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I was speaking to a friend the other day who is involved with individuals who travel, often great distances, to perform re-enactments of historical events. He and his wife have been doing this for a number of years and have collected the proper costume and things that make for an authentic recreation of things as they were in centuries past.They also thoroughly enjoy this activity and opportunity.Read more…Unhappiness is a Habit That's Hard to Break!
What are my 3 main unhappy habits?1. looking outside for comfort and happiness. 2.Read more…Accessing The Wisdom of Now
After all, we can only be responsible for happiness with ourselves, and the only time is in the present moment.When we really love someone (a child, a family member, a partner), we want them to be happy – happy with themselves, happy with their lives. Unless they accept and love who they are they can’t be happy with themselves.Read more…The 7-Step Guide To A Wonderful Retirement
Some people it seems are almost filled with dread at the prospect of retirement - of bringing an end to the well known and comfortable routine of each working day. But if that happens to be you, I hope that by the end of this brief guide, you will be positively jumping for joy at the prospect of giving up your mundane, predictable, day to day routine, and itching to grasp the wealth of opportunities which lie before you.In this article, we will outline seven ways by which to gain contentment in retirement.Read more…Failure and the Boogeyman
Failure is like the boogeyman. They both have the power to incite terror, they both get scarier the more you think about them, and they're both entirely made-up.I can hear the protests already: "What?Read more…Learning: The Joys and Excitement of Learning Something New
A few weeks ago I was speaking on the phone to my co-worker and friend Keith. We had been working for several days writing some new material for a programme that we were teaching. The process had been difficult, neither of us had appeared particularly stimulated by the task and the work we were producing felt OK but not spectacular.Read more…7 Steps for Becoming Happy and Making Money in the Process
Making money, and becoming happy in the process? Wasn’t money supposed to be the root of all evil? Well, if we think about it, most of the same principles for making money are the same as they are for becoming happy.Read more…How To Commit To Be Happy in Spite of What Life Hands Over To You
Commit To Be HappyToday, why not made a personal commitment to be happy, in spite of what life hands over to you. You have to admit that there are too many things over which you have no control. The only thing you can do is to stop allowing them to make dents in your spirit.Read more…Do You Want To Be Happy? 1
Then you need to take responsibility.Taking responsibility is taking your power back; it leads you to own your power.According to the Law of Attraction, NLP and Quantum Physics, thoughts create reality, so what you think you create.Read more…When Are You Going To Welcome Yourself Home?
I was working recently with a client who was undergoing difficult moments in his life as he realized that he had not been true to himself in his life, particularly with the people he loved, and this filled him with regret.Each one of us is unique, a masterpiece of talents, qualities and characteristics. There has never been, there is not, and there will never be, another you.Read more…Are You Making Yourself Happy, Really?
Just a few thoughts on what has been the topic of much discussion recently, Happiness...We all desire and want to be happy. And we do many things to FEEL HAPPY…We buy many things: make up, clothes, food, cars, houses…We do many things: go on holidays, go out to restaurants, clubs, pubs, theatres…We maybe think we need to be in that relationship, or any relationship, to be happy…We maybe think we need to have that job to be happy…We maybe think we need to live in that house to be happy…We maybe think we need to have those friends to be happy…We maybe think we need to have that body to be happy…But, are You Happy?Read more…Five Things Likely To Make You Happier In The Short Term
Here is my list of things to give you a short-term "hit" of happiness. Of course, these things won't solve your long-term problems, but they are useful tricks to giving yourself some relief when it all seems too much.Each is virtually guaranteed to give you some satisfaction, but they won't work unless you try them.Read more…Do You Want To Be Happy?
