Entries Tagged as 'Happiness'

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Why Our Search for Perfection Fails Us

Tonight, over a couple of cocktails, one of my good friends spilled her guts to me about all of her failed attempts to find the perfect lover.  Although her story was about her unique personal experiences, I couldn’t help but feel like I had heard the same story told by others in completely different circumstances […]

Monday, November 30th, 2009

7 Ways To Find Happiness Through Simplicity

This guest post was written by Dayne, the author of TheHappySelf.com.
Happiness can be elusive when life is too complicated.
As daily commitments multiply, we find ourselves becoming conditioned to shifting between multiple tasks, creating lengthy to-do lists and juggling complicated schedules.  When we’re not overwhelmed, we may feel proud that we can keep up with […]

Monday, November 9th, 2009

When Fairy Tale Characters Come
To Life

This morning I was writing at my favorite coffee shop when a cute Latin woman with big, bright eyes and rosy cheeks sat down at the table across from me.  She pulled a sketch book out of her backpack and began looking around the room.  Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her […]

Monday, October 19th, 2009

The Smartest Choice We Can Make

The Only Way
My cell phone rang just after midnight.  I didn’t answer.  Then it rang again a minute later.  I rolled over, grabbed the phone off the night stand, and squinted at the bright, glowing caller ID screen. “Claire,” it read.  Claire is a close friend – a friend who tragically lost her husband to […]

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Just The Way You Are

What is uttered from the heart alone,
Will win the hearts of others to your own.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This morning I was writing a blog entry at a local beach-side coffee shop here in San Diego when a young woman approached me.  “You’re Marc, right?” she asked.
I looked up at her.  She had piercing eyes, […]

Monday, August 10th, 2009

I Am My Own Worst Enemy

A petite, light-skinned Jamaican woman sits with her husband in a crowded beachside ice cream shop in San Diego.  Although she doesn’t speak loudly or occupy much space in the room, people notice her.
Her hair is long, flowing and black like a windy night.  Her lips are soft and red like rose petals.  Her curves […]

Monday, July 20th, 2009

A Love That Is Free Will Forever Be

Ten years later, they’re still together…
The Girl in the Mirror
She looks at herself in the full length mirror that hangs from her bedroom wall.  Completely naked and exposed, yet confident.  She’s older than she was five years ago, but feels much younger.  And she thinks momentarily about the different men who held her in front […]

Monday, June 29th, 2009

How To Make Today Memorable

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
- Maria Robinson
Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is just a figment of the imagination.  So if you think about it, today is the only day you’re alive.  Today is the day that matters the most.
Here’s how to make […]

Monday, June 1st, 2009

The Art of Being Naked

The Girl
She has dirty blond hair, a seductive smile, and the most engaging set of hazel green eyes I’ve ever seen.  It’s the kind of engaging I can’t ignore… the kind that makes me want to engage too.  Because she’s mysterious.  And I’m curious.  And I need to know more.
Yet, I do my best to […]

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

How To Choose Happiness With Words

This guest post was written by Tehseen, the author of Recharge Your Mind.
Happiness is simply a state of mind.  No, I’m not implying that we can instantly heal the pain of a severe or unexpected personal tragedy just by thinking about being happy.  Rather, I am referring to our levels of happiness on routine […]