What the Crowd is Doing to Your Happiness Your crowd. My crowd. Their crowd. Let’s talk about what the crowd is doing to your happiness. It doesn’t matter what crowd…they’re all the same. Every crowd thinks that they are right and everyone else is wrong. Every crowd has plans to convince everyone else to think the way they do. Every crowd has established … Continue reading “What the Crowd is Doing to Your Happiness”
Identifying the Two Enemies of Happiness Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger – 4 BC – AD 65) grew up in Rome at the same time that Jesus Christ was growing up in Israel. Following a banishment to Corsica by Roman Emporer Claudius, he was brought back to be Nero’s tutor in AD 49. He was able to advise Nero through the first five … Continue reading “Identifying the Two Enemies of Happiness”
3 Happy Benefits of Daily Rituals A ritual is a routine that has emotional, mental, or spiritual significance to you. Rituals are different from habits. Habits are what we do without thinking about it – like brushing your teeth or tying your shoes. A ritual, on the other hand, is something that we do on purpose.
How to Protect Your Happiness and Banish the Trolls There was a time when civilized people acted – and spoke – in a civilized manner. There were rules of decency that kept people from publicly criticizing others.Then came the anonymity of the internet and the license that gave for the basest of people to engage in the lowest form of speech – angry criticism.No … Continue reading “How to Protect Your Happiness and Banish the Trolls”
3 Must-Dos To Work Smarter Not Harder That Work Ever wondered how you could work smarter not harder? While reading Ecclesiastes, I encountered this fascinating passage. “…he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.” (Eccles. 10:9-10) When a man cuts … Continue reading “3 Must-Dos To Work Smarter Not Harder That Work”
Determine to Be an Awesome Dandelion I can’t remember if it was on television or a picture on the internet. It wasn’t anything I hadn’t seen before. It was a green lawn full of yellow dandelions. I thought to myself. “You know, the contrast between the green the bright yellow is beautiful.” Then somewhere in the back of my mind, this … Continue reading “Determine to Be an Awesome Dandelion”
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday Every day has its challenges. Every one of us has to tackle the day that is set in front of us no matter how much we would like to go and hide. Our days will be easier, however, if we latch onto this simple concept. “Every day has its problems.” And, the only easy day … Continue reading “The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday”