Take note: transform your energy into something more constructive.
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. ~ Duke Ellington.
Photo Credit: transformation by http://flickr.com/photos/_brilho-de-conta/400937249/
Energy: Tell me what you see and hear?
April 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
On course with death
April 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Are you on course with death?
Is death a valid or useful lens to look at life? How often do you catch yourself in the denial of death, especially your own death?
Over 30 years ago while taking my B.A. at University of Manitoba I took a course in the religion faculty on Death and Dying. My friends thought I was morbid and many asked how I could take such a depressing course. The truth of it was, my mother was sick at the time, I was afraid, and I was looking for help.
30 years have passed yet the course remains one of the most life enhancing experiences in my life. It was also a ton of hard work as we had to read 10 books on death and dying, write cogent one page reviews of each book, engage in a wide range of discussions about death, and in essence spend a university year focused on death while being 23 and so full of life!
The books ranged from the Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, Facing Deathby Robert E. Kavanaugh, and On Death and Dyingby Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.
This site is a tribute to what that course started 30 years ago.
If today was the last day: Would you die happy?
Photo Credit: University of Manitoba by http://flickr.com/photos/wildphotochase/2306344797/
Happiness Heat: Thawing Cold Emotions
April 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The snow is melting in Winnipeg.
Happiness is like the heat of the spring sun in Winnipeg, Manitoba that slowly melts the snow and brings the earth back to life. We can reheat ourselves from worry, anger, and frustration if we let happiness into our heart to melt away these cold emotions. Of course we could also learn to be happy even as we are worried, cranky or frustrated. ~ Zinger
Photo Credit: Melting snow by Zinger
Get Reel: Mental Fish Hooks
April 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I must be mindful that my brain neurons do not become hooked by thoughts that reel in my equanimity and leave me with doubt, worry, anxiety, envy or other emotions empty of happiness ~ Zinger
Photo Credit: Green Highlander salmon fly by Michael Maggs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Green_Highlander_salmon_fly.jpg
Warping Time For Happiness
March 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I believe that time has a huge impact on happiness.
Can you warp time for happiness?
Take a look at these slides for a new view of time.
Fragile Happiness
February 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
How fragile is your happiness?
What does it take to knock you off contentment or equanimity?
Did someone fail to meet your expectation?
Did you feel to meet your own expectation?
Did you try to do too much, encountered a glitch, and blew up?
Did someone cut you off in traffic?
Did your shoelace snap just as you were racing out the door?
Did you unconsciously hold your breath creating an inner tension?
Did you think something was going to last forever only to see your child knock it over and crash to the floor?
How fragile is your happiness?
If you were to die today, would you die happy?
Photo Credit: Broken Glass by http://flickr.com/photos/duke_lenoir/370183066/
