by miami | Sep 13, 2006
Wonder where I get all my content?
I spend wayyy too much time searching the internet! (My opinion is the internet is bigger than the physical world as it contains all the perceptions of the people on the net where the physical world is filled with mostly just your perceptions!)
At any rate, I often search to see how I am doing in the search engines, and look at others who post information about finding happiness that I can share with you. (I am not the only happiness guru around!)
At http://www.howtobehappy.org Michael Anthony has a cool free ebook you might want to read. He has been at this a while as well.
Title: “How To Be Happy”
Description: This free Happy e-book reveals simple, but profound insights that will help everyone that uses them to live a fulfilled and happy life.
URL: http://www.howtobehappy.org
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by miami | Sep 10, 2006
I find it so interesting when someone seems surprised at the discovery happiness is as simple as postive thinking.
This excerpt from an article in the Gannett News Service today shows what I mean.
Sometimes it’s hard to be happy in a hell-in-a-handbasket world. The war in Iraq, the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the crisis in the Middle East and starvation in Africa can leave us with heavy hearts.
But a concept gaining ground in the field of psychology could provide some help. Positive psychology, which studies how optimistic people prevail, is developing a following after a decade of research. Those who study the science of happiness say learning to emphasize the positive over the negative could tip the scales.
The quest for optimism is not new. Buddha contemplated the nature of happiness around 500 B.C. America’s founders codified it as a worthy pursuit in the Declaration of Independence.
In 1952, New York minister Norman Vincent Peale published “The Power of Positive Thinking,” a mass-market book that proved inspirational to millions and continues to spread its upbeat message.
PoughkeepsieJournal.com – Come on, get happy
As the article states Buddha was doing this 2500 years ago! When can we start learning (or relearning this lesson?
Miami
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by miami | Sep 8, 2006
Daniel Fienberg intervied some of the actors from the movie “Hollywoodland” (which is about the actor playing TV Superman in 1959).
There are some very interesting comments like this one from the actor who plays the detective investigating the apparent suicide of George Reeves.
“Most people are under the impression that if they only had more of something, that would fulfill them and it’s usually not the case and you don’t know that until you reach that goal,” the Oscar winner says. “I’m fortunate, personally, to know kind of both. I mean that sincerely. I know what it’s like to be a struggling actor. I know what it’s like to be really successful and have a level of fame and the advantages of that and the pitfalls that come with that. In knowing both sides, I feel like I need less now.”
‘Hollywoodland’ Stars Reflect on Fame and Happiness – Lane, Affleck and Brody talk about the realities of celebrity – Zap2it
Notice he said “I need less now” . Once we all get to the point where we need less now you are on the BeDoHave path.
Work on less doing to be somebody and more on the being who you are.
Miami
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by miami | Sep 7, 2006
Think about this. Happiness is as simple sometimes as filling your belly and emptying your bladder!
We had driven two hours from the farm this morning to pick up two rescued miniature horses we have adopted when my wife says “hungry and pee”! (Or words to that effect)
Ten minutes later she is much happier than she was.
So maybe happiness is related to more than simply making choices???
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by miami | Sep 5, 2006
I have read a couple of articles this morning all referring in some way to the association of money and happiness.
Although I certainly agree money can help one decide to be happy (it is hard to be happy when you are hungry and cold!), I truly believe an excess of money is just the opposite and makes it harder to find and maintain happiness.
It appears to me that the folks I know with money in the banks (lot of money) seem to have bought special problems and challenges.
Among them being fake friends, need to keep up with the latest, greatest stuff, and the worry someone is always out to take your money away from you.
Not my worries!
Once again – money cannot buy happiness – only you ca do that – through choosing to be happy.
So simple. So challenging. So rewarding.
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