Health & Happiness

Jul 28 Who Said Laughter Wasn’t the Best Medicine?

This is a guest post by Wes Morgan. When you’re smiling When you’re smiling The whole world smiles with you When you’re laughing When you’re laughing The sun comes shining through Laughter is a powerful antidote to stress, pain, and conflict. Nothing works faster or more dependably to bring your mind and body back into balance… View Comments · Keep reading »

Nov 5 31 Types of Happiness: Easily Amused

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked. ~ Robert Browning One of my biggest blessings is that I’m easily amused. I’m not sure if this is learned or just a natural part of whatever makes up my personality. But for me, if I’m having a not-so-happy… View Comments · Keep reading »

Oct 1 The Secret Society of Happy People: The Beginning

In the late 80’s, I was fresh out of college and a member of a breakfast Optimist Club in Abilene, Texas. Even though breakfast wasn’t my meeting   time of choice for optimal optimism, it brightened my week to spend time with people who genuinely aspired to live an optimistic life. They put   actions… View Comments · Keep reading »

Jul 7 The Choice is Yours

Being a former teacher many years ago I discovered the great sage Earl Nightingale and a story he wrote entitled, The Strangest Secret. Like it or not, we are the sum total of our choices both positive and negative.

The choice as Andy Dufresne so eloquently says in the Shawshank Redemption is deafening, “It comes down to this really get busy living or get busy dying.” So the old line you reap what you sow, may be more appropriate today in this age of instant communication than ever before. How we prepare our emotional landscape with respect and thoughtfulness is best illustrated by Nightingale’s parable.