This post describes the futility of avoiding stress and discusses isntead the value of leaning into stress head-on and leveraging the art of dealing withs tress to forge greater happiness.
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Embracing the Struggle for Happiness
Happiness is not experienced as dormant state of pleasure and indulgence. Happiness is created through the pursuit of ideals and embracing the struggle towards those ideals.
Overcoming Obstacles Enables Happiness
This post is about learning to embrace obstacles and use them to define our success and happiness rather than as nuisances to be avoided.
Happiness is a State of Doing
Think of happiness as a state of doing rather than a state of simply sitting and being happy. Being happy is not just a quality we simply choose, although the realization of happiness does depend on choice. Being happy is an action and therefore something we do, and we do this by constantly making choicesContinue reading “Happiness is a State of Doing”
Happiness Thought for the Day: Do Your Best
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” – John Wooden The theme of the blog for the last several days has been success. I often use the terms happiness andContinue reading “Happiness Thought for the Day: Do Your Best”