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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choose to be happy
- What if I told you that you have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. You would probably say that I'm crazy. 1. I'm not crazy and 2. Happiness is a choice.You can't depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned early on in my marriage. I realized that I couldn't rely on my husband as my source of happiness. I learned that my happiness depended on me and not ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiest person in america: whats sex got to do with it?
- Who is the happiest person in America? USA Today featured Happiest Person in a cover story in its USA Weekend magazine. Bad news: it's not you. Nor is it me.Just how did they find Happiest Person and determine that he is indeed the happiest person in America? The USA Today research team appears to have used an elegantly simple three-step process.First, they identified "the world's le...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choose happiness
- It's a beautiful spring day in Beverly Hills, California. I'm looking out my window at elm trees in full leaf and roses in full bloom, and thinking about the people who helped me get where I am today.Mark Johnson was the kind of guy some people love to hate. He was always in a great mood and always had something positive to say. When he saw you, he enthusiastically boomed, "Hello, my f...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiness is a state of mind, im happy... i think!
- You have the power to attract and repel anything in life you want! It's all in your hands. Contentment, happiness, and joy are right around the corner. Hang in here with me; some of this is going to go against the grain of previous thinking.The Moment Of Truth!Regardless of whom you are, you are unique, you are special, and you are a wonderful person. Yet, certain people may not thin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You are where you are because you decided to be there
- The decisions we make everyday have a big impact on where we are in life, both spiritually and physically. Often these decisions are the 'safe' choices. People don't often venture too far off from familiar paths or too far out of their comfort zones and challenge themselves. As Aristotle the great Greek philosopher said, "Man perpetuates the familiar," and especially teens. The obvious reason not ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - If you can dream it you can do it!
- Confuscious, the Chinese Philospher is quoted as saying : "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." In other words, it is in the 'doing' that we appreciate and learn the meaning of an action or activity, not in thinking or day dreaming about it.Many teens daydream often about the things they would like to do. Do you? If you can 'dream,' you can 'do.' You need to ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to experience a richer, deeper, and fuller life
- When we choose to move beyond the boundaries of the ego, we choose to step into a different world. We find ourselves above the matrix of conceived causality, alive on a unique plane of experience. Here, much to our amazement, everything happens by itself. Grace, or effortless effort, now define our actions.Our egoic self is characterized by its neediness. Need arises as an urge to survive. ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is happiness and how to achieve it?
- True happiness is such a rare commodity that the whole of the world is continuously seeking it and failing to find it. All the people, who we consider to be the best in their fields, are seeking it too and failing to acquire it. The most brilliant of the scientists, the most gifted of artists, the most talented of poets and authors, the wealthiest businessmen, the most powerful rulers, the greates...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Life management skills for greater happiness
- "Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise." -Samuel LoverOne of the most common complaints people have these days is that their plate is fuller than full. The demands of modern life often leaves some people feeling dragged out and inadequate. Many people know intellectually that they can't give 100% to everything, yet still they have unrea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Boosting your success with six easy happiness tips
- In what areas of your life would you like to achieve greater success? State-of-mind (attitude towards life and work) absolutely affects your performance and your outcomes. People who stay in jobs they hate, or relationships and situations in which they are chronically unhappy are not only missing out on the joy life has to offer, but are literally putting their health at risk at the same time....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The art of happy living
- What do you think about happiness? A philosophical approach to life; an intellectual activity or an academical pursuit. No, not at all, nothing of the sort.Happy living is nothing more than living a normal life free from undue pressures, problems and tensions. The Art of Happy Living is not a complicated kind of art difficult to learn rather a simple art of living well, eating well, thinkin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The year of happiness
- I have decided to declare 2004 as the YEAR OF HAPPINESS for me. What about you? Yes, you can also do so! Anyone living in any part of the world has the right to be happy and enjoy every moment of his/her life. There is no harm in declaring the year 2004 as the Year of Happiness for All Mankind.You cannot bring happiness to your life unless you decide to be happy. This is the most important ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A bad hairdresser day
- "Hey everybody!" Hairdresser Lady called out. "It's The Happy Guy.""Don't try buttering me up, Hairdresser Lady," I warned. "It's not going to work.""What's not going to work?" she demanded."You can't cover up your gross incompetence with a 'Hey everybody' cheer.""Gross incompetence?""That's right. Just look at my head. Go ahead, take a real close look.""W...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Three inspirations for happiness
- The following three inspirations were adapted from A Daily Dose of Happiness, and they represent three key ways to increase our happiness.1. FORGIVING FOR HAPPINESSWe like to think we are better than our friends below us in the food chain, such as the octopus and the snail. After all, we have love. We feel happiness. We have empathy. We have a conscience. We can reason.We can ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - No happiness without patience
- I'm searching for modern happiness. The old-fashioned kind takes just too long. That happiness requires patience and I don't want to wait. I want upgraded happiness. I want release 4.02, the "new and improved" version.This is the 21st century and I demand instant gratification.Once upon a time, you had to wait to eat your meal. Even when the Mammoth Burger walk-through was open, they...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Give a hug for happiness
- Hugs have a long and honorable tradition, going back to the day the caveman first squeezed his wife and discovered that no ketchup squeezed out. Since then, he found that his wife makes an awesome teddy bear, and he can always squeeze a rhinoceros when he wants ketchup for his hotdog (which gave him the necessary motivation to go hunting when his wife asked him to).Hugs remain an important ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Simple pleasures: ingredients to feed your spirit.
