"Happiness is the voice of optimism, of faith, of simple, steadfast love. No cynic or pessimist can be really happy. A cynic is a man who is morally near-sighted, – and brags about it. He sees the evil in his own heart, and thinks he sees the world. He lets a mote in his eye …
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Royal Road to Happiness II
"Happiness has a number of under-studies, – gratification, satisfaction, content, and pleasure, – clever imitators that simulate its appearance rather than emulate its method. Gratification is a harmony between our desires and our possessions. It is ever incomplete, it is the thankful acceptance of part. It is a mental pleasure in the quality of what …
Doing Your Best V
"The honest, faithful struggler should always realize that failure is but an episode in a true man's life,--never the whole story. It is never easy to meet, and no philosophy can make it so, but the steadfast courage to master conditions, instead of complaining of them, will help him on his way; it will ever …
Doing Your Best IV
Successful people know how to connect the dots between their present situation and their future goals. That said, successful people are not always happy people, which I imagine occurs whenever one's goals are not well-aligned with true purpose. The ability to connect the dots is something we learn from a very early age. We practice …
Doing Your Best III
In continuation of our consideration yesterday, I’d like to join William George Jordan in offering a few starting points for coming to the point where you can express unconscious grace in all that you do. To begin with, Jordan observed: “The man who is slipshod and thoughtless in his daily speech, whose vocabulary is a …
Power of Personal Influence III
Awakening into an increasingly expansive awareness of one's surroundings as well as one's own influence on the world is one of the greatest joys in growing up. Life, in this sense, is an ever-expanding spiral of scope and influence, beginning with the small seed of potential and ending in a glorious culmination of a lifetime …
500
It is my delight to announce that today's entry was my 500th consecutive daily post. Thank you for your support! Your readership and comments warm my heart and I count the opportunity to share daily words of inspiration as one of my greatest privileges. If you haven't commented yet, don't worry, the time will come …
The True Fair
Sonnet 79 by Edmund Spencer Men call you fair, and you do credit it, For that yourself you daily such do see: But the true fair, that is the gentle wit And virtuous mind, is much more praised of me. For all the rest, however fair it be, Shall turn to naught and lose that …
You’re Right!
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right!" ~ Henry Ford Why is it that when you are exhausted or on the verge of feeling defeated, that an motivating speech or a particularly radiant person can not only lift you out of the doldrums, but inspire you to overcome what previously stood …
Inner Strength and The Spirit of Victory
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." ~ Marcus Aurelius My eighteen year old cousin, Savannah Leigh Burns, was recently diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Its onset was rather sudden and took Savannah and her family completely by surprise. The first two weeks in …
Gregory Hake 