What Makes You Happy?

So a friend of mine asked the question on Facebook, “What Makes You Happy”.  There were a TON of responses.  Here are some of them.  Not necessarily verbatim, but the gist of what people said: I start by choosing to be happy and count my blessings Taking a...

On my walk today…

I love walking in my neighbourhood.  A few weeks ago I posted some pictures of an Eagle I saw in a nest on my walk to the river by my house. This morning I had to take my car in to the garage and when I was walking down my street, I saw these little guys in my front...

Feel Better for Just 5 Minutes

I had a rough morning yesterday.  Had something come up that was pretty uncomfortable.  I was feeling extremely lost and felt like “What am I going to do?  This is horrible.  I am so overwhelmed, I don’t know when this is going to end”.  It was...

What Should I Do?

We are so bombarded with messages from media and other people.  Sometimes it feels like we are told so often what we should do or be or how we should think, what our lives should be like that it can be easy to completely forget who we even are. You are told that you...

You Can Practice Gratitude and Still Want More

I wrote a post yesterday about Practicing Gratitude.  I had some feedback and I would like to write a follow-up for you. Some of you think that if you are grateful for what you have, you are being complacent.  That is simply not true.  Just because you are happy that...

Practicing Gratitude

One of the best ways to get more of what you want is to practice gratitude.  Do you practice gratitude? If you have a tendency to EVER say “I am grateful, but….”  Then sorry, you aren’t practicing gratitude.  Just adding the word but in there...