Personal Happiness (Personal)
Money Makes You Happy? Really? -
- eCan you recall the happiest moment of your life? What did it have to do with money? Nothing, right? Am I right? If I am wrong about that, I’m afraid that you have lived a very, very shallow life. I mean, you will of course be happy when you win the lottery, but what is the source of that... Submitted 92 days 23 hours ago.
When Winter Turns To Spring - Jennifer Stewart
Over the past ten years, and especially in the last three, my physical reality hasn’t been populated very much. I’ve kind of stayed in a cave, away from people. Part of it has been fear, not wanting to risk again. Part of it has been regrouping, finding myself. Sometimes you have to... Submitted 122 days 6 hours ago.
About Face, Forward March! - Dianne Lehmann
What does it take to turn a negative into a positive? I'm not talking about the current trend called the humble boast or something like that. You know, where you take something that is actually positive and make it seem negative so you can boast without seeming to: "I just can't seem to get the... Submitted 135 days 5 hours ago.
- HyunSoung KimAre the fogs too thick, or are our eyes the replicas of Oedipus, was this labyrinth too long, so long for it to become our home, the reality, which we so long to cheat. It is like the end, underground, a hundred wise, heroes of action, with triple A and S trophies would not be able to replenish... Submitted 194 days 3 hours ago.
What’s The Most Important Thing In Your Life? Your Answer Is As Good As Any Experts—So? -
- Steve KovacsWhat’s the most important thing in a human beings life? Easy answer folks; water, next is food and then shelter. Okay, you may think I asked a trick question but I didn’t mean to. I was serious, what’s the most important thing in a human beings life? What do they long for the... Submitted 195 days 14 hours ago.
Steve Jobs Helps Me With A Dilemma That Has Nothing To Do With Technology - Jennifer Stewart
It’s funny how life, at unexpected moments, brings unexpected people into your world to help answer a question that you didn’t even know you were asking. If that makes any sense. I guess what I’m saying is I had a dilemma I wasn’t aware of, and somebody I’ve never... Submitted 231 days 8 hours ago.
Dearest Diary: I Have Never Been Intimate With You! - Christofer French
Dear Diary: I never took you up. Yes, I was probably afraid of writing down intimate events, faults or situations. Then, in the fury of youth, when I was young, I didn’t take you up as an exercise. I was afraid I was sure I would miss something – something pretty, something drop... Submitted 245 days ago.
Emotions! I love Them! Let 'Em Out, That's What I Say! Down With Repression! - Jennifer Stewart
There’s the kind of miraculous aspect to searching for solution, or just wanting it. Solution to anything that’s unsatisfactory. Sometimes that's all I’ve been able to do – want it, I mean. I haven’t had a clue how to actively search for it. But I didn't have to know... Submitted 251 days 10 hours ago.
Is Patience An Active Verb - Susan Thom
In order to acquire the peace it takes to stay calm in any given situation, one must think fast, and think hard. Is something worth our getting upset over? Can we think of a better way to handle what we are about to say or do, or both? And do we even care? Sometimes life beats us down to a point... Submitted 309 days 3 hours ago.
Hard Choices - Dianne Lehmann
Sometimes when I am at a loss (hard to believe, I know) for something to write about, I turn to “The Book of Questions” by Gregory Stock, PH.D. I open it at random (or my best approximation of random because I’ve opened it so many times that some pages come up more often than... Submitted 323 days 7 hours ago.
Spending weeks in bed trying to find a position that doesn’t hurt, not being able to sit or stand for more than a few minutes at a time has been a shock. Times like these, a whole lot of fears that you either think you’ve conquered or you tell yourself you’ll sort them out one... Submitted 335 days 10 hours ago.
On Trust - George Stay
George Carlin once told a joke that went something like this: "Whenever you brake your car, your life is in your foot's hands." Like most Carlin jokes, he used language and its quirks and cliches to make us think. Technically, of course, he was right. When braking your car, you put all of your... Submitted 349 days 19 hours ago.
Bullies, Boundaries, Being Nice and Being Strong - Jennifer Stewart
I’ve had a sobering experience that’s reminded me how much work I still have to do on not rescuing other people at my expense. I started riding lessons before Easter. I loved my first lesson, loved the school, loved my horse, my teacher. But in my second lesson the teacher yanked my... Submitted 353 days 6 hours ago.
