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Geoff-Allen
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Happiness is the natural result of habitually living and thinking in certain ways. As a matter of fact, happiness is something that is quite predictable for almost all people (those with chemical imbalances, for instance, may be excluded) as we develop certain habits of thought, belief, action and character.
This post highlights some of the most important habits of happiness (7 of them, in fact) and acts as a tribute to the work of the personal-development icon, Stephen R. Covey, who recently passed away. His most famous work, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has impacted a culture.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Happy People
This post highlights some of the most important habits of happiness (7 of them, in fact) and acts as a tribute to the work of the personal-development icon, Stephen R. Covey, who recently passed away. His most famous work, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has impacted a culture.
Comes from this huge site -
The 7 Habits of Highly Happy People
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
More from that site ...
I find the trait of gratitude in others to be an extremely attractive quality. I love when people give that standard open-palm hand acknowledgment when you let them merge into your lane. That simple gesture of gratitude goes a long way and makes me smile.
31 Things that Add Joy to My Life
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I find the trait of gratitude in others to be an extremely attractive quality. I love when people give that standard open-palm hand acknowledgment when you let them merge into your lane. That simple gesture of gratitude goes a long way and makes me smile.
31 Things that Add Joy to My Life
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
When you're feeling down, turn things around with a few tips and tricks for thinking about things differently. No need to wallow when there are quick and simple ways to feel better about yourself.
Hey, we've all been there. Feeling down can be triggered by a bad hair day, not being able to get over a mistake, or waking up 10 minutes late. Stop beating yourself up and try one of these suggestions:
50 Ways to Feel Better About Yourself Right Now
Enjoy!
Hey, we've all been there. Feeling down can be triggered by a bad hair day, not being able to get over a mistake, or waking up 10 minutes late. Stop beating yourself up and try one of these suggestions:
50 Ways to Feel Better About Yourself Right Now
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Gloria Wendroff happiness - yet 2 fully explore ...
We are speaking of a natural thing. It is natural for happiness to walk beside you. Happiness is your natural state. Happiness is I as I walk beside you and hold your hand. This happiness was never meant to be seldom or out of the ordinary. Happiness is a natural event. It is not an add-on, not at all.
You do know enough to know that without happiness, something is off. It is unnatural to be unhappy. It is selfish to be unhappy. It is too much attention on yourself. In some ways, you remind Me of the Princess and the Pea. Even lying on 100 piled-up mattresses, one pea bothered the Princess.
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Heavenletters via Gloria Wendroff: The Secret of Happiness
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We are speaking of a natural thing. It is natural for happiness to walk beside you. Happiness is your natural state. Happiness is I as I walk beside you and hold your hand. This happiness was never meant to be seldom or out of the ordinary. Happiness is a natural event. It is not an add-on, not at all.
You do know enough to know that without happiness, something is off. It is unnatural to be unhappy. It is selfish to be unhappy. It is too much attention on yourself. In some ways, you remind Me of the Princess and the Pea. Even lying on 100 piled-up mattresses, one pea bothered the Princess.
Plenty more at this site! -
Heavenletters via Gloria Wendroff: The Secret of Happiness
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Ego sabotage happiness -
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines ego as ‘the opinion that you have about yourself.’ Based on that definition, it is safe to say that ego can be either a good thing or a bad thing. It can be a good thing, because if the opinion that you have about yourself is positive and correct, your ego can help boost your self-esteem. It can also be a bad thing, because if the opinion you have about yourself is negative and inaccurate, your ego can interfere with your happiness. But how does ego sabotage your life and prevent you from fully enjoying the things that are supposed to make you happy? Here are five ways ego can hurt your happiness.
5 Ways Ego Can Interfere With Your Happiness - Serving Joy - Inspire Through Sharing
All the best!
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines ego as ‘the opinion that you have about yourself.’ Based on that definition, it is safe to say that ego can be either a good thing or a bad thing. It can be a good thing, because if the opinion that you have about yourself is positive and correct, your ego can help boost your self-esteem. It can also be a bad thing, because if the opinion you have about yourself is negative and inaccurate, your ego can interfere with your happiness. But how does ego sabotage your life and prevent you from fully enjoying the things that are supposed to make you happy? Here are five ways ego can hurt your happiness.
