Why Is Happiness Elusive? Reader Question: I wanted to ask a question if you can spare the time. I was just wondering if you have an opinion on why happiness seems so elusive to people? Why is it much easier to be unhappy than happy? I know this is a strange question but it has […]
What You Do Or How You Do It? Which Matters More?
I’ve been working on my fitness this year. The end of last year I was working with weights to build some muscle and because I was too lazy to be careful with what I was eating, I ate everything and anything. I got to my heaviest and then decided it would make a new challenge […]
Why Is It Easier To Be Unhappy Than Happy?
The Question I wanted to ask a question if you can spare the time. I was just wondering if you have an opinion on why happiness seems so elusive to people? Why is it much easier to be unhappy than happy? I know this is a strange question but it has been on my mind […]
Reset Your Needs
Happiness is subjective. There’s no universally agreed consensus or government standard we can come to, to know what we have to do to be happy. It’s entirely based on opinions and feelings. I want to point out something I’ve observed about the conventionally shared view that society teaches us through media and general conversation and […]
Freedom
The basis of happiness is freedom. The first part of my formula for happiness states that we need to make wise choices. Choice requires the freedom to select. Martin Luther King, Emmeline Pankhurst and Nelson Mandela, like millions of others through history, fought for our political and physical freedom. However, while we have that for […]
Your Most Important Relationship
We all come into this world not knowing another soul, screaming and yelling in shock and fear. We will all take our last breath and step into the darkness of the unknown afterlife alone. By far the most important relationship we ever have is the one with ourselves. It is this that determines the […]
Why Politics Is Like Dieting!
2016 has been an interesting year in politics. Now let me start with the frank admission that politics represents everything I detest. I detest it because it is all about appearances rather than substance. A successful politician is one that gains praise for what they are perceived to do as opposed to what they may […]
Frederick Douglass: There Is Always A Path To Freedom
Frederick was 6 or 7 years old when his Mum handed him over to the plantation owner. No one knew for sure… or cared She died shortly after and Frederick never forgot the feeling of abandonment and rejection. Not that he’d been all that close to his Mum, he’d never seen her in daylight. And […]
Victor Frankl Quotes: Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
Why do bad things happen to good people? We expect life to be fair. We expect that there is some Universal Overlord, some Benevolent Creator, a God that cares for us and ensures we are rewarded/punished for our good deeds and for our shortcomings. Yet the reality is that life is more than some Supreme […]
Inspiration From Michelangelo Quotes
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. Michelangelo A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. Michelangelo The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. […]