To Be Or Not To Be, And For What - Susan Thom
To Be Or Not To Be, And For What Looking back at our childhood, it seems as if every friend, relative, or stranger with a big smile on their face, wants to know what we want to "be" when we grow up. Some of us have no doubts, and some have no idea. We aren’t even sure what is expected of... Submitted 354 days 3 hours ago.
It’s a Dog’s Life, or is it a Banker’s Life? Neither, It’s My Life - Jennifer Stewart
I've often thought it's a dog's life, and used to think it was a banker's life, too. Since I don't have a photo of either a dog or a banker, but I do have this one I took of a gull, it will have to do. Today I passed a bank I used to bank with, whose culture I despise. Take as much as you can... Submitted 1 year 12 days ago.
The Serenity Prayer – How Much Do I Have to Accept? - Jennifer Stewart
Water water everywhere, and all the boards did shrink; Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink. That’s from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I often used to think about it when it seemed I didn’t have any options. There’d be plenty of... Submitted 1 year 18 days ago.
Dreams That Come True – Entitlement, Asking, Claiming; Yes I Can - Jennifer Stewart
A couple of years ago Oprah did a show on a young girl living on the street but still doing her schoolwork, desperate to get an education. Oprah gave her an apartment and paid for school and college. The girl was blown away. It was very moving for all sorts of reasons. She was such a bright kid... Submitted 1 year 21 days ago.
Is Change Good? Dealing with Change - Jean Horst
They say change is inevitable - that is true. Change happens. I would have said that I'm a person who enjoys change. Much to the consternation of my routine loving husband, I like to "change things up" so to speak. I will vary routine just because I can. When we go to a restaurant, he likes to... Submitted 1 year 25 days ago.
How Do You Define Happiness? - Brianna Popsickle
I held my nephew’s baby for the first time and as his tiny hand wrapped around my finger and his bright eyes stared into mine, I thought, this is heaven. Not long ago, I was soaking up the sun on a beach, while sipping an exotic drink. I watched as my husband rode the waves yelling and... Submitted 1 year 33 days ago.
World Peace & Love vs War, Guns & Killing Fields; What War Does to Young Men & Their Families - Jennifer Stewart
I saw part of the most heartbreaking movie the other night, called Brothers . I only started watching halfway through, but it was about two brothers. From what I could gather, one was a pacifist and the other went to war in Afghanistan. When he was there he and his best friend were captured and... Submitted 1 year 42 days ago.
Listening to Your Heart, Believing in Yourself, Finding Fulfillment - Jennifer Stewart
“But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart.” Antoine de Saint Exupéry, The Little Prince, Chapter XXV There was such a great episode on Being Erica the other night about choices that seem logical but feel wrong. We live in a logic-driven world, and there’s... Submitted 1 year 46 days ago.
Making Dreams Come True - Love Lets You Remember You Don't Have to Give Up - Jennifer Stewart
I had an epiphany the other day. These past 7 or 8 years have been a time of learning that the enemy is within. Not as in I'm a bad person but as in I have a critical component that believes I'm worthless . I've had to learn that the problem doesn't lie in what people do to me not even what was... Submitted 1 year 180 days ago.
My friend called sounding very down. She'd had her hair cut and coloured and was disappointed with it. "I'm sure it looks fine, Sandra," I said. "You're too hard on yourself." "No it's really bad Brianna, it's crooked and there's still lots of gray showing through in the front." I... Submitted 2 years 48 days ago.
How an Empty Fridge can lead to a Full Heart - Jennifer Stewart
My fridge or the contents thereof frequently resembles that of Stephanie Plum, author Janet Ivanovich's bounty hunter heroine. Old moldy cheese (actually, I usually eat the cheese before it goes moldy), a few wilted lettuce leaves and miscellaneous plates with leftover brown rice. I haven't gone... Submitted 2 years 49 days ago.
Mother's Day Gift - Jack H. Schick
My wife thinks I'm getting her a self defense Zapper for Mother's Day. It started when I made a bad joke. I was surprised when she got a big smile on her face and said it was a great idea. I don't think it is; at all. I understand the advantages to having one, but there are a lot disadvantages... Submitted 2 years 50 days ago.