5 Ways Ego Can Interfere With Your Happiness - Serving Joy - Inspire Through Sharing
All the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Looking for that William Ricketts poem ...
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Cheers!
Here's a video of the ranges -
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Do you ever feel distressed after being around other people?
This might be because the people you are with have negative attitudes.
Human happiness largely depends on the quality of relationships because we are chiefly social creatures.
In fact, there is evidence of our social nature everywhere. Why do you think falling in love is one of the most treasured experiences, and why isolation has been said to be one of life’s most taxing experiences?
Because of our social nature, it can be extremely difficult to handle negative people who kill your mood with their pessimism, negativity, and suspicion.
More of the article here -
How to Deal With Negative People: A Step-by-Step Guide
All the best
This might be because the people you are with have negative attitudes.
Human happiness largely depends on the quality of relationships because we are chiefly social creatures.
In fact, there is evidence of our social nature everywhere. Why do you think falling in love is one of the most treasured experiences, and why isolation has been said to be one of life’s most taxing experiences?
Because of our social nature, it can be extremely difficult to handle negative people who kill your mood with their pessimism, negativity, and suspicion.
More of the article here -
How to Deal With Negative People: A Step-by-Step Guide
All the best
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Meant to be happy gratitude -
Those who withhold gratitude, waiting for others to do something worthy of its expression, miss the point of gratitude altogether.
Gratitude is not reflected in what happens to us, or how others treat us, or in the good deed someone does for us.
It is something we carry with us into every moment of life. It’s an attitude, a way of looking at the world and interpreting events and interacting with others. It’s a habitual way of being, a character trait that elevates us and blesses others.
Following, then, are ways you and I can start adding more gratitude to our lives.
Read more -
20 Ways to Grow your Gratitude
Cheers!
Those who withhold gratitude, waiting for others to do something worthy of its expression, miss the point of gratitude altogether.
Gratitude is not reflected in what happens to us, or how others treat us, or in the good deed someone does for us.
It is something we carry with us into every moment of life. It’s an attitude, a way of looking at the world and interpreting events and interacting with others. It’s a habitual way of being, a character trait that elevates us and blesses others.
Following, then, are ways you and I can start adding more gratitude to our lives.
Read more -
20 Ways to Grow your Gratitude
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
New skills to learn - 100 of them!
Maybe you've tried to grow things in your garden before, but your previous results made this seem like it was not a skill you could master.
However, if you learn how to grow your own flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruits, you can save a lot of money and have a beautiful yard to look at. Also, eating food straight from your garden is the healthiest way to get the nutrients that your body needs.
Here is a helpful video on growing your own greens to create your own healthy salads. This video will walk you through a garden tour in Southern California. Finally, take a look at this video to learn more about organic gardening.
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Learn Something New: 101 New Skills to Learn Starting Today
Good luck!
Maybe you've tried to grow things in your garden before, but your previous results made this seem like it was not a skill you could master.
However, if you learn how to grow your own flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruits, you can save a lot of money and have a beautiful yard to look at. Also, eating food straight from your garden is the healthiest way to get the nutrients that your body needs.
Here is a helpful video on growing your own greens to create your own healthy salads. This video will walk you through a garden tour in Southern California. Finally, take a look at this video to learn more about organic gardening.
For the full list try clicking below! -
Learn Something New: 101 New Skills to Learn Starting Today
Good luck!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
A few books -
19 Best Books on Finding Happiness & Life Satisfaction
This book addresses how happiness alone is not able to give meaning to one's life. In order to flourish, people also need to be able to cultivate their talents, build deep and lasting relationships, feel pleasure, and make meaningful contributions to the world. The author describes happiness as being only one of the five parts of flourishing in life, along with engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment.
Enjoy your reading!
19 Best Books on Finding Happiness & Life Satisfaction
This book addresses how happiness alone is not able to give meaning to one's life. In order to flourish, people also need to be able to cultivate their talents, build deep and lasting relationships, feel pleasure, and make meaningful contributions to the world. The author describes happiness as being only one of the five parts of flourishing in life, along with engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment.
