareness

Getting to know ourselves, what we like, dislike, how we operate, what keeps us ticking etc. is of primary importance. This is a path that leads to a deeper relationship with the source of wisdom, that’s inside us.

Daily Affirmation: Today I will listen first and then talk. I will understand my real motivations behind any action. I will pause, then act.

Recommendation:

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A Balanced Lifestyle!

Don’t let success go to your head – and if you fail, don’t let failure go there either!Jane Seabrook & Ashleigh Brilliant

cockiness

We do many things successfully; watch how it changes us. When we don’t listen well, because we think we know already, or when we don’t question, thinking we understand enough, we are being cocky. Cockiness keeps us from being in a ‘learner’ or child-like mode. Remember your failures.

failure

The exact opposite is true when dealing with failure. Let’s understand the key learning and simply move on. Remember your successes.

Recommendation: Furry Logic: Don’t Worry!

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