THEN YOU NEED TO STOP COMPLAINING AND BLAMING:EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD BE, BE THANKFULWe are masters of complaining and moaning about anything and everything. We blame people, things, events, and the past, for our current situation, for our life, for our pain, for everything.Does it help?Read more…Do What You Love With Courage, Laughter and Heart - Part 2
One of the greatest things about getting older is knowing yourself more. Once you have discovered 1. what you really love to do, 2. realized you have the power to create the life you have dreamed of and 3.Read more…"Old Red Sweatshirt"
It has been too long since I took my daughter on her pre-college visits. At one West Coast university, I purchased a sweatshirt, as a remembrance of our trip. There’s nothing fancy about it.Read more…Learn to Be Content In All Things
Contentment is a rare state of mind that even the wisest among us sometimes find strenuous to attain. However you can learn the secret to be content in all things.There is no end to what the heart can desire, and because we can never have all that we want, we will always be unhappy if we can't be satisfied with what we have.Read more…Happiness – Anything Over $12,000 Can't Buy It
According to a recent study conducted by Richard Layard of London School of Economics, wealth above $12,000 dollars does not necessarily increase one's happiness and contentment in life.Between 1958 and 1987, average income in Japan increased by 500%. But the surveys did not reveal a corresponding increase in level of individual happiness in Japan.Read more…REAP Your Own Happiness
One of my favorite expressions is that "you reap what you sow". While I often hear it used negatively by someone who expects some "chickens to come home to roost" I prefer to think of it as something positive. How comforting to think that all our hard work and toil will be rewarded with a crop of something good?Read more…It's All About Choice!
I should have been happy according to the standards society projects, but I wasn’t. I was married, had five wonderful children, a degree in music, chaired many organizations, was very creative, and had been teaching piano with much success for many years while receiving continuous praise for my many accomplishments. I had a comfortable lifestyle so to the world I had plenty, and although I was grateful for those blessings, on the inside I was unhappy, distraught, restless, and eventually became ill as a result of all the buried negative feelings I had stuffed away.Read more…8 Ways to Transform Your Life
Transforming our lives into “purpose” can be a most rewarding process. It can be one of the most challenging, as well. Living our lives with purpose means we must live in the moment, not in the past, nor in the future.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Happiness category
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Learn how to make the rest of your life the best of your life with these critical tips from a leading retirement lifestyle expert. With these tips, you can enjoy a second phase of life (after retirement) that will be fulfilling, happy and exciting. - Nine Tips for Living a Harmonious Life in Retirement - By: Cynthia Barnett
Harmonious living in retirement brings peace a sense of balance in one's life and the ability to keep priorities in place. Noted retirement lifestyle expert offers nine tips on how to create and enjoy a harmonious lifestyle in retirement and before. - Investing In Your Dreams: The Key to Perfect Freedom - By: Alexander Green
And, ordinarily, that's exactly what it takes to do what you really love doing - investing in your dreams, or what matters most. - Your Imaginary Guru - By: Seth Manne
Learn some new and exciting ways to use your imagination. Did you know you can "imagine" answers to some of your deepest questions and receive amazingly accurate answers. - Emotions and Energetic Healing - By: Michael Mohoric
Emotions play a crucial role in good health. Chinese Medicine teaches that repressing emotions can cause many health problems. Distant Qigong energy healing can help to harmonize and balance the emotions, mind and body. - The 7 Steps That Will Attract The Love, Happiness And Success You Want - By: Nancy Nichols
The biggest problem that single women have in finding, dating and attracting their Dream Man is that they repeatedly sabotage their dating and relationship opportunities with their negative attitudes, bad dating behavior, or they choose men who are incapable of contributing to a meaningful relationship. - Should you stay or should you go? Will changing jobs really make you happy? - By: Jim Manton
Feeling unsettled at work? Do you wonder how much longer you can keep going to an unfulfilling and life draining job? Find out how to know if you should stay or you should go. - Alternative Notions of Life, a Different Path (7): Happiness - Are you looking in the right place? - By: Carl "J.C." Pantejo
It's 3:00 AM. True to form, since I went to bed last night too early, here I am awake at zero-dark, thirty. I'm alone. For the first time (in a long time), I don't have a wife, live-in partner, or a date sleeping next to me. - Follow Your Heart - By: Hale Dwoskin
There is a universal intelligence or knowingness in each and every one of us. When you are open to this intelligence of the heart, it guides you in the true direction to do what is best for you and those around you. - Discover the Joy of Living in the Now in Retirement - By: Cynthia Barnett
Learning to live in the now can bring great peace and happiness during retirement. Celebrated retirement expert offers ten tips on how you can learn to live in the now and find greater joy in retirement.