"There's nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."
- William Shakespeare
The title of this great Cole Porter song -Night and Day - also describes the sometimes changeable nature of my outlook on life.
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I am sure there will be many people who read this article and will think I am rather mad. Quite frankly I do not care. In this article I write about what in my humble opinion are the most importants things in life, health and happiness.
The same sun, the same sky, the same home, and the same routine. Life is boring. Every day is same. How to carry on from day to day? Why does a week not have seven sundays? Don't you find yourself saying - 'I want to enjoy life. I am getting bored with my schedule that never changes. There is no excitement in my life.' Ask few friends around their life and they will say something similar. Why is life becoming a bore for them and how to make it exciting? Read on...
Love is the one thing that can always be used to effect positive change. Love is the universal element that can be used in any situation, either on a personal or national level, where healing is needed. It is not the only element, but is the element that can be used anytime, anywhere.
The Buddha was the first to recognize that emotional pain can be just as real and debilitating as physical pain. Through careful observation he determined that people were good at spending time on their physical hygiene, but spent little or no time on mental hygiene.
We are programmed to do things the hard and difficult way, in order to get what we want. How would it have been if theyΒve told us the truth? That life is easy, wonderful. That miracles happen all the time and that we have the power to make them happen in our own life! That the universe loves us. That there is wealth and health for everyone. That we donΒt live in a universe of scarcity but of abundance. That we only have to put the right thoughts in our heads to make these dreams real for us.
What does that mean to love yourself? Loving yourself is building a strong inner connection with yourself. You need to learn how to be a loving parent for yourself. First you need to develop your female energy : your Inner Mother, that part of you that is always caring, loving, accepting and understanding you. You also need to develop your inner masculine energy : your Inner Father, who is there to protect you and to act for you in the outside world.
To give happiness is considered a virtue. Please try and make others happy, say the thinkers.