Most of us treat life as if it’s a scavenger hunt. We scurry about madly trying to gather things. Jobs. Money. Cars. Clothes. Homes. Women. (Or men.) We travel. We hang out. We eat, eat, eat. The more stuff, the more fun, the more more, the better. We’re all guilty of it at some juncture—many […]
Category Archives: Tips for Being Happier
Article: Do More Meaningful Conversations Make Us Functionally Happier?
The article Talk Deeply, Be Happy? asks the question does talking about what matters more often increase our overall happiness? Based on a recent study, the article seems to suggest so and makes a good case for it. An Excerpt from the Article “By engaging in meaningful conversations, we manage to impose meaning on an […]
The Problem of Others: Warrior of the Light Online
From Paulo Coelho’s Warrior of the Light Online The Problem of Others There was once a well-known scholar, who lived in a mountain in the Himalayas. Tired of living with men, he had chosen a simple life and spent most of his time meditating. His fame, however, was so great that people were willing to […]
Video: The Science of Happiness
This Today Show interview provides a few tips and information regarding how to be happier on a daily basis. As always, we must find our own activities and thought patterns to live a happier, more inspired life, but it never hurts to be given a few pointers. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and […]
The Insanity of Happiness
Albert Einstein was once quoted as saying “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Is it not also true then that insanity would be doing different things over and over again and fearing the same result? Every path in life is different, in part because each of us is […]
Can a sock undo Inspiration?
Inspiration can be completely undone by the rigor of daily life, defeated quite easily by as little as a single thought. In her book The Invitation (inspired by the prose poem), Oriah wrote a stunningly engaging piece about spiritual enlightenment and peace. She recounts how she experienced a great state of enlightenment one morning, a […]