happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
Note to myself
Dear me, I know it's been very hard lately to just continue on, pretending to be happy with our life as it is, faking smiles, faking giggles and laughter, but to be honest... I think we're doing great! I'm beginning to see reasons to be happy! I mean, we're still kicking, we're still moving on with everything. We lost a bit of ourselves this year, or rather actually, for at least almost two years now but... we're still here and we are beginning to see what's important.
By Andy Oli5 years ago in Motivation
The Dream Plan
Dear Dream Plan, For the last decade, in the first week of the year I have set activity based goals around fitness, finances and foibles to fix; and then reviewed them the following year, berating myself for targets unachieved, congratulating myself for any progress made.
By Lady Lust5 years ago in Motivation
Earning the ‘Wealth’ of Happiness through ‘Selfless’ Kindness
On the journey towards becoming a helping professional, I have received blessings from people across various locations within my country to whom I have gotten the opportunity to provide some ‘free of cost’ services. Some labelled it ‘philanthropy’, for some it was ‘kindness’, and for some ‘selflessness’. But if you ask me, it is ‘the motivation to earn the wealth of happiness’. The most amazing part of it is that I get the chance to earn this wealth even during my non-working hours. Blessed to have grown around kind people, I have learnt and realized that kindness is not just an ‘act of selflessness’, it’s a way of living through widening the boundaries of ‘self’. As I sit down to write my story, I am lost in thoughts, the memories of my ‘good deeds’ is refilling my bag of happiness as I am experiencing it in-the-moment. The most fulfilling experiences are the most difficult to pen-down. So I chose to share one experience, which I never knew was ‘being-kind’, for me it was just maybe ‘right’. I was enrolled in a yoga teacher’s training one-year course. The course was pretty strict in terms of punctuality, attendance, examinations, and awarding the teacher’s certificate. Well, one such policy was ‘you enter the class after the prayer starts, you are marked absent’. To understand the repercussions, the other policy was ‘two absents and you are out of the course’. My house was a little far from the place where these classes were held, and so I used to pool the vehicle and go with one other batch mate. According to the route she would pick me up every morning at 5:00 a.m. and we would head towards the class together. One morning, as the clock ticked 4:55 a.m., I, as usual, got out of the gate and waited. It was 5:05 a.m., I checked the watch but the car wasn’t there. Well I waited further. The watch now showed 5:10 a.m. which meant it was high time to leave. I decided to call my batch mate. As I called, I found out that she hadn’t woken up as her alarm somehow did not ring. She told me to leave by my vehicle as she would get late. I said okay, and hung up the call. I rushed inside to take my scooter keys. However, as I came out, leaving her alone did not seem right to me. I decided to wait for her to get ready. I sent her a miss call and a text message to call me back. I waited patiently for her to respond. When she was ready and was about to leave she called me, I could sense the panic and rush in her tone. I just politely told her ‘waiting at the spot’ and hung up the call before she could respond. As I got in the car she geared the engine of the car and began screaming in panic ‘why did you wait for me, why didn’t you leave, are you mad, we both will be getting absent, you would have reached on time’. All throughout, I listened to her smiling quietly. Then I spoke slowly “I know I could have reached, and I had got my scooter keys also, showing it to her which I had forgotten to keep it back. But you seemed a bit tensed, I don’t know whether my company would be of any help but I just did not feel like leaving you alone. And I am enjoying your ride, so relax! She did not respond to me at that time, probably she was busy concentrating on the driving, attempting to somehow reach on time! Of course it was not possible to make on time, and we were late. Tears started rolling her eyes. As for me, I felt bad that our attendance was gone which would have made our task of successfully completing the course really difficult. But I slowly whispered in her ears, as we sat outside during the prayer- “We will finish the course with just one absent!” On our way back home, she apologized to me saying that my attendance was gone because of her. Well, here is a glimpse of our conversation (not the exact words perhaps):
By pallavi gupta5 years ago in Motivation
A World Unknown
As I look back at my life, it really seems as though it has started and restarted multiple times. My most recent life began 14 years ago; age- 18, height- tall enough to be considered such, weight- 130lbs. Mental state- “Know it All, hands down, I’m never wrong”. 🥸🤔🤷🏻♀️ Would you expect anything less from a South Bay chick, with no culture, no connection to her roots, nor to Source AND 18?! I digress, onto my story. My intention here is to supply this for who ever needs to read it. Life is brutal, blunt, sarcastic as fuck, hilarious, and don’t give a F*ck about how you feel. Someone is bound to relate to this here said vulnerable mini memoir.
