July 17, 2010
Many of us spend and waste a lot of time thinking that things will be better WHEN we lose weight, get promoted, move into a nicer place, make more money, get married, have children, get out of debt, have more free time, get the kids out of the house, retire, recover from a specific injury, illness, or whatever else it is we think needs to change in order for us to be happy.
Life is not “WHEN” ; it is TODAY.
Stephen Lafond
May 28, 2010
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony”
Mahatma Gandhi
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It saves so much time when we choose to align the thinking, the saying and the doing altogether.
But why don’t we do this more consistently ?
May 23, 2010
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hope for.”
Epicurus
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April 17, 2010
Through my efforts, I gain the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.
To live one day at a time;
Enjoy one moment at a time;
Accept the hardships as natural balance;
Taking this beautiful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting in the balance;
That I may be able to see myself as happy in this life.
(Many authors have worked on this one, I don’t know who to give the credit to)
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This is so much easier said than done, but I’ll keep on trying until…
I could try to comment this text over and over again, but the real challenge is to live by it when we are confronted with daily frustrations.
March 28, 2010
Why do a lot of people keep doing the same things over and over even when it makes them unhappy? They complain but change nothing.
They focus on the externals and neglect what is going on inside their minds.
They invest money on their houses, on their cars, on their swimming pools, on their boats and don’t invest money in their minds, on their skills and on their personal development.
They sit on their couch in the living room watching other people on television live their lives and make money doing it when they could be living their own lives fully.
They talk about diets and health endlessly without realizing they are sitting on the couch with a bag of chips and soda. All talk and no action.
This is just a personal observation.
And then again, without being aware of time going by…
What is YOUR relation between happiness and how you invest your free time?
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