happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
Love more, Live longer
During times of chaos and distruction, my mind continues to come back to one place. What our world is truly lacking is L O V E. Everywhere we go and everything we see seems to be covered in fear. Our food is being poisoned, our media is full of fake news and false information, and people are walking around in masks, afraid to get too close. It breaks my heart to witness elderly men and women shake rapidly at the brush of a shoulder by another. They panic with that fearful look in their eye. What if it happens to me?
By Kahsia Solaire6 years ago in Motivation
Yet in that darkness, there are stars in the night's sky that shine upon us. Let us savor the joy of those sparks of light. Third Place in Love More Challenge.
In 2019 Marie Kondo asked us “Does it bring you joy?” In 2019 deciding whether to keep an article of clothing was worthy of being kept in your closet seemed hard. In 2019 I spent my paychecks on my unimaginable student debt, rent, and cloths. My closet was full of items that when purchased brought me immense joy for perhaps a day. Dresses that would have my mom asking “Are you trying to hide your outfits from me” As I snuck out of her house in an oversized coat on my way to a Dante’s Inferno themed birthday party. In 2020 I wear the same sweatpants every day and brush my hair just to put it in a tangled bun. In 2020 I no longer have a job & the idea of glueing gems to my face no longer has the same appeal, I have to find joy else where.
By Emily Jacoby6 years ago in Motivation
Good Things Jar 2019
After making so many memories in 2018, and the enjoyment of looking back on them, I did the same for 2019. The idea is to make a note of something good that happened each week, put each note in a jar, and have 52 memories on which to look back. I tried to get at least one note per week in there but was lucky enough to have even more experiences that I wanted to remember.
By Sapphire Ravenclaw6 years ago in Motivation
A piece of my heart
What is pure joy? Everyone probably has their own interpretation or definition of the word, but I want to share mine. Joy is not based on circumstances. It comes from an inner knowledge. It is not circumstantial. It is a choice. Joy is freedom from conditional happiness. It comes from the heart.
By Gabrielle Rice6 years ago in Motivation
Happiness
Happiness is a word that doesn't always get appreciated for its full meaning. We all search for happiness, but sometimes it's hard to find. Financial concerns, health difficulties, emotional issues, family squabbles...they all get in the way of our happiness. I believe that the key is to never give up. No matter how difficult it may seem, there's always something that can put a smile on your face.
By Jamie Barber6 years ago in Motivation
Love More Challenge
Quarantine has become a time where everything seems uncertain and the future appears bleak. It may be because of the media reporting mostly on daily casualties and also the difficulties doctors have to overcome to maintain the healthcare system as efficient as possible to save the most lives. However, we tend to forget that happiness is neither a physical object nor a person who may be lost or disappear in time and never to return. Happiness is a state of being; a moment where you find true fulfillment in what you do or what you’ve achieved. Tt can even become that time when a special someone can make you feel completely satisfied and full, because you know that, so long as that person remains with you, you won’t need anything else to feel content. Being quarantined may take away the physical connection with some of the people I love the most, especially my friends, whom are miles away from my home country and I have to communicate with via Whatsapp or videocall. Of course, I can’t complain too much given that these advances in technology at least give us the chance to stay connected throughout these difficult times, and yet I have started using it to distract myself from the outside world every now and then, when things get particularly heavy.
By Eugenia Moreno6 years ago in Motivation
Bitter with the Sweet
There’s a song from Carole King’s 1972 album, Rhymes and Reasons. It’s called ‘Bitter with the Sweet’. It inspired my thoughts today. I think everyone on some level understands that this is how life works. You put up with the bitter because eventually you’ll be rewarded with the sweet.
By Liz Woodard6 years ago in Motivation
Love is the Key
This truly is a unique time in which we are living. It is easy to let fear wash over you during this time and see only greed, corruption and hate in the world. But that’s not how I see it. Love is the key to happiness if you can just hold a sense of Oneness and have a higher perspective. Not only see our personal journeys in the micro but see in the macro that we are all One. We are humankind experiencing the same human experiences on our “beautiful blue marble of a home planet”. If this pandemic does any good it will be that it has brought people together like never before. This image from the Planetary Society posted on Earth Day has helped me hold onto hope that we are coming together to save humankind and our planet, letting love be the driving force behind it all. Planetary Society’s mission is “Empowering the world’s citizens to advance space science and exploration”. This leads me to point out that The International Space Station has had 20 years of successful peaceful cooperation among the space agencies. Showing that if we work together, with love, no matter our backgrounds, we can advance.
By Thea Madeline Porter6 years ago in Motivation
The Shadowdancers, The Songwriter, and The Buffalo Rider
The world can be a scary place, and the uncertainty brought on by the Coronavirus pandemic has all of us feeling an unprecedented level of stress. The hardest part is that there is no end in sight, and as we go on, day after day, it’s easy to feel overcome and exhausted.
By Walter Rhein6 years ago in Motivation
Gratitude
I recently saw a quote on Facebook that stopped me in my tracks. It said, “Remember when you wanted what you have now.” In a society always trying to sell us something to improve our lives, rarely do we stop to appreciate what we have. We are trained with an eye toward progress. There must always be something better than what we have now. We spend all our lives living for the future and forget to notice the benefits of the journey toward that golden future.
By Terri Kalloch6 years ago in Motivation
