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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

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Different types of happiness? -

How can we aim for a meaningful life? Take a moment to reflect first on your strengths and virtues - the best things about you. What are you good at? What are your natural talents? What are the virtues (such as wisdom or courage) that you have deliberately cultivated in yourself?

Now ask yourself this: Can you think of a cause bigger than yourself that is truly worth serving? Is it a political party? A social justice agenda? Your faith? The environment? Ironically, it is when you put this cause at the top of your priority list, even above your own happiness, that a more enduring happiness and life satisfaction can be achieved. Developing your skills, talents and strengths, and then using these in service of bringing about a better world in the way that matters most to you, is what will lead to a life filled with meaning.

So, as you can see, not all types of happiness are equal. Some give us fleeing moments of pleasure, whereas others lead to a more longer-lasting, fulfilling level of happiness and satisfaction. Which type will you focus your energy on?

Comes from -

The 3 types of happiness — The Skill Collective

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
After Zukav video on reverence ...

Then zukav reverence - a few - awakin.org happiness????

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we are frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.

Happiness Is A Journey, by Author Unknown

Enjoy!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Ooooops?

Try - awakin.org popular readings - for some reason that last link is not clickable ... or just click on their menus ...

Enjoy!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Happify happiness -

In his viral TED talk Ron Gutman says that “smiling sends signals to the brain of emotional well-being.” It's beneficial to your health—it lowers stress hormones and blood pressure—and may even increase your lifespan. Other studies have found that people who smile frequently are rated higher in generosity, trustworthiness, and extroversion by others.

What's So Great About Happiness, Anyway? (The Answer: Plenty!)

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
What’s So Funny About Buddhism? - Lion's Roar

Of course, we can’t discuss anxiety without mentioning something we hear quite a lot about in Buddhism — death. Death is also hilarious. The Grim Reaper is a familiar character in cartoons. When you move him into a Buddhist context, with it’s “strange” ideas about such things as reincarnation (as opposed to such less “strange” ideas as heaven, or hell), jokes abound. For example, I did one of a monk saying to the Grim Reaper, “You again?”

Finally, it has to be said that Buddhism is funny because, unlike some other “religions,” Buddhism doesn’t take itself too seriously. We can poke fun at it because it’s not afraid to poke fun at itself – whoops, there’s that word “self” again.
 
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