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How Good Are You? The demands of being a good person can sometimes mean sacrificing your own happiness.You may have been raised to be a good boy or girl; encouraged to be a good worker, to be a good parent; to be a good friend; to be a good citizen… And I’m not saying that this is wrong; what questioning the effects of this on our individual happiness and ...Can I Make A Difference? How can one regular individual help make this world a better place. This is a question I ask myself quite often. In our daily life we want the good things. Our educational system teaches us to get a career, have a good social standing, to become something. Materialism is popular; we want a nice car, a nice home, and nice clothes. We achieve this ...Are You Using Money To Measure Your Success? As I observe friends, neighbors, acquaintances and people in general I am coming to believe that many people are still measuring their success by what they get or have than by what they can let go of and share. I am not implying that stuff is bad, that accumulating money is not a worthy cause or that surrounding yourself with the trappings of s ...White Sun - Self Improvement There are people who can judge if a thing is right or wrong from their minds, and some judge from words. There is a balance scale in everyone’s mind to judge whether things are important or not, and to determine whether something should be done or not. Some people are greedy for the short term while some plan for long term when they find somethi ...Relaxation Retreats Relaxation retreats can be very beneficial for you if you are able to take the time off of work and travel to where they are being held. They will help you forget about the deadlines you are facing at your job, and the expectations that are placed on you by your family. Retreats can be as short as a couple of days, or as long as a week, depend ...Why Do We Hurt Those We Love Most And How To Stop This You love each other but can’t manage to communicate without arguing, fighting and ending up exhausted, each one in his corner, trying to lick his wounds and thinking of how to protect one self against a new attack. And in spite of that…you love each other? How is this possible? Why do people hurt most those they love?How come we can’t exp ...What is the Ultimate Lifestyle? Since the mission of this newsletter is to help you define, carve out, and live your own Ultimate Lifestyle, I figured I should devote some space to laying a proper foundation for doing that.Before you can hit a target, you need to know where it is! So, to begin, let's answer the question:What is The Ultimate Lifestyle?F ...The Secret to Living is Giving When it comes to giving, are you a person who will stop at nothing?Go with the Flow:The secret to living is giving. One way to judge a person is by what they say. A better way is by what they do. The best way is by what they give. Charles Spurgeon said, "Feel for others - in your wallet." An Indian proverb says, "Good people, ...Credit Happiness To Your Life Even If You Have Bad Credit Credit rating of a person reveals his/her financial credibility in the market. It is extremely crucial for a person to pay utmost care to his credit ratings and not let it plummet. Most banks carry out lending on the basis of a borrower’s credit history. Better the credit rating, better the loan deal pulled off by the borrower. No one would like ...Be Happy! Do Your Duty Happily Without Attachment to Its Results Happiness is not living in a fool’s paradise. It is not living in oneself oblivious of outside world. Life is not a bed of roses. Here one has to struggle and fight for justice. All our actions are with a view to some results. But often we fail to achieve that result. Sometime we get even opposite results than our expectations. For exampl ...Uncover Emotional Secrets and Live a Happier Life Can you remember a time when you became a little irritated with someone and made a sharp comment that may have hurt, one which you later regretted? Have you ever writhed in the pain of emotional agony over some loss or missed opportunity? Do you recall a time when you felt so overwhelmed by emotion that you withdrew from everything and everyone? ...Keeping Conflict in Perspective A friend told me about a conflict she was having with her next door neighbor.Due to a misunderstanding the neighbor was pretty upset, so much so that when they passed on the street and my friend said hello and reached out to shake his hand, he withdrew it, avoided eye contact, muttered a monotone “hi” and quickly walked past her. ...The Happiness Habit 'Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.' Abraham LincolnI'm happy. My Email software has developed a frustrating problem, it's been raining for days, the car has sprung a leak which will be very expensive to fix - and I'm still happy.How can I tell?How can anyone know when they're happy? What does h ...Chopping Wood and Carrying Water Humanity takes itself much too seriously and every experience does not have to be a life and death situation.Before the industrial revolution came along, humanity was involved with living. Half the world's population produced all the food that would supply the other half. Rural residents produced their own food and in doing so they mainta ...High Self Esteem Will Improve Your Happiness Most agree that we need to develop high and healthy self esteem or confidence. It should be obvious why, but nevertheless it is worth mentioning what an improved self