happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
The Butterfly Effect
In light of dark times there's light. Feeling of love & beauty. Reconnecting with someone becomes a breathe of fresh air. Old emotions arise & memories that was trashed has been recovered. Hopes & possibilities are then projected into the world for a new & better quality of life.
By The Kind Quill6 years ago in Motivation
Just Another, Ordinary, Extraordinary Life -
They say every great writer is essentially telling the story of themselves over and over, that they imbue every character with someone they are, someone they know or someone they want to be. The people I discuss in the pages to come are people I love, people I hate, people I know, and to spice things up some people I wish I never knew. This is the story of people who are bold, beautiful and true, and it’s also the story of people who are poisonous, venomous and undeniably insane. This is the story of the good times and the bad, the ones that can shatter your heart into a million little pieces. This is my story, as seen through my eyes. It is the story of what it is to be me. Because I am equal parts whimsical, inspired and ADHD, the story of my life is best expressed as a collective of short stories with no real rhyme or reason linking them beyond the fact each story deserved to be told. There are stories of opportunity, stories of regret, stories of amazing moments and stories of devastation. They are the stories that make up a life both ordinary and extraordinary. To protect the identities of the innocent and the guilty I have assigned pseudonyms and obscured identifying details. For the people I love, I do it to protect their privacy, and for the people I hate, I make only a token effort so that when they are easily identifiable for the poison they are, I can at least claim to have tried. This is a story of me. At times I will employ artistic license, because sometimes it is not the facts of the moment that matter, it is how you live through the moment, and how the moment shapes your life that matters. This book is dedicated to all of the individuals who found a place in my story, and is a homage to embracing positivity and enthusiasm in even the darkest of times. It is dedicated to all those seeking the courage to walk their own path, and seek their own happiness. This is the story of my ordinary and sometimes extraordinary life.
By Brendon6 years ago in Motivation
The Positive side to Covid-19
As we all know Corona virus has been causing fear and stress in many of our lives the past couple months. Its scary that people are getting sick and its scary that a lot our jobs and schools have shut down. the grocery stores look like the apocalypse has hit. We all went into panic mode not having the clarity on when this will end and what will happen.
By April Ruocco6 years ago in Motivation
Love Have It Ways
Have you ever just sit down and wonder how the nature flows? How the ocean moves beautifully along the breeze, taking care of every sea animal, or creature out there? How the sand fits perfectly along the sea letting the sea turtles lay their egg in it for their Childs future? I always think about it whenever I visit the beach.
By ElaKnowsBest6 years ago in Motivation
5 Things You Can Do At Home To Keep Your Mind Stimulated
In a time like this when all you can do is wait and see what comes next. It is vital to keep your body, mind and spirit stimulated in a positive frequency. The frequency of LOVE for ourselves and for others. There are two levels of frequency you can vibrate on. One vibration is fear, which can consume you & keep you feeling stuck, sad & in a state of need.
By Graceful Breakthroughs6 years ago in Motivation
What is it that you desire?
I was in high school, in the eleventh grade and I had no idea what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Truth is at that age I did not give it much thought. I had great friends, I laughed a lot with them. Most of my friends in twelfth grade already knew what they wanted and were attending university studying various degrees from arts to science and there was me. I applied to The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology also known as SAIT. I only did it because my mom suggested I did so, but at seventeen you still have no idea of what you want or where to go with your life. You are still a child at age seventeen. I attended for a year and I found classes boring and the work tedious. I only really enjoyed one class and that was essay writing. In high school I struggled a lot with English, I found comprehension tests hard because I could not explain my thought process of why I thought the answer was c. It was all multiple choice, which is annoying. I either dug too deep with the text or I was too shallow.
By Ada Zuba6 years ago in Motivation
Rebalancing Yourself and Aligning With What You Want
Over the past few weeks, I’ve come to learn about the importance of balance, in all aspects, mind, body, spirit, emotions and feelings. Throughout life things come up that knock us off balance and that causes us to stop and take a deep look at the situation. I started to become aware of when I was unbalanced and to me it feels like an uneasy, internal feeling that’s similar to anxiety. My body was communicating with me that I need to change something, whether that’s routine or habits or even thoughts and feelings. The Universe will keep putting things on our path and shaking us up until we take a breath and remember who we truly are and what we truly want in life.
