May your week be filled with hope, peace and happiness

Text and image source: Mitra Shahidi

Again, a week is behind us. In case certain things went wrong, let us put them right. And today, on Monday, let us start anew, fresh. Let us find ways today to foster inner peace so we can reflect that peace in our actions. Let us be a seed of sunflowers of love and peace.

New Week Inspiration 💕🌞 . . . May your week be filled with hope, peace and happiness

That February may bring you happiness and joy

Text and image source: Mitra Shahidi

By the opening of the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendar, in 2024 with the 29th day being called the leap day. It being the third and last month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere, we have not seen much of winter this year.
But we look forward to spring having young fresh plants reviving again as well as getting more energy again too.

Happy New Month!

Not to lose time with the bad things

 

It is easy for us to find goodness and happiness in the midst of the good in the world,
and there certainly is a vast wealth of it
if we were to take notice.
Let us not lose time with the bad things.

Preceding: Let go of what you cannot change

Dutch version: Geen tijd verliezen aan het slechte in deze wereld

We can’t have happiness if we are holding onto toxicity

Debbie Lynn is an artist, writer and owner on Facebook of 360 degrees of inspiration (full circle) and twisted 360. She is a dancer, a yogi, a mother, a grandmother…a lover of the arts, a patron of life, exploring every opportunity given.

According to her

“We can be powerful without being confrontational
We can be compelled without being pushy
And committed without being arrogant”

Abraham Lincoln said

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”

Helen Keller knew

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

Often we look at others longingly, wondering why they are so happy, whilst we do have so many unhappy moments.

when we take a long hard look at the reality of our habits, choices and desires and we are honest about it, they may reveal a very trite and trivial picture of a world we created. It can be an unimportant existence that covers the essence of the beautiful small things (that are actually huge) and why we are, in fact, so dissatisfied. It’s called gratitude — and perspective in this space is the key.

writes Debbie Lynn in her article on “The state of being happy”. She notes:

In philosophy, happiness translates the Greek concept of eudaimonia, and it refers to the good life, or flourishing, rather than simply an emotion. In psychology, happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being that can be defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Happy mental states may reflect judgments by a person about their overall well-being.

Read more about how

satisfaction, happiness and inner peace need a home inside our heart to survive; when we close the door on them through self-doubt, blame, and negativity, our life will hurt.

And get to know the fact

Happy people have more energy for life, with less sickness. When we feel better, we look better and attract a better kind of people in our life. We raise the bar — and people respond, step up or they leave. It is a wonderful way to clean out closets, inside our house (mind, body and soul).

Find to read > The Art of Happiness

For Your Own Good

Truth to Light

No happiness where there is no peace.
No peace where there is worry.

The world is not yours, the world is OURS.
Expect, accept and tolerate differences.

Guard your peace by reducing your worries.
Reduce your worries by minding your business.

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Depression, High cholesterol, heart attack risk and happiness matters

Three stories you should read today ‘How I’m reducing my heart attack risk – and you can too’ Now is not the time to be rushed to A&E with cardiac issues, so what can we do to reduce our risk? Liz Hoggard has the answers Statins help lower bad cholesterol (LDL) in the blood. They reduce the amount of cholesterol laid down in the wall and stabilise plaques and furring up the arteries. But they can’t instantly reverse a process that has been going on for decades. Seven lessons from the world’s longest-running study on happiness Starting in the 1930s, researchers tracked the mood of 700 people throughout their lives. Here’s what they learned Ask any group of people what they want out of life – or what they want for their children’s futures – and most will reply, “Happiness”. We are a complicated species that desperately wants contentment, while being remarkably bad at knowing how to get it. Just look around us: adverts promise that a happy life can be bought with the perfect holiday, the perfect wedding or the perfect house, while our culture suggests that fulfilment comes from finding professional success while building the ideal 2.4 family. Enter The Good Life, a book that uses hard science to debunk much of that. ‘Chinese yoga helped me lose three stone and freed me from pain’ Manuela Roche was struggling with body confidence and had lost direction – but a Qigong class changed everything Friends suggested I try Qigong classes – a Chinese form of yoga – run by a Chinese Practitioner called Katie Brindle on Instagram. I felt the benefits after the first class. I loved the slow movement, the connection back to breath and the emphasis on mindfulness – it was the focus I needed.

‘What I wish I’d known before my daughter became depressed’

As increasing numbers of children and teenagers struggle with their mental health, we reveal what parents can do to help. Parenting a depressed or anxious child can be frightening, frustrating, traumatic and exhausting.  Understanding that their behaviours are neither your fault nor your child’s can really help, especially given the latest stats. Child referrals for serious mental health problems in England rose by 39 per cent last year – and in parts of the country, the waiting period for the first assessment is over a year. Ian Williamson, child and adolescent psychologist and author of parenting guide We Need to Talk, says the reasons for this rise are complex. “Lockdowns saw children losing 18 months of social development,” he says. “Social media now brings all sorts of pressures.”

Friendship to share

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Friendship increases happiness and reduces misery, by doubling our joys, and sharing our sorrows.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

 

Doing vs. liking

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Doing what you love is freedom.
Loving what you do is happiness.
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Life is good💐

Try to get it!

The end May become an outset
The defect May be a signal of uniqueness
The dark May be a door to happiness
The failure could be a step to success
The disease can be an outlet to a better health
The fog May conceal bad vibes
The wind can sweep all microbes
Even rats can keep our balance,
In that wise circle of the universe!
Blessed be that creative One
Who made the moon and the sun!!!
Sohair
Allah says
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ 14He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ

Al Aalaa chapter
Verse 14,15

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That Tiny Eyes Girl

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That tiny eyes girl
Shrinks it more and stretches lips fore,
When her huge heart blooms with happiness.
In solitude!
That tiny eyes girl 
Shrinks it more and rolls down the pearl,
As the pursed pain unfurl.

