Sentences with phrase «on finding happiness»

For Watson, his art and social media presence are tools to give tips on finding happiness, success, and fulfillment in any lifestyle and career.

With your security established and your budget in place, you can begin to focus more of your attention on finding happiness and meaning in your life.

I know I'd be hard pressed to find somebody writing a book with all of my same life challenges to relate to, but Gretchen's life seemed pretty bland to need to reflect on finding happiness.

Not exact matches

One study found that the presence of flowers has an immediate impact on a person's happiness, and long - term effects too, with people reportedly feeling less anxious, depressed and agitated.

«What we found is that people who spent money to buy time reported being almost one full point higher on our 10 - point [happiness] ladder, compared to people who did not use money to buy time,» wrote Elizabeth Dunn, an author of the study and a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.

Two Swiss economists who studied the effect of commuting on happiness found that such factors could not make up for the misery created by a long commute.

The American Meteorological Society published research in 2011 that found current temperature has a bigger effect on our happiness than variables like wind speed and humidity, or even the average temperature over the course of a day.

Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, encourages audience members to look past short - term, material, and goal - oriented happiness in order to find a kind of happiness that can be sustained when things don't go accordingHappiness, encourages audience members to look past short - term, material, and goal - oriented happiness in order to find a kind of happiness that can be sustained when things don't go accordinghappiness in order to find a kind of happiness that can be sustained when things don't go accordinghappiness that can be sustained when things don't go according to plan.

«By engaging in meaningful conversations, we manage to impose meaning on an otherwise pretty chaotic world, and inter-personally, as you find this meaning, you bond with your interactive partner, and we know that interpersonal connection and integration is a core fundamental foundation of happiness,» Mehl told the New York Times.

You can read more on research along these lines here, or check out some ideas on how you can put these findings to use to boost your own happiness levels well before your hair turns gray.

When you learn to love the process of what you are doing and not focus so much on the goal, you automatically find happiness while staying driven.

Find those tasks first thing in the morning, and solely focus on getting them done to optimize your happiness for the next day.

When Professor Richard Florida surveyed 27,000 people on the effect of place on their happiness, he found that location formed «the third leg in the triangle of our well - being, alongside our personal relationships and our work.»

These findings are consistent with Facebook data published several years ago, showing that the Happiness Index on Facebook spikes on Friday.

As the research team put it, «We find that human happiness has large and positive causal effects on productivity.

As one of the world's leading experts on the connection between happiness and technology, Amy Blankson unveils five strategies that successful individuals use to find a sense of balance between technology, productivity, and wellbeing in the Digital Age.

And whereas some psychologists find that high scores on certain cognitive tests correlate in older people with the ability to keep their spirits up, other researchers hypothesize that happiness in later life is an effect of cognitive losses — which force older people to concentrate on simpler, happier thoughts.

Expanding on her viral post that has become an international phenomenon, a psychotherapist offers simple yet effective solutions for increasing mental strength and finding happiness and success in life.

At the very least, our country was founded on the concept of God given rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

In our minds, it is essential to find happiness and fulfilment on your own before committing to another.

The scriptural witness of the prophecies should be enough as a basis for faith; Mary did not find the Lord through her quest for his body, but only through answering his personal call to her; she must not cling to his bodily presence, for his life is now on another plane, with the Father who is the Father of all those who follow Jesus because he is his Father who has raised him from the dead; Thomas is offered sight and touch, as a gracious concession to his lack of faith; but he does not believe because of this, but because the risen Lord addresses him; and the happiness of those who have faith without sight is greater.

It must be always clear that the only place on earth where we can find peace, love, happiness, holiness, fellowship, etc. is the Christian Church.

Even if the truth made me unhappy, it gives me a solid platform to find «true happiness» based on truth.

This will, Solzhenitsyn argues, can not find happiness in serving any abstraction, even one so grandiose as heaven on earth.

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....

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

By contrast, Hawthorne found in marriage, family, work, and meditation on history and religion a surer guide to relative wisdom and happiness.

