happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
What is Gratitude?
What is gratitude? Gratitude is the quality of being thankful. It also means the readiness to show appreciation for kindness and to be willing to return kindness. Gratitude is a feeling of thankfulness for what you have and not always wanting more. When you are grateful, you acknowledge the goodness in your life and feel positive emotions, enjoy and relish good experiences, and continue to build strong relationships.
By Elaine M. Gallagher5 years ago in Motivation
What is your why?
JOURNAL entry; I have been struggling to answer this question recently. I would like to say, "my reason for getting up every day is my family," but it just does not seem to be enough recently. Now do not get me wrong, I love my family and we have become so close since quaratine started. I would never leave and put all that hurt on them, but it has been tough lately.
By for my mental health5 years ago in Motivation
The Lucky Tens
As an avid recycler and lover of all things repurposed, these little thrift stores have always been like quick sand to me. I love wandering through the isles of other’s previously well loved items. Bored and trying to figure out what else to do with myself on that rainy day I almost left empty handed because nothing was catching my eye, new store so probably not many donations yet. But as I thumbed through the small stack of books I found the cutest little black notebook, well planner it turned out to be, full of small notes of someone’s day to day and important appointments from the year 1964. Her handwriting was beautiful and her days seemed to be filled with one luncheon or tea or another. I knew I had found my read for the evening and paid the dollar I owed for the book and headed home to examine this great find. The evening, unfortunately, had other plans for me.
By Latasha Riddle5 years ago in Motivation
Freedom is a game of survival
Freedom is not free in the eyes of greed The eyes, a complex organ implanted in the head to see the world. It’s used for a great assortment of things. A calculation of all the wonders it perceives in a world full of amusement. Have you figured it out yet? What the eyes see the mind feels, and what the mind feels the body reacts.
By LAiney Bee5 years ago in Motivation
Hope Can Be a Struggle
As discussed last week, hope is around every corner. If we open our hearts to a hopeful perspective, it can be found, or somehow it finds us. Hope isn't a strategy, but no strategy survives without hope. Call it the 'placebo effect' or some other minimizing name but it still hope has the power to change the world. There are other forces in the world, and they can seemingly get a death grip once they get a hold of us. Disappointment, humiliation, confusion, overwhelming panic, and harmful scripts can feel like a yoke that is holding you back or down. The weight pulls us into an abyss, and it is difficult to see the horizon. In uncertain times logic has a surety. Hope doesn't appear logical; nonetheless, we have all experienced a miracle moment that didn't fit the expected outcome. Hope isn't an elixir, magic bullet, or a cure-all but rather a tendency. I imagine it as a viewpoint that helps me see a better world. It isn't a trick to use to get your way. It isn't free therapy to the blues or depression, but if we practice hope and lean towards it, even when it feels foolish, it will lift us and keep us afloat. The more practice, the higher we can rise.
By Bob McInnis5 years ago in Motivation
My Gratitude and Ingratitude for the Pandemic
Our lizard brains are hardwired to notice the negative because of our survival instincts. During the pandemic, many have struggled as we experience more worry for our personal health and the health of our loved ones. We know those who have lingering effects from COVID-19 and those who have passed away from it. Many argue what measures will truly slow the spread. After months of social distancing, many of us have reached our burnout point. Domestic violence, murders, joblessness, and suicides have increased around the world. Despite all the suffering and negativity, we need to engage our executive brain in positive thinking for our mental and physical health.
By Eileen Davis5 years ago in Motivation
Freckles Abroad
It's been a while, folks! My 2021 has been pretty slow getting started, so far. Mostly I'm working on my second semester of classwork and reading and writing and exercising and keeping to myself in my flat, so as not to spread germs or catch any.
By Gabrielle R. Lamontagne5 years ago in Motivation
A Jar of Clay
I'm sure I won't live long, purposeful people never do. I understand that time is not on my hands, but rather on my side. It's not something I can hold on to, but yet it's something I can race with. Something I can pace myself to or even something I can measure my life by. Time. Time is so versatile, while it’s building and strengthening me it's destroying and weakening many people. One of those people being someone who’s very dear to me, Michael. I've known him for about 20 years now, he’s a close friend of mine. He met me when I was just a fetus in my mothers womb and from there our relationship began to grow. Micheal is one of the most inspiring people I've ever met. He encourages me to always look at the best side of things, and he pushes me to keep going. It's actually ironic, how someone so caged can inspire me to be so free. Right now, Michael is in a cell looking at four walls. Paying for a crime he was accused of over 2 decades ago. He’s paid 26 years of his life. That’s a lot of time spent repaying for something that you should already own. It's crazy, I know. He’s on death row, and if his final appeal gets denied it's over for him. Just like that. The state will decide if he lives or dies, how unfortunate. Although Michael knows and understands all that is going on, he never holds his head down. He finds joy in the little things. I admire that about him. With Michael I've shared my dreams, my hopes, my desires, and everything else that I have. We constantly write back and forth. It's been awhile since i saw him though, the prison he’s at hasn't been taking any visitors. It's been that way for a few months now. The last time i saw him he said something that really stood out to me, and he said it as if he knew i’d never forget it. Right before it was time for him to go, he looked me in my eyes with his hand on my shoulder and said “if they put me under, dig up my existence”. When I spoke to him again through a letter I asked him about it, but he never addressed it. I knew he knew I wanted to get to the bottom of what exactly he meant. And by him knowing me, he knew that I was gonna break down his words until they were crumbs in my hand. See, Mike knew that I was smart. He knew that I was strategic. He saw potential in me, potential that I didn't even see at first. I kept thinking about what he said, it even kept me up at night. One day I just couldn't take the agony anymore and I wrote to him and asked “what's buried ?”. I sent it off hoping that he would be able to feel my wonder and frustration through those two words. I waited for his reply.
By Lakeezia Shine5 years ago in Motivation
The Black Book
Keona was a struggling single mother. She had two children. A boy named Lamar and a girl named Le’nae. The three of them went through many ups and downs but they always stuck together. Keona always dreamed of owning a big house with enough room and space for her children to grow in. Also, a breakthrough to overcome her financial struggles.
By Be Twitty5 years ago in Motivation
The Black Book
Keona was a struggling single mother. She had two children. A boy named Lamar and a girl named Le’nae. The three of them went through many ups and downs but they always stuck together. Keona always dreamed of owning a big house with enough room and space for her children to grow in. Also, a breakthrough to overcome her financial struggles.
By Be Twitty5 years ago in Motivation
