Positive Letters is a beautiful and purposeful blog. Hilary’s blog posts are positive letters written to bring her mother happiness in her last months, and to keep other family members updated. Every letter is her way of telling her mum “I love you.” What an inspiration to the rest of us to write positive letters […]
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What is spiritual peace and how do we attain it? The word ‘spiritual’ is from the Latin spiritus, meaning ‘of breath’. Peace is ‘freedom from disquieting thoughts’. Spiritual peace therefore means ‘breath that is free from disquieting thoughts’. Of all the breaths you take each minute, how many are free from disquieting thoughts?
Stephen King discusses the concept of the Ideal Reader in his book On Writing. An Ideal Reader is who you write for, the one person you most want to impress. Preferably, this is a real person, and not an imaginary ideal. His was his wife, Tabitha. Who do you want most to impress with what […]
Flying by the Seat of My Soul was written by Tess Marshall. I knew Tess as a blogger, and my admiration for who she is and the life she has lived grew by leaps and bounds with every chapter I read in her book. For starters, so many people dream of writing a book. Tess […]
Facing the Final Mystery is written by Laura Larsen, a registered nurse with over 30 years experience in nursing. Many of us don’t know what to do when a loved one is dying. Laura’s book guides us through the last journey with a steady hand. What I liked most about the book Laura describes how […]
If you want to be happy, think happy. Do this until your default mode is ‘happy’. Here’s how to find happiness not just for a day, but for a lifetime. “Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for […]
You can find happiness every day by incorporating simple habits in your daily routine. You can form a habit in just 30 days, essentially putting happiness on auto-pilot once the happiness habit is formed.
Some people think that to be happy, they have to spend hours meditating on a remote mountain top. It’s actually much easier than that. You can use simple time-tested techniques to find happiness in 5 minutes. 1. Write a gratitude list “Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, […]
There are many ways to write a personal creed. Some creeds are entire poems, while others are one-liners. This framework will help you to design a creed for yourself. Think of a creed as a way of living with your whole being. Your head knows who you are Your heart beats with purpose Two arms […]
A personal creed is more than an affirmation. Affirmations aim to give you confidence in yourself. Personal creeds are more spiritual. ‘Creed’ comes from the Latin word ‘credo’ which means “I believe”. So a personal creed is a statement of belief about who you are. A personal creed is a blueprint for how you live […]