If you’re feeling down, then it can be very difficult to find the motivation to make those positive changes. The challenge is to find those smaller steps that will encourage you to progress into the more drastic changes to your life. Focusing on the smaller changes can actually boost your mental health far more than you may have thought, so if the idea of tackling your feelings of negativity already seems like too much, then perhaps it’s time to consider just how small those changes can be, … [Read more...]
Empowering Women ~ World Peace, “Yes!”
July 17, 2015 by
Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? "A challenging new book by the Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker says that the answer is “yes.” In The Better Angels of Our Nature, Pinker presents data showing that human violence, while still very much with us today, has been gradually declining. Moreover, he says, “over the long sweep of history, women have been and will be a pacifying force. Traditional war is a man’s game: tribal women never band together to … [Read more...]
Dalai Lama celebrates 80th year!
July 6, 2015 by
Compassion is often regarded as having an emotional aspect to it, though when based on cerebral notions such as fairness, justice and interdependence, it may be considered rational in nature and its application understood as an activity based on sound judgment. There is also an aspect of compassion which regards a quantitative dimension, such that individual's compassion is often given a property of "depth," "vigour," or "passion." The etymology of "compassion" is Latin, meaning … [Read more...]
Self-Love or Selfish, that is the question?
August 5, 2014 by
7 Ways To Know If What You Feel Is Self-Love Or Selfish I spent more than 20 years at war with myself. I hated who I saw in the mirror. I cycled through eating disorders and was diagnosed with clinical depression. I hated myself. The person I saw in the mirror was disgusting to me. That was then. I’ve come a long way since those days of self-sabotage. Today I love myself and practice kindness from the inside out. It took the understanding of what self-love wasn’t for me to reach the … [Read more...]
International Day of Happiness celebrated March 20
March 20, 2013 by
The International Day of Happiness is celebrated throughout the world on 20 March. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 28 June 2012. Assembly Resolution A/RES/66/281 states in pertinent part: Balloons of Happiness The General Assembly, conscious that the 'pursuit of happiness' is a fundamental human goal, recognizing also the need for a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes sustainable development, poverty eradication, … [Read more...]
VERONICA – It Brings Joy Within
March 10, 2013 by
VERONICA 'It Brings Joy Within' "In the linear it often becomes imperative for you to solve all difficulties immediately. A feeling of despair may arise if a solution is not available in the next moment. Remember that one incarnates to expand and learn. Many of those difficulties are created and co-created by your own energy. You may exclaim that that is not the case! "Why would I create a problem for myself or allow another to create it for me?" It … [Read more...]
SELF LOVE: Blissful State of Mind is Meditation
January 29, 2013 by
SELF LOVE 'Blissful State of Mind is Meditation' "You yourself, as much as anybody in the universe, deserve your love and affection." ~The Buddha "I change myself, I change the world." Tranquility - Time Solitaire. Music United with Nature. … [Read more...]
The Essence of a Woman, Sherri Rose
December 18, 2012 by
The ESSENCE of a WOMAN ... will always, like Cinderella, not be a victimized scullery girl; but a woman, even if placed in an awful situation, that is able to make the best of every situation. THE POEM The poem that begins with the idea that a woman is more precious than pearls or rubies is in the Proverbs. There are different translations and below are two translations from two websites which are listed at the end under references. The second line of translation starts … [Read more...]