- "When we do something we love, again and again, our life comes to hold the fragrance of that thing. ~ Wayne MullenCold air slips through the cracks in my doorway and around my windows. My cats lie curled up in balls; asleep on plump pillows. They hibernate most days now and only awaken from their dreamy slumbers for bites of kibble. They are unaware of our troops in the Middle East or our e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Our feelings and attitudes around happily ever after
- Our feelings and attitudes have a huge impact on our ability to achieve 'happily ever after.' Are feelings and attitudes the same thing or different? Does one cause the other to happen? Which one has more power over how we respond? Does the person experiencing them have any choice in the matter? What if they are in conflict?Feelings are what they are. We can't force them. You fall madly hea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating better relationships
- The most important achievements you can ever have in this life is your own happiness.And the majority of all the happiness you will ever have, will come from your personal relationships. Your interactions and the time you spend with the people you care about will be the major source of the pleasure, enjoyment, and satisfaction you have on a daily basis.The key to a happy family life ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Finding your life purpose
- You have a purpose in life. You have a unique gift or special talent. By using this to gift to benefit others you raise your spirit to it's highest. This is the ultimate? the dream of all dreams and the point where you can all live a life with abundant happiness.The question is how?This article will set you on that path and tell you what to do next.Forget how much money you ha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 the impact on our country.Are we becoming happ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiness-marriage-love-divorce-suicide-peace within-college
- Too many of us seem to think that there should be 24-7 happiness in our life, so when there is problems in a marriage the temptation for affairs and divorce is there.But where ever we are in our life, in or out of love, single or in a long term relationship or marriage, there is no 24-7 happiness.There are happy moments to cherish and to hold us through the trials. Society has lead u...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spiritual and sexual healing
- Couple issues such as spirituality and sexuality rank higher than financial reasons as the most affected items of a fumbling relationship. When it comes the moment to point out why a couple needs more intimate vigor, two wrongly things are sure to happen: Women are always blamed, and if both recognize that it's a male matter, also women blame themselves. Their consequent silent follows a behavior ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Breaking the cycle
- Breaking the cycle is a term we have all heard. Especially if we come from a family (and these days who doesn't) that has a history of some type of violence and/or drug abuse whereas this phrase is told to us over and over. "Yes, you have had a bad hand in life. Life is not fair. But the best thing you can do is raise your head and break the cycle of violence in your life".It seem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Having fun with life
- It was just a few degrees shy of swimming weather a few weeks ago at the beach. I walked along the shore in my jeans and a red tankini top, the salt air refreshing against my skin but not quite cold. My two sisters and some friends and I were taking a brief hike down the beach. Up ahead, a small freshwater creek came out of the pine forest along the beach and cut across our path. The water of the ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Gratefulness
- Gratefulness brings a great fullness to life. The choice to adopt and hold a moment-by-moment attitude of gratitude is the choice that differentiates those who suffer the slings and arrows of misfortune and those who are blessed with a joyous and abundant life.Yes, that is correct. It is not the actual events and circumstances that occur during one's journey through life that determine whet...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why we have problems? a coach debates
- As a coach, I often ask myself the question why human beings have problems. With the exception of terminal diseases, serious illnesses that are REALLY life-threatening situations and serious stuff, we do have problems for a number of reasons I will present below. But first of all, allow me, I will have to replace the word problem by "challenge" or "barrier" as used in the coach...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Making peace with sloth: the value of natural pace
- Though his racing speed is a maximum 6 feet per minute, the sloth has won the race against time. It's not that he's immortal, it's just that he's efficient. While we micro manage time and monopolize our schedule, sloth simply is. In his just being he shows us the value of natural pace. We don't value this, certainly. Sloth is the only animal eponymous for a deadly sin. I do not know if slo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Happiness without prescription
- As life and lifestyles speed up, so does the growing increase of the sense of longing, wandering just what else is there for ourselves, our families. Some people address their thoughts and feelings as valid and some do the exact opposite, they act as if those questions don't exist.For those that avoid the inner questions, they tend to feel uncertainty, depression, and weighed down. Then the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What not to do to feel good about yourself - 10 tips
- From the moment we wake in the morning our heads start to fill with all sorts of thoughts. What will you give the kids for breakfast? Will you get the time to iron your blouse before you leave for work? What will you do if you miss the bus? And so it goes on.The first clue to turning your life around and making it happier is to stop using negative thought. You probably aren't even aware tha...