“Life is not always what one wants it to be, but to make the best of it as it is, is the only way of being happy.” — Jennie Churchill
Look back and laugh at a mistake you made.
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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. — Denis Waitley
Do something today for someone in your life that you know will make them happy and that will give you happiness in doing it.
Don’t Even Think About Happiness!
Recently, I stumbled across something called The Happiness Project. I discovered it as I poked around Heather King’s blog “Shirt of Flame” one day. Heather…
Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
Go outside and enjoy the summer weather today.
Coveting Thy Neighbor’s Good
I’m going to be honest. At the end of December I was not in a good place. I was unhappy with everything — my home,…
Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others’ happiness. — Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Write down the words, love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness. Next to each of them, write one thing you can do today for yourself or…
Happiness is not a state to arrive at but a manner of traveling. — Margaret Lee Runbeck
Commute in silence today.
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great. — Willa Cather
Recognize something greater you’re part of.
What Works: Starting Fresh
The vernal equinox, Easter, Passover and the Iranian New Year are approaching. And this column marks the one-year anniversary of What Works. So I want to talk about renewal, fresh starts. (But first, thank you from the depths of my heart for being a part of this joyful process with me this past year.)
