yada “Your real enemies are the self-defeating thoughts, paltry expectations, and beliefs that you must live at less than full throttle. You will experience as much pain as you are willing to accept. You do have control over how much you hurt. Pain happens; suffering is optional. You can choose thoughts that bring you relief […]
Be a Grateful POET
March 15, 2016 by
How can you be a grateful POET if you don’t even know how to write a poem? That’s easy: “When it comes to finding reasons to be grateful—I think of them as avenues of appreciation—it helps to follow a practice I call the POET approach, which stands for People, Opportunities, Experiences, and Things. I put […]
Learning to Play
March 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
yada REMINDER: Today’s happiness theme is about how to practice more playfulness in your life. On this day, you will stop taking life so seriously and you will start enjoy yourself a little more. How? By looking at the whole world as if it were your playground, and by allow your inner child to come […]
Releasing Your Fears
March 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment
tada “With each day comes a new chance for you to unlearn all the fearful things that you have learned; to replace your fears with love, and your sorrows with laughter; to let go of everything that no longer serves you and to put your faith in love once more.” ~ Luminita D. Saviuc, 15 […]
Your Ideal Self
March 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
yada REMINDER: Today’s happiness theme is about playing the role of your “Ideal Self.” When was the last time you did something that was meant to take you closer to becoming the person you dream of becoming? EXERCISE: Take a pen and a piece of paper and write down the five qualities and attributes of […]
The Five Greatest Gifts You Can Give to Those Around You – Purpose Fairy
March 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The five greatest gifts you can give to those around you, that will cost you little, but have the potential to improve their lives significantly. Source: The Five Greatest Gifts You Can Give to Those Around You – Purpose Fairy
Don’t Take Anything Personally day 10
March 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
yada “Don’t take anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz REMINDER: Today’s happiness theme is […]
Don’t Be Mindful!
March 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
yada We should always try to be active coming out of samadhi. For this, we have to forget things like “I should be mindful of this or that.” If you are mindful, you are already creating a separation (“I-am-mindful-of-…”). Don’t be mindful, please! When you walk, just walk. Let the walk walk. Let the talk […]
Release and Let Go
March 10, 2016 by
This exercise to release and let go is part of a 21-day Happiness Challenge from Luminita Saviuc, also known as the Purpose Ferry. According to Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (if my memory servers me :)), the Buddha taught that the third and fourth elements of the first foundation of mindfulness in the Satipatthana Sutra […]
The Leopard Roars!
March 9, 2016 by
“The Leopard Roars!” was shared with me by Lama Surya Das yesterday. I was so moved by it that I did some further research and found Rabbi Arthur Waskow‘s blog. The leopard locked in the cage of liturgy was definitely my experience growing up in a conservative synagogue in St. Louis. This feeling was definitely […]
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