This is an article about the habits of happiness by psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky of the University of California. “Here are five things that research has shown can improve happiness: 1. Be grateful to others – Some study participants were asked to write letters of gratitude to people who had helped them in some way. The [...]
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Being Happy
Posted in Fun stuff on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Genevieve Behrend
Posted in Fun stuff on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘The great lesson is the triumph of principle over precedent, the working out of an idea to its logical conclusion in spite of accumulated contrary testimony of all past experience.’ ‘In making a mental picture, you are not endeavoring to change the laws of Nature. You are fulfilling them. That is to say, you light [...]
Observation
Posted in Fun stuff on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When you lose, what do you win? When you win, what do you lose?
Observation
Posted in Fun stuff on June 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When you can look upon yourself with amusement, You are free. When you can polish that amusement with gratitude, Your mystery comes alive. You no longer fear uncertainty. And your path begins.
Observations
Posted in Fun stuff on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
* Once you have lifted the burdens of your ancestors, they ‘take off’ – but your mother and your father ‘stay behind’ to lift your burdens. So it goes, every generation. * An awakened being sees nothing but joy in everything – the joy of being alive, the joy of creation, the joy of existence [...]
Cells think!
Posted in Fun stuff on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am a cell, therefore I think. Apologies to Descartes, but then the famous 17th century French philosopher never heard the sound of neurons “chattering” amongst themselves. That sound, recorded by professor Brian Ford, shows that single-celled organisms are much more than lowly, one-dimensional structures: nature’s “nanobots” dumbly performing mundane, repetitive functions to a simple [...]
A Violinist in the Metro
Posted in Fun stuff on January 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A man stood in the lobby area of the metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin. It was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most [...]
The Greatest Virtue
Posted in Fun stuff on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is an excerpt from an article written by Alexander Green from his blog ‘Spiritual Wealth’ …. ……My message today is about gratitude. More than two thousand years ago, Cicero called it “not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” Psychologists say it’s virtually impossible to feel grateful and unhappy at [...]
Artistry
Posted in Fun stuff on April 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
‘MANIFESTING IS THE POWER OF PASSIONATE, FOCUSED LOVE.”
Keeping the fun in….
Posted in Fun stuff on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
