Tag Archives: happiness

It’s Right Here!

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.John Burroughs

running away?

Why is the grass always greener on the other side? Why do we always look for fun and excitement out there? What are we running away from? Pause to consider.

instead

What might be needed is a new pair of eyes, daily. We must figure out a way to renew our pledge to be learners, to be child-like, to feel wonder and excitement about what we have, about opportunities that abound us and for what is still possible.

Recommendation: This Time I Dance!: Creating the Work You Love

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The Present…

You often overlook the choicest things in life because they’re so easy to obtain – the sunrise and the sunset, the starry host on a clear night, the taste of fresh clean air, the sight and smell of flowers and trees, and the fresh rain on your face.Emmet Fox

want more

It’s easy to overlook the lovely things in and around us, because we always want more of something else. We want more because nothing truly satisfies us. We search for an elusive something, that which will eventually quench our thirst for wanting more and more. That something can be found and experienced.

receive what’s here

Let’s notice all that abounds us, the lovely family, the great health and enough material comforts to last a lifetime. Being gratified with what we have is one key to greater fulfillment now and later.

Recommendation: The Power of Now

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That Which Never Ends

Love never ends.Corinthians

reality

What is reality? The one thing that stands out most when prophets, mystics, monks, yogis and people of God talk about their spiritual experiences, is love. Many scriptures declare that love is the be all, it’s the summary, it’s the distillation of all things religion, all things good, and God.

eternal life

We all want to live forever. The sure way to achieve eternal life is to identify with reality, to practice and to become love itself.

Love Steps:

  • Receive God’s love
  • Forgive yourself and all others
  • Love all, including yourself
  • Serve everyone while living your passion

Recommendation: The Center Within

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Every Day…

Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.From the blog ‘Positively Present’

challenges abound

Life was designed to be full of challenges. Apparently it helps us grow, for some future unknown purpose. Is there meaning or a grand purpose to life as we live it?

seize the good

To maintain our sanity and to keep plowing on, we have to pick the pleasant from that which isn’t; the good from the bad; the silver lining from the dark rainy clouds. We must focus on the present while applying learning from the past and planning just enough for the future.

Recommendation: Authentic Happiness

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YOU are a Miracle!

All is a miracle. The stupendous order of nature, the revolution of a hundred million worlds around a million stars, the activity of light, the life of all animals, all are grand and perpetual miracles.Voltaire

notice the amazing world

Let the amazing sites and wonders energize us, because we live in a universe that’s full of bubbling life, always creating and full of opportunities that we are only beginning to grasp!

you are the world

You too are such a miracle, full of life, always creating and full of potential that is mostly untapped. Exult in that thought.

Recommendation: Savor This Moment

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Reacting To Negativity

From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life.Anais Nin

stuff happens

Negativity abounds, sometimes we feel that untoward incidents are becoming a norm in our lives. What’s the best way to react? How can we be in control instead of letting incidents control us?

create instead

The very act of pausing, thinking twice and then choosing a higher response is creativity in action! When you pause, pray for guidance and direction. You have the power to design your response, exercise this prerogative!

Recommendation: The Alchemist

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The Power To Just Be…

What is life if, full of care; We have no time to stand and stare?W.H. Davies

must figure it out

We lead a hypnotic existence most moments in the day. What does that mean? We’re lost in our thoughts, trying to figure everything out. What to buy, how to deal with certain individuals, what does s/he think of me, I’m over weight, I must do this or that….

just be

Notice your breath, know that you can rest and just life be. You can decide to be instead of do. Notice how that can be so relaxing, when you can flow with the river that life is and not care or worry. You owe it to yourself.

Recommendation: The Art of Being

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