By Ellie Browne6 years ago in Motivation
Being Confident in your own Body
Hello everyone and welcome to my first ever story. I wanted to start with a topic that has had an effect on me since I began my teenage years, CONFIDENCE. The first time I began to notice my body changing I was 9 years old. I started to develop quite quickly compare to my friends and I was really scare about that change. When I was just 9 years old I moved to Florida and that's when everything began to change for me, and not for the better. I started 5th grade not knowing any English, my native language is Spanish and it was already difficult enough to do homework because I didn't understand anything. I used to cry while doing my homework because I felt so stupid not knowing anything, at the time I thought that was going to be my only problem. Boy was I wrong. As the days progressed, my self-esteem began to decline, that wasn't even the worst part yet. I began to get bully on my second week of school, I remember it like it was yesterday, It was really traumatizing. Now, the bullying wasn't anything physical, it was emotionally, which I think is worst in my opinion, at least for me it was worst then any physical pain. This continued on till I finally started middle school. In 6th grade I met my best friend who I am so thankful for, we are still best friend till this day and I am 20 years old. During my middle school days everything was good, now fast forward to high school, freshman year. My body was bigger then ever, I have changed completely and not for the better, I gained a lot of weight. I kept seeing this other girls with bodies that were to die for, I wanted nothing more then to be like them. I began to try and eat healthy and exercise but it never worked, it was no use. I got so envy that I began to try and cut my stretchmarks out, yeah you read it right, CUT. Not the smartest idea if. I tried to try out for the track team, couldn't do it, I was too fa and too slow, so I gave up. I felt undesirable by the guys at school, I didn't have many friends, or any friends for that matter. The only friend that I had was my best friend, let's call her Mary. Now, at times I did envy my best friend because her body was amazing as well, I thought, how can a girl like her be friends with me.. Well, let me tell you why. It's because she saw who I was, truly, she saw me for me, not my appearance. It took me so long to figure that out, that if nobody saw me for me, for who I truly was then they were not worth it, they were not real friends. After I finally finished and graduated high school I began to see my self worth, to see who I truly was and who I wanted to be. All of those little incidents that happen to me weren't so little, they affected me so much emotionally, but because of that I finally learnt to love myself. I began to love my body, treat it like the temple it was and the temple it is now.
By Blizzfulliss6 years ago in Motivation
The Happiness Myth
What exactly is happiness? According to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary, it is “A state of well-being and contentment”. However, this is a vague and shallow description for something that consumes the lives of most people. No matter where you go, what you do, or who you talk to, you will inevitably reach the conclusion that all of humanity is searching for happiness. Some people look for it in a partner, others in their career, and still others unfortunately from addictive substances. After years of social and individual observations, I have come to see an awakening in the pursuit of a self-love movement. I have found that this has become a battle cry for people in vastly different life stages and it doesn’t seem to be dying down.
By Zoe House6 years ago in Motivation
Against Myself
I could say things that sound really nice… About who I looked up to and why they inspired me… But most times I would find myself comparing who I am and how I saw others. I thought that I was missing something - that extra flare or skill, I felt that I couldn’t live up to the expectations of others around me… And so I didn’t really have women that I looked to that would inspire me to push beyond myself.
By Namarah McCall6 years ago in Motivation
Inner Peace and Gratitude
What prevents you from feeling peaceful in your life? The anxiety and worry, the regret, the pain, and the longing for something you do not have all rob you of peace and happiness. All of these take a toll on your heart and your mind, leaving you with frustration instead of joy. Finding how to end these negative mindsets and feelings will help you find inner peace, and one path there is through gratitude.
By Gaya 6 years ago in Motivation
Finding My Identity
Hi! My name is Naya Lovell. Welcome and here’s to my first Vocal Story. I am a performing artist from Westchester, NY and am currently in my senior year of college obtaining my B.F.A in dance at The Juilliard School in NYC with my education being= generously supported by the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship.
By Naya Lovell6 years ago in Motivation