But one day I finally reached the precipice of my life thus far and found myself in the understanding that I was me with or without God... and I was good... and the I loved people... and that happiness and joy are not contingent on God.

Which is why I am staring at the screen, trying for some clarity on the matter of Magic and sex as my seat companion expresses her happiness at finding the right man.

She finds happiness in her third marriage by rejecting the hierarchical, materialistic codes others have imposed on her.

Thee good soil represents someone who; * admits and understands that they are indebted to God because of their sinful nature * that sin equals eternal damnation hellfire * they turn to Jesus as our own saviour to abide in his covenant to fully repent of sins and become holy enduring right to the end * remember Jesus said you can not serve the world and God, or money and god you can not be a master to both * the path to eternal life is very narrow and strait and only few are able to find it you have to let go of your desires and dictates of the flesh and always embrace and find happiness serving god set your eyes on Jesus... crucify your desires..

Cassidy Stay appeared at a rally just five days after the killings where she smiled, held her hand aloft in the «I love you» sign, expressed her love of Harry Potter, and then quoted Dumbledore: «Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.»

(CNN)- As America celebrates its birthday on July 4, the timeless words of Thomas Jefferson will surely be invoked to remind us of our founding ideals - that «All men are created equal» and are «endowed by their Creator» with the right to «Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.»

This basis, founded on the good habit and the strength and power of purity, points us towards happiness and holiness.

Years later we can find him making such an entry as this in his diary: «On Wednesday the 12th I preached at a wedding, and had the happiness thereby to be the means of excluding carnal mirth.»

Even many sermons and Sunday school programs focus on the themes of our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which are not exactly found in Scripture but instead are products of the European Enlightenment.

Who on earth ever claimed that the characters in 50 shades of grey would find love or happiness with each other?

The heart of all real religions is an affirmation that human life on this planet is only part of something very much greater; that «human values» are determined by an authority higher than human beings themselves; and that man neither finds happiness nor discovers his true self until his worship, his loyalty and his love are given to Someone infinitely greater than any man or group of men.

For those that feel the need to condemn people on these messages for finding positive things about this Pope and their religion perhaps changing the world for better should start with you containing your own bitterness and allowing happiness to blossom instead.

I hope to all the gods in all the worlds that he was able to find some happiness on this earth before the horrible things we put him through.

Connect more with you: While I don't find happiness in sitting on Instagram for hours, I'd love to learn about my readers, what works for them, what they would like to see, what they struggle with etc..

I found a recipe over on Brewing Happiness and it was settled: I'm having a chai latte at home.

I've been reading your nutrition lessons and I could cry from happiness that I have found someone who has not jumped on the mainstream low fat, traditional ADA diet bandwagon.

Some of my favorite things (or «isms») she has passed on to me are my incredibly high tolerance for coffee, the fact that mornings are not for talking (they are for slowly waking up to the world, multiple cups of coffee, mismatched pjs, terrible bedhead, and sleepy eyes), the joy I get from watching old black and white movies and westerns (John Wayne, always), a love for fuzzy socks (sorry Scott), all the weird voices she and I talk to each other in (also, sorry Scott), my love for peppermint patties, a super low - maintenece lifestyle, and the ability to find a childlike happiness in the tiniest of things.

I might seem like I'm raving on about this Burcha but seriously I want to share this info and my experience because it has been so positive and simple and I want others to reap the benefits of this to and that's all I ever really want, is others to find some type of happiness in what I share and to help them on their health journey, because finding ways to optimal health is not always straight forward for many people especially when there is so much miss information or forced information in mainstream media these days.

Calcavecchia is once again struggling on the course, but he has found a measure of happiness away from it.

I homeschool our three kids on a small farm and find great happiness tending my flock of fibre sheep.

However, if you find yourself venturing into the BFF type relationship where you're allowing your child to make the rules, confiding in them too much, and feeling dependent on their happiness for your own, then it's time to take a step back and reclaim your role as mom.

Finding out early can prepare you to understand some of the challenges that you and your child will face, so you can focus on bringing the most happiness into your child's life.

Eventually, you'll find the right solution and your child will be well on his or her way to weaning happiness.