Happiness is a common theme of this blog, because at the end of the day…
Author: Ben Peters
I'm a 20-something year old from the American Midwest passionate about using knowledge and the power of the mind to improve the quality of life. I enjoy researching, traveling, and connecting with people from around the world. I started this blog to share the discoveries that have improved my life and to learn from readers with access to this page.
I admittedly don’t know a lot about TD Jakes, but I do know he is…
Routines trump intentions. A lot of us have good intentions in areas like work, relationships, and health, but routines are what dictate whether they will ever materialize.
You don’t need a lot of equipment to make major gains in the gym. If…
In my last article, I made the case that deep breathing is the ultimate self-control.…
Stress disrupts a physical process as fundamental to life as breathing. When human beings get…
It’s not what you gather but what you scatter that tells you what kind of life you’ve lived.
Hard work doesn’t end when you leave the gym. The hardest part can be the…
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.
Vibrant [vahy-bruh nt]: having great energy; full of life (comes from the verb to vibrate, meaning…
I talk a lot about sleep on this site because sleep is vital for human…
Take someone who doesn’t keep score, who’s not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he’s free.
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for…
Fear is known to trigger a fight, flight, or freeze response. Fear can lead to…
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
Lively [lahyv-lee]: having great energy; full of life 1-) Good secretaries tend to have lively…
Even experienced meditators can’t always articulate how meditation works. I used to fall in that…
Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.
You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.
Fighting reality only creates suffering. While pain is inevitable in life, suffering is optional. And suffering is what happens when we refuse to accept the pain in our lives.
I define greatness as the joy of self-mastery, which is commonly termed fulfillment. How often…
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Most people see helping others as a necessary but undesirable fact of community life. We…
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Sometimes we need help from others. And sometimes others need help from us. Whether it’s…
Ideal [ahy-deel]: perfect for the occasion 1-) Sunny weather with a high temperature of 75…
Connection is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. It is the lifeblood…
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.
You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
There are few things in daily life I resent more than trying to fall asleep…
Man is affected not by events but by the view he takes of them.
Mental toughness is critical to achieving anything in life. It determines how well people respond…
Dazzle [daz–uhl]: to amaze or to impress (literally having to do with shining a bright…
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
It’s only a matter of time before life knocks you down. In fact, some of…
Clarity [klar-i-tee]: Having the quality of clearness; free from uncertainty, confusion, and the like 1-)…
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Eager [ee-ger]: desirous to do something 1-) The teacher was joyful that all her students…
Thrive [thrahyv]: To succeed; to do really well; to flourish; to prosper 1-) The stray…
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so, wants nothing.
Per his Wikipedia page, Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a professor of…
Clever [klev-er]: intelligent, especially when it comes to outside-the-box thinking 1-) The teacher described the…
Witty [wit-ee]: having/showing great wit (ability to think quickly and efficiently, especially making connections that…
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
This is another one of my all-time favorite quotes because it speaks to the most…
