Sentences with phrase «of lasting happiness»

Though being coupled / married is no guarantee of lasting happiness, and not a desired state for everyone, the longing for love is inherent in human nature.

What Marian knows is that life comes with no guarantees, no promises of lasting happiness, and although she finds herself unsettled by this persistent, compelling man, she's unwilling to trade her hard - won, quotidian existence for an indefinite future.

Follow three groups of high school students from three continents on a quest to understand the nature of lasting happiness.

Promises of lasting happiness, a kinky affair or a one - night stand — all at the click of a button — are dangled before lonely hearts who sign onto a dazzling array of dating sites.

Not exact matches

This year, the United States ranked No. 18 — falling four spots from last year and five from two years ago — «in part because of the ongoing epidemics of obesity, substance abuse and untreated depression,» according to World Happiness Report co-editor and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs.

But it appears these earlier studies aren't the last word on the pursuit of happiness.

Inserting more of these hard - to - adapt - to experiences in your life will create longer lasting happiness.

And she said that regardless of whom you select, there were two more very important caveats: (a) make sure that your happiness and healing doesn't depend on or require the therapist's response and / or approval; and (b) make sure that the relationship is truly reciprocal if you expect it to, and want it, to last.

The last component of happiness that I'm going to give you is maybe the most controversial.

Happiness experts have plenty of other tips to offer on how to get the most joy out of your vacation, while other research shows how to squeeze every last drop of enjoyment out of your holiday.

The author of The Happiness Advantage and CEO of Good Think Inc., a research and consulting firm, points out that the common understanding that happiness as the last thing to happen after success achieved by working hard has the order aHappiness Advantage and CEO of Good Think Inc., a research and consulting firm, points out that the common understanding that happiness as the last thing to happen after success achieved by working hard has the order ahappiness as the last thing to happen after success achieved by working hard has the order all wrong.

For them, at last, there would be some kind of future; some older faces to apply to their unfolding lives, some language in which their identity could be properly discussed, some rubric by which it could be explained - not in terms of sex, or sexual practices, or bars, or subterranean activity, but in terms of their future life stories, their potential loves, their eventual chance at some kind of constructive happiness.»

On its way to a view of happiness, the last section outlined a perspective in which reality as such can not be fully understood independently of its importance.

And, citing the book of Sirach (3:3 - 7, 14 - 17), he added: «The word of God presents the family as the first school of wisdom, a school which trains its members in the practice of those virtues which make for authentic happiness and lasting fulfilment.»

The Hare Krishna chanters see the world at the end of the materialistic Kali - Yuga, the last cycle in a four - cycle sequence, and predict the coming of a new age of peace and happiness.

Becoming a Christian does bring happiness, says Andrew Parnham, founder of The Happiness Course launched by charity Livability lhappiness, says Andrew Parnham, founder of The Happiness Course launched by charity Livability lHappiness Course launched by charity Livability last year.

But if there is a state in which the soul finds a solid enough base to rest itself on entirely and to gather its whole being into, without needing to recall the past or encroach upon the future; in which time is nothing for it; in which the present lasts forever without, however, making its duration noticed and without any trace of time's passage; without any other sentiment... except that of our existence, and having this sentiment alone fill it completely; as long as this state lasts, he who finds himself in it can call himself happy... with a sufficient, perfect, and full happiness which leaves the soul no emptiness it might feel a need to fill....

In this context of increasing injustices in the world, the religions could be a light to make us all aware of the false values of capitalistic globalization that can not bring happiness and peace to persons or a lasting solution to our social and economic problems.

In the last paragraph of the Third Meditation, one notices a direct reference to Catholic instruction: «For, as the faith teaches us, the supreme happiness of the other life consists in that single contemplation of the Divine Majesty, of which we already experience, albeit in a much less perfect contemplation, but that causes us nonetheless to rejoice of the greatest contentment of which we are capable of sensing in this life» (42).

So the last two chapters of Part I affirm that «Christ's Church, trusting in the design of the Creator, acknowledges that human progress can serve man's true happiness, yet she can not help echoing the Apostle's warning: «Be not conformed to this world» (Rom 12:2)» (37).

«No amount of «peace - building» will be able to last, nor will harmony and happiness be attained in a society that ignores, pushes to the margins or excludes a part of itself,» he said.

