“Happiness exists in action, in telling the truth. It exists in saying what your truth is and it exists in giving away what you want the most.”
From Finding Happiness in Body and Soul by Eve Ensler
June 12, 2008
To be who you are is to be enough.
To share who you are is to share enough.
To do what you love is to do enough.
There is no race to win and nothing to be proven, only dreams to be nurtured, a self to be expressed, and love to be shared.
Never doubt your worth, and always know, without any doubt, that you are truly valued.
~Donna Newman~
June 2, 2008
Live by your own light. Shine by your own star.
Do what you always wanted to do with your life. Envision the gift that you are.
Climb up the hills of your hopes and dreams.
Take whatever steps you need to take. You can’t get to the top if you don’t try, and it’s a journey you should definitely make.
Try to find more time in your life. Do it just for you. The people you love and care about will be rewarded with your happiness, too.
When the calendar is far too full, keep the days from flying by. Remember your youth when time took forever.
Rediscover that child inside.
Spend every day just doing something you’d like to do.
Today will never come again, and yesterday is through.
The secret (if you’d like to know) to finding happiness, is knowing that it’s all around and that your life is blessed.
By being in this moment and living a day at a time, you have access to every gift that will make your sunlight shine.
Brighten your world with friendships and love and wishes on a star.
Make the most of every day, and celebrate all that you are.
~Douglas Pagels~
May 27, 2008
You have so much to offer, so much to give, and so much you deserve to receive in return.
Don’t ever doubt that.
Know yourself and all of your fine qualities.
Rejoice in all your marvelous strengths of mind and body.
Be glad for the virtues that are yours, and pat yourself on the back for all your many admirable achievements.
Keep positive.
Concentrate on that which makes you happy, and build yourself up.
Stay nimble of heart, happy of thought, healthy of mind, and well in being.
~Janet A. Sullivan~
May 22, 2008
Whatever you can do, or dream you can… begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
~Goethe
And another one…
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
May 20, 2008
There is no magic potion…that gives us wisdom. Only our experiences will teach us and then, only if we are truly willing to learn. We can read a million books whose words inspire us, will help to point us in a certain direction. But only the experience can give us true meaning to the written word.
~Rosemary Altea, The Eagle and the Rose
May 18, 2008
“…working on our mental outlook is a more effective means of achieving happiness than seeking it through external sources such as wealth, position, or even physical health. Another internal source of happiness, closely linked with an inner feeling of contentment, is a sense of self worth.”
- In The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D.
May 15, 2008
“Release anger and restore peace”.
Just love and forgive those who may have wronged you. It will lighten your heart and give you strength that will surround and protect you. The burden of stress will diminish as you continue to open your heart leaving you content and at peace.
Quote from ~Catherine Galasso-Vigorito~
May 12, 2008
“Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.”
~Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching~
Whether you have too little time or too much time on your hands, try committing yourself to exploring inner stillness, even as little as 2 minutes a day. This little exercise helps to bring awareness to the present moment by relaxing, centering, and bringing on calmness. That way when you come back to reality you can flow with time rather than fight it.
Idea is from Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
May 8, 2008
“Oh, I’ve had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I’d have more of them. In fact, I’d try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.”
~Nadine Stair, eighty-five years old, Louisville, Kentucky in Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
May 6, 2008
