We are getting richer
In human history, there have been millennia when nothing changed. We live at a subsistence level, scratching for food and resources, and we didn't live long. Today, the average American is much richer and working fewer hours with a higher standard of living than even 20 years ago. This includes…
Thankfulness
"All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the lack of thankfulness for what we have." - Daniel Defoe, 1719 What are you thankful for? I am sure there is a lot. Think about it some each day. When you see my box below saying…
What are you doing with what you have?
We all have talents and we all have some assets. These talents may not be the same as what others have, and they aren't supposed to be. Your combination of talents makes you unique. The question is - are you using what you have to get better, to develop and…
Produce more than you consume
If you produce more value for others than you consume yourself, you can save and invest. If you consume more than you produce you become dependent and lose your freedom and happiness. How are you doing?
Worthy – not because someone else says so
People who look for validation and permission from others that they are worthy and valuable are looking outside themselves. This is risky and will result in an emotional rollercoaster of a life as people like you or do not like you for their own reasons that you cannot control. I…
Cry – Laugh – Rethink
Often when you grow the most is when you are having a difficult time and things go wrong. A crisis can teach us a lot - if we don't change our identity to "I'm the one who has problems and bad luck". Feel the problem and then let it go…
Be the you that you were made to be.
"Happiness is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God or luck or fate has bestowed upon them." - -Leo Rosten You have talents. Develop them into specific skills. Then find a place/position that needs and values those talents.
Satisfying, meaningful happiness
"The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties, and the fullest realization of the world in which we live." - Bertrand Russell Which would make you happier and feel meaning in your life for more than a few days - A - Retiring,…
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Amen! Let’s make the most of the opportunities we have!
We are fortunate to be living at this time! Wish I were 30 years younger. haha