Happiness is against the law. Not literally, but the pursuit of happiness, i.e. liberty so often is. Google any particular law and one will likely find a prohibition against something. No spitting on the sidewalk, owning this kind of animal is prohibited, or the obvious laws like those that criminalize assault and robbery—for good reason. …
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Sound Body, Sound Mind, Happy Soul
“A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world”~John Locke Mind, body and spirit are often considered together and associated with the road to happiness. John Locke’s quote evidences the contemplated relationship between the physical, mental and spiritual contributors to our being. He also …
Pursuit of Happiness is the Only Cure to the Disease of Power
A little over a year ago, I finished a book titled “America, The Happy.” The basic premise of the book is that America is the only place ever created on a promise to protect the pursuit of happiness; further, the one and only divide in America is between those who pursue happiness and those …
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FiveThings We Can Do to Remain Hopeful
Click on the following link to read my interview in Authority Magazine. Thank you to Dr. Ely Weinschneider, Psy.D. for sharing on the subject of happiness and a positive approach to life’s events. https://bit.ly/2L4ESGG KPF
The New Normal Is the Language of the Unhappy
Accepting normal or average is choosing to be a loser and choosing to fail. Any news source, talking head or alleged expert proclaiming a new normal should be ignored—immediately. Turn off the t.v., exit the site or turn and run. Accepting normal is a far more deadly pandemic than any virus ever has been or …
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Top Five Reasons Your Life is Happier Than You Think
1. You’re reading this. That means you have life and at least an ability to read the written word and form thoughts. The best part is that thought is all you need to pursue happiness. 2. Everything good (or bad) in life starts with thought. As a matter of simple logic you now have all …
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Top 5 Happiness Courses Paired with Music—Life’s Perfect Happy Meal
First Course: Gratitude Express at least three things for which you are grateful paired with the song “What A Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-T6aaRV9HY. When things get tough, human nature often turns to a misery loves company response. The flip side is what works in creating happier lives. Rather than wallowing in fear or …
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Evidence That Happiness Is All About Perspective–Even Amidst a Covid Crisis
Naysayers so often scoff at the idea that one may pursue happiness and then reach the light at the end of the tunnel. Many don’t believe that happiness may be pursued at all. They reside in an endless tunnel and their lack of vision is their existence. Seeing only the tunnel walls and the blindness …
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Happiness Is the Mind’s Silver Bullet
Steve Earle sung a great tune about “The Devil’s Right Hand.” A pistol as the subject of the song is misguided, but it is a great tune nonetheless. Objects or circumstances outside of us are neither the hand of evil nor the causes of what ails us. We are our own Devil’s right hand and …
Some See a COVID 19 Crisis, Others Choose to See “The Whole of the Moon”
The Waterboys made a record in the 80’s, my decade I might add, titled “The Whole of the Moon.” The key chorus line is “I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon.” Life is all about perspective and the approach we take to the same circumstances. Some see nothing, some see bits …
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