Happiness as a feeling is often the outcome of a decision to be grateful. It seems that most everyone strives to be happy each day, but few recognize the relationship between the happy feeling we seek and the grateful spirit that must be unleashed for it to occur. ...
Have you ever been in fog so thick you couldn’t see the road ahead? It’s not pleasant, but there’s a valuable life lesson to be learned from the experience. Next time you’re in this situation, find a safe place to stop, silence any noise, and just sit and enjoy the...
Are you determined to live life fully? In 1960, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a book about a life fully lived when she was 76 years old. The book’s title? “You Learn By Living”. She wrote the book well after she had been the first lady, and as you might imagine, by that...
Did you know that more than half the globe – an estimated 4.2 billion people – now use social media on a daily basis? Staying in touch with friends and family, and being able to utilize it for business, fun, or to make a difference in the lives of others is a very...
Author Victor Frankl wrote extensively about the horrible tragedies he underwent after being thrown into a Nazi concentration camp in 1942. He lost nearly all he held dear — his family, most of his friends, his life’s work – but one day he realized, the Nazis hadn’t...
Have you ever counted the hours you spent with the news or social media? Did you ever think it might affect your life balance, or that choosing to make time for other things could keep you healthy? There are studies today that suggest too much television can cause...
Are you afraid of anything? Come on now... everyone is afraid of something! How about Spiders? Or heights? Snakes? Whatever it might be, have you ever let your fears get the best of you? Have you not reached a goal because fear stood between you and success? You...
Helen Keller had an unusual perspective for someone who’d been deaf and blind since the age of two. She noticed things that, for most, seem insignificant – “I, who cannot see,” she said, “find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate...
Did you know some of the most influential and powerful people in the world today had to struggle to become what they are? You might have had to struggle to become what you are now. Imagine a situation that creates seemingly insurmountable challenges in your life. Now...
Anxiety can make us feel as though we are the victims of our own thoughts. And….that is an accurate way of describing what is happening. Anxiety IS caused by our thoughts. Our thoughts are produced by sorting and rationalizing what we read, see, and hear. By allowing...
Have you ever had a day in which you had to choose to be enthusiastic? A funny concept, I know….but were you aware that you could choose enthusiasm? You know, enthusiasm adds a certain spice to situations that anger, frustration, hostility, or negativity will never be...
The root for the word happiness is hap, the same for the word happen or happening. It suggests that in order for happiness to occur, something (presumably good) has to happen. Lots of things make us happy – a nice big bowl of ice cream smothered in hot fudge and...