«I deem the present occasion sufficiently important and solemn to justify me in expressing to my fellow - citizens a profound reverence for the Christian religion and a thorough conviction that sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness...»

The most characteristic of all the elements of the conversion crisis, and the last one of which I shall speak, is the ecstasy of happiness produced.

Krishna Consciousness people speak of the present as the last stage of the materialistic Kali - Yuga and on the verge of a new age of peace and happiness.

In War and Peace, the two chief couples achieve in marriage the supreme happiness that the adulterers and other lovers can not; their initial erotic transports fade into comfortable habit but remain the basis of a solid and lasting love.

But for just a moment, take a step outside of fading desires for worldly pleasures and open your heart to the things that bring you lasting happiness.

Religions present a core teaching on how human life can lead to fulfillment and lasting happiness; they indicate a path of salvation or liberation in this life and in the hereafter.

Rediscover these ancient principles for manifesting abundance, wealth, and lasting happiness with the law of attraction.

I've been eating them like crazy over the last few weeks as I work (a bit like a mad person) to finish my first book and they've really given me all the energy I need, and a lot of happiness as they taste so good.

Kind of like «Break Glass in case of Emergency» Although I'm keeping it for some kind of natural disaster as my last bit of happiness before the world perishes, just knowing that I'll die with a big spoonful of creamy, caramel cookie dough leaves me at peace with my demise.

But the good news is that the amount of support and warmth we received that day was enough to generate happiness that will last an eternity.

Dinner last night was good though (before DST had been fully realized and I lost a little bit of my life's happiness for NO GOOD REASON).

«In the Carabao Cup, after winning last season, we lost in the quarter - final but we lost like Manchester United likes to lose — with dignity, with fair play, with participation in the happiness of a giant killer,» he is quoted as saying by The Sun, who make a direct correlation between Mourinho's comments and City.

He was talking about United in the Fergie era and it seems a bit odd as the last few years have seen United happy to finish fourth themselves, but is he right to suggest that Arsenal's happiness with a Champions League place under Wenger is not good enough and one of the reasons we have not won the EPL title for so long?

Hilariously and amazingly on the very last day of the season, we have salvaged some north London and self pride by beating Spurs to second place and there was much joy and happiness at the final whistle on Sunday.

These last 60 years, I have supported the club, Arsenal FC, NOT an oddball manager who puts his own happiness and obscenely unearned salary above the good of the club which should have sacked him a decade ago.

Although the manager has praised the team's dynamic and balance recently, there is little doubt about which part of the Arsenal team was responsible for the fans» happiness, with 10 goals scored in the last three games and some really top class strikers among them.

Arsene Wenger couldn't hide his happiness with the Gunners masterclass against Basel last night and only regrets that we didn't finish more of our myriad chances to kill the game off with a third goal.

Arsene Wenger states his happiness with his recent rotation of the squad, with last night's result seeing us through to the knockout stages of the Europa League with two matches to spare.

One of Juventus» main protagonists in last year's run to the Champions League Final reaffirms his happiness at staying in Turin...

The player has stated his happiness at the club over the last few seasons and is in the early stages of extending his current contract at the Theatre of Dreams.

«In the last 30 - 40 years, achievement and happiness of your kids has become «a project,»» he says.

Luckily, you can now restore your happiness, enjoy peaceful night again, eliminate back aches, etc., during the last stages of your pregnancy, thanks to the pregnancy pillows.

I know that everyone bring a kind of lovely happiness last valentines day..

But my comfort is that these birds lived their last days in comfort, happiness, and love, and even though it's difficult for me, it's worth all of the tears.

By giving them the Slumber Sleeper ™ you are helping them establish sleeping patterns that can last a life time and only contribute to the health and happiness of their family.

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Alhassan Tapsoba has expressed his happiness at the defeat of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliamentary (MP) for Awutu Senya West in the Central Region, Hanna Tetteh in last Wednesday's parliamentary elections.

Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of visiting one of the stops on the Bronx Urban Farm Tour, the Garden of Happiness, at 182nd Street and Prospect Avenue.

He believes that the study, the results of which were published last year in the journal American Psychologist, was the first to rigorously test happiness - creating interventions.

The research needed to answer questions about lasting happiness is costly, because studies need to follow a sizable group of people over a long time.