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We talk about happiness every day of our lives in our elusive search for it. We see happiness as something external we can just pluck out of nowhere when we want it, just call it up when we want to have a better day. Moreover, happiness seems to affect everyone else except us.
Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions.
This "go go go" attitude is pervasive in our society.
I bet you have heard an excited, newly engaged person say something like: 'It's annoying when he just leaves me and goes out with his friends to the pub on Thursday nights, but, as soon as we're married, that's going to stop.' Or 'I have noticed how she flirts with ot …
The citizens of Ithaca are also used to seeing monks in saffron robes walking around downtown. You notice these guys not so much because of the striking robes and shaved heads, but by their smiling, laughing faces. And the Dalai Lama seems to be the happiest monk of all.
"Psychologists have spent decades studying the relation between wealth and happiness," writes Harvard University psychologist Daniel Gilbert in his best-selling "Stumbling on Happiness," "and they have generally concluded that wealth increases human happiness when it lifts peopl …
We tend to have a rosy vision of love coupled with unrealistic expectations of the relationship which it creates. Some of us believe that love is enough to see us through the bad times and that, if people love us, they'll do anything to make us happy.
Researchers are finding that older people are many times happier than their younger counterparts. Life experience, passage of time and emotional stability appear to be driving factors.
After years of writing and doing it for all kinds of audiences I have come to realize that poor writing is often the best way to get to the top. Having only come to this realization in recent days I will say it may have more to do with the audience than the topic.
Studies show that for almost everybody, the number of people we really trust is shrinking. About a quarter of the people they talked to said they had NO ONE to confide in. Walk down the street, one out of four people you pass have nobody.
If you want to enjoy a happy and secure relation then hunting for a fat woman won't be a wrong idea, perhaps. No doubt, bizarre it may sound. Well, this is the truth.
A lot of people might believe they are confident, depending on how they feel on any given day. But confidence is not a fleeting thing that is here today and takes a holiday tomorrow. Confidence is all pervasive.
Often one hears men, particularly celebrities or those in the public eye (British Prime Minister John Major and his mistress Edwina Currie come to mind), when their affairs are outed, bemoaning what a mistake it was (always the men, for this one!) and how mad they must have been …
Are you happy? Do you remain optimistic when faced with adversity? When you hear about pollution in industrialized nations being at an all time high, terrorism lurking around the corner, or war in the Middle East, where does your mind go? In order to create a shift towards a more …
For more than a half century, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was revered for her service to the poorest of the poor, and inspired people by the joy she apparently derived from pure faith and charity.
"Michael Gill was nearly broke four years ago when he met Edwards, who helped inspire a composite character named Crystal in the book (How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else).
Two new research papers, using very different methods, have both come to this conclusion.
Well if your a man and your not, your not up to par, because the linked story claims that men on average are slightly happier than women. Is this part of the trend to sexual equality, and the loss of clear roles? Who knows, I don't that's for sure.
We often yearn for perfection in our lives, to change the way we feel and give us that desired Utopia. But sometimes are not really aware of exactly what would make us happy; what would enable perfection or, at least, make us more contented.
* Before I start, let me say that I don't have the definitive answer to this discussion (or any); I don't think there is one when it comes to this topic. Like most, I'm still exploring it... which is why I have chosen to make it just that; a discussion.
CLASSES in happiness and emotional wellbeing, intended to tackle ill-discipline and improve social skills, may instead leave children depressed and self-obsessed, according to a new report.
What makes you happy? I find directly pursuing happiness is difficult to do. Here are 29 tips to help get you into a better mood.
"To desire is not wrong. God gave you the power to desire; therefore you must desire. But whatever you desire should be totally controllable by your own essence, command and control of your consciousness.
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