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Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Skills for a happy life -

Sometimes life knocks you down—there is no getting around that. What really matters for creating a happy life is how easy it is for you to get back up. Developing emotional resiliency keeps those challenges and hardships from overwhelming you. You recover more quickly from difficulties, and as a result, you'll live happily more days each month and year.

10 Skills You Need to Live a Happy Life

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Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
How to be more resilient

Unlike positive thinking, self-compassion , or gratitude—which can all be developed when things are going good or going bad—you need challenges in your life to develop resilience. You have to get knocked down in order to learn how to pick yourself back up. Over time, you’ll start to see that being knocked down makes you stronger—plus it makes you less afraid to get knocked down again.

Resilience 101: How to Be a More Resilient Person

All the best!
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Everyone has struggles

I remember reading somewhere that we are all here on this earth to learn a lesson.

It’s one that is made for us, and only us. Like a special recipe concocted in the stars and implanted in our tiny developing foetus.

While it may sound a bit “woo-woo,” it was extremely comforting to read that.

For much of my life I would compare my life to others. I’d look at those who seemed to have it all together and wonder if they ever struggled. I felt envious as they seemingly sailed through life.

Why do I have to deal with this and not them? What did I do wrong?”

But maybe they are not here to learn my lesson. They are here to learn theirs, whatever that might be.

While my life has been filled with typical ups and downs, it came to a crushing low when my sister died in 2013.

Everyone Has Struggles, and We All Have Our Own Lessons to Learn - Tiny Buddha

All the best!

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Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
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Fun & Inspiring Archives - Tiny Buddha

Cheers!
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Scribbled down after recent reading etc -

Happiness approval from other people

Happiness approval from the outside world

Wimbledon Federer

French open this year?

Enjoy your evening!
 

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
"If you are stressed out, then it is part of your meditation to become fully aware of being stressed out. Don’t make a big effort to push it aside, don’t try to be some other way. . . .The minute you embrace that fact, you will actually become less stressed and more awake." —Lewis Richmond,
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
You said you were looking for book recommendatons and I NEVER do anything by halves!

Anyway, just off the top of my head - here goes -

The Miracle of Mindfulness - read his quotes here -

TOP 25 QUOTES BY NHAT HANH (of 723) | A-Z Quotes

Pema Chodron has even more stuff at her site - I recommend her books but the website has a lot to read & contemplate -

Articles

Mark Manson has a few books to recommend as well -

200 of the Best Books to Read, Organized by Genre

If you have oodles & oodles of time, checkout the spiritual teachers at this site -

Teachers - Stillness Speaks

If that isn't MORE than enough ... try a book called "50 Spiritual Classics" - a summary and excerpts from a wide range of spiritual books.

Worth reading even if you don't buy the actual books mentioned. I believe there is a website - lemme see if I can find it ...

Could not locate it so here is a review of the actual book at booktopia which is a huge site all on its own!

https://www.booktopia.com.au/50-spiritual-classics-tom-butler-bowdon/book/9781473658387.html

Have you read any positive psychology books? Here's a couple - I have read Flourish and it was helpful ...

12 Best Books for Your Positive Psychology Reading List

Enjoy your reading!

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Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Started to read one of Kate's books ...

Mindfulness beginner's mind

Mindfulness attitude acceptance

Meditation just like me

Types of meditation

Enjoy your day!
 
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