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March 10 - April 22, 2018
Once bitten by this craving, ‘more’ never really turns into ‘enough’. Their jar of happiness has no lid.
“While trying to find yourself in things, you may end up losing yourself in things.”
“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.”
A government is a perfect punching bag for many unhappy people
The ancestor of every action in your life is a thought. How we think is how our lives work out. Over time, our reality mirrors the way in which we choose to make sense of life. We structure our lives in our heads.
APPRECIATE compulsively, learn to derive more joy from simple delights – and you will be in touch with real happiness, every moment.
Their agenda consists of four main headings, in a specific order: Personal Wellness, Family Sturdiness, Professional Progress and Wider Community Joy.
Characteristics of happy persons
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
It’s a capacity to view failure as temporary, limited, and a part of life – and then moving on to a solution.
They don’t waste energy on carrying grudges and playing judge.
- Happy people
We are practically surrounded by unhappiness traps – inside ourselves and in our circumstances.
Nothing worthwhile ever comes easy.
“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.”
we are equipped with a sophisticated decision-making ability.
Choose wisely.
How can you expect more from life if you aren’t even aware of what you already have?
Resilience and renewal start from within;
there is no end to the journey of ‘having what they have’.
“You will never change your life until you change things you do daily.” — Mike Murdock