confidence can do for your life, your well being, your relationships and your happiness. So what does self confidence or esteem mean? Confidence means more toler ...Baby Poems for Saying What's On Your Heart Baby poems and baby shower poems can express any sentiment. Whether sweet, funny, or loving, poems are an ideal way to say what’s on your heart. And if you need some help with what to say, online you can find everything you’re looking for having to do with poems and baby shower poems.Anyone can write a baby poem, and everyone enjoys readi ...The Greatest Principal In Human Nature Is The Wish To Be Appreciated And Loved The greatest principal in human nature is the wish to be appreciated and loved. If you treat people as if they were what they should be and could be, they will become what they should be and could be. There is no stimulus like that which comes from realizing that others believe in you and love you. It is not enough for a good teacher to be knowl ...Two Weeks Take a deep breath, close your eyes and imagine how you'd respond to the following scenario:You’ve been told that you have only two weeks left to live. Now, after the shock wears off, what would you do next? How different would the next two weeks be compared to the way you’ve been living thus far? Would it be any different at all?T ...Turn On Your Light to Find Happiness In one of his speeches, Professor Dumbledore mentions that dark times that lie ahead. And he adds: "But remember that even in the darkest of times we can find happiness: Just turn on the light." And with that, he waves his hand in front of a candle and it lights up.Ok, so we are not as magic as Dumbledore and we may not be able to light a ...1. Personal Development There has been a time in my life that I was only chasing money and personal success through money. For quite some time I managed to live a wealthy life with lots of so-called friends. And although I had lots of fun during that time, I lost everything because I lacked a real important thing in my life:- Personal Growth -I forgot ...Three Steps to Take Charge of Your Life Most people recap the day’s events before going to sleep. This leads to insomnia for many people as they bemoan, analyze and judge every detail over and over. “What If…?” “If Only…,” “He/she said…” or “He/she did…” are the refrains. Or perhaps you did or said something to someone else that provided that person opportunity to respond with an u ...8 Keys To Discovering Happiness in Your Life In working with thousands of people over the past twenty years as a psychotherapist and NLP Practitioner, I have noticed that there are certain key qualities that exist in the lives of those who are "happy" and who seem "vibrant" about life. These qualities are;1. They Refuse to Live Up to the Label of being a VictimHappy people ha ...Overcoming the Side Effects of Abuse It's hard enough to come to terms with the actual impact of abuse, but the side effects just add to the weight of recovery.The impact on self belief and confidence can be massive. It can also make a huge dent in self-respect. It becomes all to easy to withdraw into a world of self-abuse - drugs, food, alcohol and other substances that har ...How to Find Joy and Happiness I'm sure many times you have asked the question: “What is happiness really?” Before I attempt to elaborate on this issue further I will say this: I have a strong, intuitive feeling that when push comes to shove, joy and happiness are the purposes of our lives. If my feeling is correct, then nothing in our life is more important than to endeavo ...Hitting a Home Run "Hitting a Home Run"The purpose of life is to discover True Love; The secret is to discover the Present Moment.~Simon HeighwayaOften the attempt to develop mindfulness can be discouraging. The excellent idea above can seem like being told that the way to become a successful baseball player is to hit a home run when y ...Positive Self-Talk One of the most powerful influences on your attitude and personality is what you say to yourself. It is not what happens to you, but how you respond internally to what happens to you, that determines your thoughts, feelings, and your actions. By controlling your inner dialogue, or your “self talk,” you can begin to assert control over every part ...The Power to Succeed It’s amazing how we fool ourselves... while at the same time believing we are doing what’s best.Let me give you an example. I overheard a guy telling a group of friends, over drinks, how he had become fed-up with work. Guys being guys, they immediately started to come up with options to fix the problem – ideas like changing company and ch ...Stalking One's Soul Somewhere within my mind an unexplained familiar vision or image creeps forth. This vision seems very real, and other times no recollection of whom or what it is, and yet my mind tells me that I do actually know. Meditation and being totally quiet of mind give me thoughts about the meaning of the vision. Just what is this vision? Who does th ...Be Happy! Home is the Happiest Place to Live In “The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”—Thomas Jefferson.The world may be a dreary, dreadful, and dangerous place to venture into. There may be cut-throat competition in which survival of the mean, cunning, and bully only is possible. It may not be a place for gentle, ...Finding True Happiness: Part One 1 Timothy 6:33 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmising, 5 Perverse disputing of men o ...
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