“True happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you’re having is immediate gratification pleasure, which is fleeting and doesn’t grow you as a person.” -Aristotle
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Happiness: A Thought To Ponder
By Donna Astern
Moments of happiness,
real contentment–
what does that feel like?
Freedom from striving after something else, something more?
Peace inside?
Might we be actually happier if we chose to be thankful every day for what blessings we already have?
A daily habit of gratitude by its very nature inspires more personal happiness.
What 5 things (however ordinary or small) are you grateful for right now? How do you feel when you consider those things?
“Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs of praise.”
~ Psalm 95:2 GNT
Happiness and Wellness
Coaching for Living a Life of Balance
Wellness incorporates much more than food and exercise. Just as some people are overly focused on a career to the detriment of family, so are others singularly centered on an eating plan or workout regime to the point of exclusion of other aspects of life. Often times, there has been so much talk, time, energy, and money given to losing weight and getting in shape, that a person may not even remember what it is like to dream again about other parts of life. A coach gives hope and inspires dreaming.
Wellness implies a balance in life that includes peace, stability, and personal growth, even when faced with difficulty and painful circumstances. Wellness gives the ability to bounce back from setbacks and disappointments. Continue reading