Dan Gilbert: Psychologist & Happiness Expert! Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned. Dan Gilbert believes that, in our ardent, lifelong pursuit of happiness, most [...]
Dear Lord, So far today I am doing all right. I have not gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or over-indulgent. However, I am going to get out of bed in a few minutes, and I will need a lot more help after that. Amen Taken from the First United Methodist Church [...]
How much is enough? Do you really need 23 pairs of shoes? How about twelve pairs of jeans? Is that new-fangled gadget you saw advertised on television something you feel you absolutely must have? How many “must have” things have you purchased that are still in their original packaging and not being used or (even [...]
Until you can forgive what happened in the past, you cannot live freely and joyfully in the present. Don’t waste another second of precious life imprisoned in the past; forgive and forget, or at least forgive and move on. Remember: Don’t get even, get angry. Let it all out and then let it go! Letting [...]
There have been many times in my life when I wanted to scream, “Stop the world – I want to get off!” What I really wanted was to stop time, so that I could catch up on everything that was making demands on me. I used to make long lists of things to do and, [...]
