Things Happy People Do Differently ...

1.        Express gratitude. – When you appreciate what you have, what you have appreciates in value.  Kinda cool right?  So basically, being grateful for the goodness that is already evident in your life will bring you a deeper sense of happiness.  And that’s without having to go out and buy anything.  It makes sense.  We’re gonna have a hard time ever being happy if we aren’t thankful for what we already have.

Studies conducted by positivity psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky point to 12 things happy people do differently to increase their levels of happiness.  These are things that we can start doing today to feel the effects of more happiness in our lives.  Excerpt is from her book, The How of Happiness

To be continued...

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. ~ Deepak Chopra

"Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath." ~ Eckhart Tolle

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. ~ Buddhist Quote

My wish is that we might progressively lose our confidence in what we think and believe and things we consider stable and secure in order to remind ourselves of the infinite number of things still waiting to be discovered. ~  Antoni Taples

We are teachers to one another...

Profound spiritual lessons can come from those who provoke us the most. People we can hardly bear to be around, the ones who “hook” us emotionally, are the ones who carry our unconscious stuff around, bringing it uncomfortably close to the surface. We want to run, not walk, in the other direction. But we find we are looking in a mirror of sorts. We are led to ask ourselves, “What part of my shadow is this person asking me to uncover and examine?” These individuals are the ones who can stretch us the most, spiritually speaking. ~ Marilyn Sewell