Enjoy your reading!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Worthiness – a Key to Emotional Healing
Did you know that virtually every emotional wound is intertwined with issues of worthiness? In fact, feelings of unworthiness keep us from creating the lives we most desire. In order to heal our emotional wounds and consciously create, we must conquer our fears of unworthiness, but in order to do this, we must first understand why we are programmed to feel unworthy.
Like most “subconscious programs” the Worthiness Program is often passed down, unknowingly from our caretakers, but even, on the rare chance, that you did not inherit this program, by the time you are in first grade, the program officially begins.
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Is it depression or just a bad mood? - Take the Quiz
Did you know that virtually every emotional wound is intertwined with issues of worthiness? In fact, feelings of unworthiness keep us from creating the lives we most desire. In order to heal our emotional wounds and consciously create, we must conquer our fears of unworthiness, but in order to do this, we must first understand why we are programmed to feel unworthy.
Like most “subconscious programs” the Worthiness Program is often passed down, unknowingly from our caretakers, but even, on the rare chance, that you did not inherit this program, by the time you are in first grade, the program officially begins.
Plenty MORE at that site -
Is it depression or just a bad mood? - Take the Quiz
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Enjoy these scenes of Norway -
Norway scenery - YouTube
Here's a drone -
Nature relaxation films
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Norway scenery - YouTube
Here's a drone -
Nature relaxation films
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
From that page -
Orbit around the earth -
Cheers!
Orbit around the earth -
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Looking for it, the vision cannot be seen: cease your search. It cannot be discovered through meditation, so abandon your trance states and mental images. It cannot be accomplished by anything you do, so give up the attempt to treat the world as magical illusion. It cannot be found by seeking, so abandon all hope of results.
~ Shabkar Lama, 19th Century Tibetan mystic
The Art of Awakening
Looks a huge site?
~ Shabkar Lama, 19th Century Tibetan mystic
The Art of Awakening
Looks a huge site?
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
How to become a better person -
We all want to be our best, but many people wonder if it's actually possible to become a better person once you're an adult. The answer is a resounding yes. There are always ways to improve yourself. This answer leads to more questions, however.
What is the best way to become a better person? What is the easiest approach? And what are the most important aspects of self to work on? Taking into account your own wellbeing as well as the best interests of others, here are some of the most important ways to become a better person.
How to Become a Better Person
We all want to be our best, but many people wonder if it's actually possible to become a better person once you're an adult. The answer is a resounding yes. There are always ways to improve yourself. This answer leads to more questions, however.
What is the best way to become a better person? What is the easiest approach? And what are the most important aspects of self to work on? Taking into account your own wellbeing as well as the best interests of others, here are some of the most important ways to become a better person.
How to Become a Better Person
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Lessons from the happiest man on earth -
However, what makes Ricard’s case remarkable is that when researchers attached 256 sensors to Ricard’s skull while he engaged in compassion meditation, a higher level of gamma waves – associated with attention, learning and memory, and consciousness – was demonstrated than had ever been recorded before.
In addition, MRI scans revealed that Ricard experienced extremely high levels of positive emotions and negligible negative emotions.
So, perhaps it’s worth listening to what Ricard, who trained as a cell biologist in France, then moved to the Himalayas in 1972 to study Buddhism, has to say on the subject of happiness.
Lessons From The Happiest Man on Earth
Plus the rest of that blog ...
Enjoy!
However, what makes Ricard’s case remarkable is that when researchers attached 256 sensors to Ricard’s skull while he engaged in compassion meditation, a higher level of gamma waves – associated with attention, learning and memory, and consciousness – was demonstrated than had ever been recorded before.
In addition, MRI scans revealed that Ricard experienced extremely high levels of positive emotions and negligible negative emotions.
So, perhaps it’s worth listening to what Ricard, who trained as a cell biologist in France, then moved to the Himalayas in 1972 to study Buddhism, has to say on the subject of happiness.
Lessons From The Happiest Man on Earth
Plus the rest of that blog ...
Enjoy!