Posts Tagged ‘happiness’

Too much “stuff” never brings us happiness.  It actually weighs us down.  It keeps us stuck.

If you feel really stuck, really weighed down, I suggest that you look around your home.

Do you have “stuff” everywhere you look? 

Are your cabinets and closets and drawers full?  Are your counter tops and tables holding piles of stuff?

If so, it may be that you’re keeping yourself tied down.  The energy to move -the energy to flow- is stagnant.

You feel stagnant.
See if you notice this.

And if you do, start small.  But start.

Start decluttering.  Start looking for Read the rest of this entry »

In Part 1 of this blog series I confessed that the practice of gratitude has been one that I’ve not been able to sustain in the manner that I aspire to.

Practicing gratitude just isn’t as easy as I thought it would be.

And yet, the bottom line is the delightful word practice.

Oh yes, I’m practicing gratitude.  I’m working on it.

I’m a work in progress and so are all the things I’m practicing.  Big relief.

All I need to commit to is … Read the rest of this entry »

To be perfectly honest, I’ve been feeling kinda cranky the last few weeks. I’m not seeing things in my usual positive mode.

No, I’m feeling rather grumpy, actually.  Sigh.

And then I realized that letting myself wallow in my crankiness wasn’t doing much for me.

I wasn’t venting and then moving on.  I wasn’t expressing my feelings and then letting them go.  Oh no.  Not the last few weeks.  No siree.  I’ve actually glowered and scowled at times lately.

But you know what?  Read the rest of this entry »