happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
Serendipity
Looking back at moments brings me so much happiness in a way that I wouldn't even believe it could be. Serendipity, by basic common definition, is the unpredictable happy moments that we experience. To me, these moments can also be through memories.
By Emmalee Edwards6 years ago in Motivation
Dalia Llama's Life Lessons
Don’t let a dispute injure a great relationship. This is a big one. These days, in the United States, this seems to have completely eroded especially if you are talking politics. We have forgotten how to have a debate and still walk away at least acquaintances. It is something we need to get back.
By Elizabeth Bolton6 years ago in Motivation
1:3 Are Abused I’m the One in Three but I’m a Survivor
So how does one survive abuse? How does one learn how to cook? How to read? How to walk? Process, and one step at a time. And only you can achieve that, no one else can force the learnt knowledge to all of a sudden be acquired. Process and one step at a time.
By Susan Martin Dalzell6 years ago in Motivation
Cause and Effect
In relationships, it may take a season or two to absorb the hidden meaning behind all the adversity that has taken place, before you can feel safe again, to welcome new relationships; as it turns out. You can examine the pattern of unfavorable events, as they unfolded prior to the disappointment. In one way, by reflecting on how you attracted the situation into your life. Another way is how you let yourself be swept along, as well as how you were drawn toward a familiar drama or dysfunction, which led to unavoidable failure.
By Audra Benee'6 years ago in Motivation
Rants & Rambles Cafe: When Life Turns Upside Down
The past few days, my husband and I—as Amazon sellers—have been dealing with a customer beyond unreasonable. The several-question-marks-per-sentence, hate-you-even-though-you're-handling-everything-correctly-and-politely type. You probably know the kind!
By PathlessJourney6 years ago in Motivation
Why I Didn’t Go to Uni
When I was asked about where I saw myself in 5, 10 years time, a younger me would diligently answer ‘at university obviously!’ Higher education seemed like the only obvious course of action for a ‘gifted’ child such as myself. I always enjoyed academic success and therefore, to those around me, and even to myself, this could be the only sensible answer. However as I aged, and the future prospect of university suddenly changed into the present, preparing for university, reality set in. University was no longer some vague goal to waive away any actual foresight, decisions were to be made. What did I actually want to study? Where did I want to study? How much was this all going to cost? I had, and still have no idea what the answers to those questions are, and as my peers easily sailed through them it became increasingly obvious that my lifelong path was about to be derailed. I had some serious self evaluating to do. First, was the ‘where’ problem. I come from an island, there are no universities here so I must move away from my home wherever I was to go on the mainland. Second, was the ‘what’ problem. What was I actually going to study? It was no issue finding things I’d be good at, but finding things I’d enjoy? I was a teenager, I enjoyed sleeping more than any of my studies, I’d never taken a really serious interest in any subject and now I had to decide one to dedicate the next three to four years of my life to, at least? And finally, came the ‘how’ problem. How was I going to afford it? University is a massive financial burden to take on, I’d have to take out loans, and I don’t have a great relationship with my parents so I wouldn’t be able to rely on them for any support. So why should I take a financial gamble on a course I’m not sure I’m interested in, while having to live in a city I’ve never been too?
By Uh 6 years ago in Motivation
Finding Your Destiny
“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” Alan Turing Have you ever felt that burning desire to fulfill your role in the world? It seems like it would be complete peace, wouldn’t it? To be able to have your passions burn and your anxieties fall to the wayside. It is with this quote that we can find our first step in the process.
By Keane Neal-Riquier6 years ago in Motivation
Say Hello to Self Love
As I'm sitting here listening to Britney Spear's first album, and her track number five, "Born To Make You Happy," I cannot help but think about if she redid that track in 2019 how it would sound. There is always so much talk about making our significant other happy, but what about our own self? How can we love someone else, if we do not even have enough self love for our own being? Lately, I have been learning some things, and I wanted to pass them along for whoever needed them; because 2019 is the year of self love, and 2020 is just going to keep it going... So here are a few things I learned, or took with me as I processed this self love journey, and what I did to cope. Self love is a personal journey, and it is the most satisfying thing I have ever done for myself.
By That One Barista6 years ago in Motivation
