Coming Together For The Greater Good
There are times when it seems like Americans have become irreparably divided. Times when it feels like all we do is disagree and argue. Times when it seems like there is no hope for healing. But, it only seems that way. Continue reading “Coming Together For The Greater Good”
As the new year is still fresh, many people will begin to fulfill their new year resolutions with gusto. One resolution everyone should make, is to resolve to be positive and happy.
Have you ever heard the expression, “the best things in life are free?” When you stop to think about it, that really is true and those free, wonderful things, are at the ready to bring us all true, lasting happiness.
I’m a big believer in the inspirational power of “quotes of the day” — pearls of wisdom that one reads each morning and indeed, throughout the day, to help keep us focused and motivated.
Each day, we awake with the choice to be happy or not. As a new day dawns, we have a fresh start to try and focus on hope and positivity, and that includes taking care of or our own psyche.
Kindness is not really an act, as much as it is a personal trait. You’re either kind all the time, or your kind only when it suits you. Hopefully, more and more of us are choosing to be kind all of the time, because we should never wait to be kind.
Chatting with a friend the other day, and we landed on the topic of the first step to becoming a more positive person. We debated if there were many steps to this transformation, or perhaps just one.
Life is full of ironies. Sometimes, we have to go backwards to move forward. And sometimes, we need to get angry to become happy. Life really can be quite the adventure, wouldn’t you say?
Doesn’t it seem as if arguments and general acrimonious discourse are the order of the day? Someone, some where, always seems to be angry and ready to do battle over anything and everything. Its very unhealthy.
Norman Vincent Peale, the author of “The Power of Positive Thinking,” encouraged people to believe in themselves and to have faith in their own abilities. He was of course, absolutely correct in this thinking.