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A cloudy morning

George Shetuni

A sagging sky,
It’s so ugly, it’s beautiful.

I was happy once
Ah, to be young and in love…

A dreary wet morning,
Tea alone on a lounge chair

A thunderstorm last night
An open window, a thunderstrike

So loud, so near, so terrible!
That it’s beautiful

The windows left open
Rainwater gushes in.

Ah, to be young and in love…
O what beautiful dark days of youth.

I was happy once,
I was sad at once

This? What is this?
A sagging sky, so dark, so ugly,

That it’s beautiful?
This is nothing!

Lonely. I must write!
The End

Nje Mengjes me Re (Albanian)

Një qiell i varur,
Është aq i shëmtuar, sa është i bukur.

Një herë isha i lumtur
Ah, të jesh i ri dhe ne dashuri

Një mëngjes i zymtë i lagësht,
Pi caj jashte, i vetëm në një karrike të varur

Një stuhi mbrëmë
Një…

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I Have

George Shetuni

I have once lived.

I have once loved.

I have once felt.

But that was a long time ago…

But what a time it was!

I have once lived.

I have once loved.

I have once felt.

But that was when I was young…

But what an age it was!

I have once lived.

I have once loved.

I have once felt.

But that was not to be…

But what a dream it was.

I have lived once.

I have loved once.

I have felt once.

I have…

And that makes me happy.

this poem was excerpted from my book Poems for a Good Occasion

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DON’T listen to them!!

Allah, Jehovah our God, Who is the Almighty, Who takes away our fear, sorrows and gives us hope in better times, is the One to Whom we look up and praise for all the wonders we might enjoy around us.

There are lots of people who try to get us away from our faith in God. We should be careful not to fall into their trap. The Scriptures warn of such false teachers, deceivers and tricksters who might lead us astray.

Try to get it!

They say be ready for the disappointment from any one at any time..

And I say ” Be ready for happiness.. Joy.. Money.. Health… Good company.. ”

That’s what I think of God..

What do you think of God???…

🌷🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹

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Happiness cannot be travelled to

Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
~ Denis Waitley

A Drop Of Rain

Who does not want to sing and dance in the rain, and look forward to the rainbow and the sun letting the dampness disappear?

Anita's Perspectives on Life.

“Thunder only happens when it’s raining

Players only love you when they’re playing

Women, they will come and they will go

When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know”

These lines from “Mick Fleetwood “of “Fleetwood Mac “ from his song “Dreams”touched my heart deeply. It was still raining and I kept looking at the sky. Since I was a child I liked the rainy season. It always brings out the child in me. Running around and dancing in the rain comforts me like nothing. When raindrops touch my face they actually touch my heart. The cold winds get my heartbeat faster.

Many beautiful songs, books, movies quotes and poems have had the theme of rain behind them. On one hand, we see rain being used as an image behind the expression of sadness, loss and a broken heart. On the other hand, we can see rain…

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Making itself worthy of happiness

”“If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness
rather than make itself happy,
then the entire world would be happy.”
~ Criss Jami.”

 

Find happiness in what you have

 

Dr Austin Ejaife inspirit

“Happiness isn’t about getting what you want all the time. It’s about loving what you have and being grateful for what you want.” ~ Zig Ziglar …

People tend to choose to see happiness as something we must chase after and capture, as if it is something to be won or obtained. This view, however, only serves to disenfranchise us of the power to experience the happiness we already possess. True happiness can only be found in sincere gratitude for the things we have and the things we want.

We often feel that we know what is best for us, even though we are shown time and time again that this is simply not true. In my life, this is most evident when I come before God asking for things to be my way. Most of the time, what I ask for is not what I get; though usually what…

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Happy New Year. SIGH.

Being chained for some more months we should be happy when we are still not infected by that terrible disease. Though we shall still have to be on the safe side, avoiding contact with too many people.

When staying in our little bubble, what do we want more. Today there are so many technological wonders that can bring people from all over the world to our doorstep.

We have the facility to be in contact with so many people all over the world and can share our thoughts with them. But we now have also much more time to read books and to watch films on our small or big screen.

So, let’s enjoy the life that we are privileged to have!

Coronavirus Diaries

It’s January 2021. We are way into the future and China has unleashed a whole load of hell into the world with Covid-19. We’re all still social distancing like mad, washing our hands, wearing masks, going nowhere, doing nothing, getting fat and lonely. No holidays, no hugs with friends, no eating in restaurants or going out dancing. We’re not even popping out for a cup of tea in a café. It’s a shitty life and I don’t see how it can change any time soon what with the new, ultra-transmissible mutation of the virus in rampant circulation.

But there is hope. Vaccines are being given. Snowdrop shoots are peeping out of the muddy grass, and I’ve bought a new armchair and sofa bed on a 0% finance deal from DFS. You’ve got to take happiness where you can get it. Plus:-

• The children are healthy
• I am healthy
• We have…

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Choose Happiness – make up your mind

”“Folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” .”

 

Make happiness a habit

”“Few things are more revolutionary than finding true happiness in a suffering world.”

~ Marianne Williamson.

“If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose.
When you wake up, you can’t just wait to see what kind of day you’ll have.
You have to decide what kind of day you’ll have.””