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The Joy Option
Virtually every day my friend from New York sends me pictures of the City on his way to work. The monumental buildings, the parks, the sculptures! The pervasive beauty of the place emanates in every...
View ArticleMake Room for Surprises
Joy is always an option. Yet how many of us pursue happiness as if it were a place on Earth? It isn’t. Happiness is a state of mind. Have you ever heard the phrase “Bloom where you are planted”? For...
View ArticleThe Shattering Power of Gratitude
Gratitude can rock your world. It’s the cousin of joy. No, on second thought, it’s the Siamese twin. You simply can’t have one without the other. Yesterday a sales lady caught me cradling some high-end...
View ArticleA Place of Comfort for Us All
Self-soothing is a skill we teach babies to help them fall asleep at night. It is an important thing to learn because, whether that stressed out new parent knows it or not, self-soothing is an...
View ArticleThe Joy Factor
What brings you joy? Do you ever ask yourself that question? I don’t know about you, but somehow I get the sense that we place a cap on our joy, as if we aren’t allowed to be too joyful in case...
View ArticleThe Value of Failure
If at first you do not succeed, try, try again. Let’s face it. Success is sweet. And we want it more than we want the smudgy, sweaty, stinky sensation of having given it our all only to flop...
View ArticleThe Fitness Habit
A reporter recently asked how to shave 30 minutes off your day to exercise. It seemed like a good idea to figure out how people generally spend their time and where they might find a few minutes here...
View ArticleQuieting the Complaining Mind
Between the hours of two and four in the morning, my mind enters the Fret Zone. I worry, complain, argue and fight about the weirdest things. It is as if all the frustration from the day comes tumbling...
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The Secret to Happiness
Life can be hard. People can be harsh. Situations can lead us down the path to Hell. In all my years on this Earth, I have learned a few things that have become unshakable truths. No one can make you...
View ArticleVulnerability is not for the fragile
Teetering on a tightrope, trying not to look down, arms dancing from side to side in spread-eagle fashion. Toes sweating. Heart racing. Mind frozen in concentration. Being vulnerable is not for the...
View ArticleLimitlessness, Joy and the Pursuit of Happiness
“Thoughts,” my friend said, “are just thoughts. Our innate state is joy.” According to my wise friend, we don’t return to that state of joy – we always have it. Only sometimes we forget because all...
View ArticleHappiness Before You
Some days I will search and search for “misplaced” sunglasses or keys or some such only to find the item right before my very eyes. I call the phenomenon “displacia”, an affliction caused by a crowded...
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