By Marisa Bluejuewel5 years ago in Motivation
A Case For Hope
Dear Me, I know that even the thought of making plans scares you now. The eyes that were full of dreams and hopes are too scared to do that now. All the dreams and hopes of great 2020 were crushed by the time March came around. Hopelessness gripped you and has not left you since.
By Metanoia 5 years ago in Motivation
2020 Note to Self: Don't Die
Hello Me, Myself, and I, We hope you are well. We are writing from 2021. We wanted to let you know that we have made it. Tired, fragmented, and anxious, but we are here. We have carried some things with us into 2021, but there are many things that we had to leave behind us in 2020.
By catchafrisbie5 years ago in Motivation
2021: Breathe in presence, breathe out truth
Dear me, This is a letter that passes through space and time. You are at the end of 2021 and I’m at the start. I don’t know how the year has been for you, what unthinkable things may have happened, all that is now closing for you is all open for me, all that’s behind you is in front of me, like a blank canvas, an improv script, an empty track, with only some guiding prompts from the lessons-learnt during the year that’s just passed.
By Francesca5 years ago in Motivation
The Year of Sunshine
Look at you. Look how far you've come. When you first started having these feelings (unease, frustration, being stuck in the wrong place) did you think would ever make it out? When you marry young, sometimes you don’t yet know who you are. Sometimes you feel lucky to be “chosen” and forget to choose yourself. You put up with things that are harmful and you shrug your shoulders because there’s no other option.
By Jenn O'neil5 years ago in Motivation
Free Cake for 2021
Dear Me, Dear You, I have arrived at the beginning of the end of something negative. That’s an odd way of expressing positivity, but if there's one thing that the previous 12 months has taught me, it is that the old, normal way of doing everything is no longer a viable basis for future plans. Having said that, who doesn't take the year just gone as a template for the year to come? It isn’t as if it could be any worse, after all.
By Ian Vince5 years ago in Motivation
How to Find Purpose in 2021
Throughout my life, I've often felt idle. As though I was working towards nothing, spending my days waiting for my weekends. I guess part of me expected to stumble upon purpose and contentment. I thought happiness stemmed from success and that I would feel purposeful once I found a career. I've learned that no matter what you accomplish, it never feels how you think it will. The real pleasure and sense of accomplishment comes from the journey.
By RJ5 years ago in Motivation
Dear, 2021
Dear Marielle, 2020 was a difficult year. Now it is a new year. Did you feel that sigh of relief that you took the moment the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve illuminating 2021? It’s your time to take a breath of relief. Let it go. Let it all go. Last year you said that 2020 was going to be your year. But how were you to know that a pandemic would cause chaos in the world? Nobody did.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Motivation
Does the Law of Attraction Work?
''Be careful what you wish for'', the famous saying we all blurt out in our day to day conversations. This saying is so powerful as I associate it with the ''law of attraction'', attracting like for like. What we put out there is what we receive, do you believe in that law, that we are part of the universal matrix of energy and frequencies? The energy that we expend out there we get the same back. We are governed by laws of the universe we live in, what others may term as ''karma''. People often say they find the things they don't like manifest in their reality quicker than what they truly love. That I find is how our mindset is designed, we are creatures of fear, and let's remember, fear is an emotion as much as happiness and sadness are. We fear a lot about lack of money, no one loving us, or having a bad day. What if we program our minds to think positively? Do you think then we will attract what we love? We have to be really careful about what we say because when we instill emotion in the things we say those that we say we then attract. The flip side to this is how difficult it is to be positive when you are not in the head space or when your surroundings are not supporting the emotion.
By greg pertuit5 years ago in Motivation
