In my last article, I made the case that deep breathing is the ultimate self-control.…
Tag: happiness
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.
I talk a lot about sleep on this site because sleep is vital for human…
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for…
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
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.
I define greatness as the joy of self-mastery, which is commonly termed fulfillment. How often…
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.
Connection is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. It is the lifeblood…
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.
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.
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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.
Music is the quickest way to induce feelings of happiness, sadness, anger, or excitement. Today…
We quickly get offended when people criticize us or gossip about us behind our backs, and understandably so. But what if we took a moment to remember all the wrong things we’ve said and done in our lives (or thought) that nobody knows about. The truth is we are a lot worse than people think. Remember this when you feel tempted to get offended, even if people are not being truthful or giving you a fair shake. What should offend us is the garbage we allow our minds to be polluted with—the same bad energy we recycle back into the world. It’s more important to have a pure heart than a pure reputation. And, at the end of the day, it’s the only thing we have control over.
Stress makes you believe that everything has to happen now. Faith reassures you that everything will happen when the time is right.
Forgive yourself for not knowing then what you know now.
Imagine you have $86,400 in your account and someone steals $10 from you. Will you be upset and throw all of the $86,390 away in hopes of getting back at the person that took your $10? Or move on and live? Move on and live, right. See, we all have 86,400 seconds every day, so don’t let someone’s negative 10 seconds ruin the rest of the 86,390. Don’t sweat the small stuff, life is bigger than that.
The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what’s there: all of it.
You are killing yourself for a job that would replace you in a week if you dropped dead. Take care of yourself.
I am not a morning person. I get most of my work done at night…
One of the biggest things that separates human beings from animals is the future. As…
Benjamin Franklin famously quipped, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except…
People traveling to the United States for the first time often don’t know what to…
Compassion does not need any special preparation, place or time. You can start it anywhere and anytime. Try it at home, work, school —or anywhere! The more you cultivate compassion the more will be your fulfillment, resilience, patience, grit, endurance and equanimity.
Love is vital to the survival and thriving of the human species. Without love, babies…
Serendipity [ser-uh n-dip-i-tee]: Good luck; fortune 1-) Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming famously invented Pencillin by accident—call…
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists
Recently I noticed my thoughts trending in the wrong direction. Challenging life circumstances seemed to…
All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.
A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
It seems like every month a new challenge makes its waves across the internet. Some…
Happiness is impermanent, like everything else. In order for happiness to be extended and renewed, you have to learn how to feed your happiness. Nothing can survive without food, including happiness; your happiness can die if you don’t know how to nourish it. If you cut a flower but you don’t put it in some water, the flower will wilt in a few hours. Even if happiness is already manifesting, we have to continue to nourish it.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
The human brain is hard-wired for visualization. It constantly imagines how future events will play…
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Forgiveness is powerful medicine, but like all medicine many people have a hard time with…
1) Only focus on the things that you have total control over like your effort and your attitude. 2) Do what you love for a living and attack it each day with joy and enthusiasm. 3) Dream big and ignore the naysayers. 4) Be relentless and never give up on your dreams. 5) Choose faith over fear.
Disempower [dis-em-pou-er ]: to make weak; to take power away from. N. Disempowerment (antonym: empower,…
The Gifts of Imperfection is one of my all-time favorite books. And I know I’m…
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention
Elsewhere on the site I have cited scientific evidence demonstrating the health benefits of meditation.…
Imagine a 30-year old man in the US making $13 an hour working a blue…
When I first got a copy of Mark Manson’s bestseller, I was a little put…
In ancient times, fasting was commonly prescribed to treat a host of mental and physical…
The 21st century has witnessed a surge in mindfulness meditation in the US and Europe.…
I am a fan of Elliott Hulse, the famous YouTuber/Bodybuilder/Wise Sayings guy. Over the years…
Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength. . . Psalm…