DAY#9 Happiness and Joy are FREE The high you get from buying that cool outfit or the latest tech gadget will only last so long, and then the new will fade away and so will the high. If you are truly content with yourself and happy, you wont me moved by this revelation, but if youre not as grounded as you think, youll be on the hunt for your next retail fix. Retail therapy is okay as long as you dont depend on such an escape for your peace, to fill a void or as a permanent fix. Its purely a band-aid, to get your mind off something temporarily that eventually you will need to face and deal with. True happiness, is an inner peace that comes from your gut. When all the material trappings are stripped away, and its just you and what really matters in your life, thats your true Zen. What must you have to be content with yourself? Sometimes just taking a moment away from the noise, and taking in a starlit sky, listening to the laughter of your children playing in the tub, or how a song moves your soul, is all the joy and happiness you could ask for- and it doesnt cost you anything but a moment to take it in. Other times a random act of kindness for a stranger can delight your soul in ways you never thought possible. Make it a habit of surprising yourself once a day with something that will bring you joy and happiness without opening your wallet. Peace & Blessings -JoAnne, ARMY MOM Quotes for Today: “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” - Dale Carnegie “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” -Frederick Keonig “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” -Mahatma Gandhi “It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.” -Seneca “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” -Bertrand Russell “I’d far rather be happy than right any day.” -Douglas Adams “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” -Aesop “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature…. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” -Helen Keller “The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.” - Brian Tracy “If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.’ If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.” -Chinese Proverb You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.’ - Acts 2:28 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace – Galatians 5:22 Our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in His holy name. - Psalm 32:21
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 14:05:43 +0000
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