Wednesday Wisdom

Seed tomorrow with wise gratitude today!

A long time ago Marcel Proust wrote:

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. 

We just celebrated Curt’s birthday, who is my extraordinary husband, our daughter’s rare and magnificent daddy, and our precious grandbabies’ best ever Grampa’s 70^th birthday. Rather than bore you with a list of at least 70 ways his life makes mine more exquisite, for which I am grateful (which I penned on paper), let me ask you to consider making a list of all the people who bring you joy and the specific ways they evoke gratitude.  For, once we begin to make note of the things we’re grateful for, we begin to lose sight of those things we lack.     

More importantly, who would list you as a person who makes their soul blossom?  

Life is calling . . .  Today’s the day!

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Wednesday Wisdom

Seed tomorrow with wise shared happiness today!

I received an email from someone in response to my recent posts about happiness that contained: 

Signs of Happiness . . .

You:

• Live your life with integrity
• Embrace living in the moment
• Express gratitude regularly
• Engage in work that satisfies you
• Enjoy harmonious relationships
• Keep your inner critic on ‘mute’
• Do not compare yourself with others
• Aren’t afraid of change
• Understand that what we allow continues – we teach people how to treat us
• Enjoy the simple things

Thank you, anonymous contributor. You’ve given me (and, I’m guessing others) some things to think about.

Life is calling . . .  Today’s the day!

Visit http://www.The Success Studio.com . . . Learn Lavishly. Live Significantly. Leave a Legacy.

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Marilynn Semonick, CEO (Chief Exploration Officer)

Educator, Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Professional Speaker

Marilynn@marilynnsemonick.com

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Wednesday Wisdom

Seed tomorrow with wise happiness today!

Perhaps one key to true happiness is learning to discover it in every moment, not waiting for it to arrive with the achievement of some future goal. Happiness that comes from achieving goals is fleeting at best and sets us up in a never ending cycle of chasing the next “one.”

That doesn’t diminish the power of setting and achieving goals, rather reframes our dependence on being consumed by accomplishments as our source of happiness.

Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product.  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is calling . . .  Today’s the day!

Visit http://www.The Success Studio.com . . . Learn Lavishly. Live Significantly. Leave a Legacy.

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Marilynn Semonick, CEO (Chief Exploration Officer)

Educator, Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Professional Speaker

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Wednesday Wisdom

Seed tomorrow with wise happiness today!

As I read more about the science of happiness, commonalities are present among the studies identifying keys to whole heartedness and success:

• Live (or work) in the moment; avoid thinking about things you have to do later
• Of course life will hand us challenges – Remain resilient
• Develop mental discipline; be mindful of your thoughts and manage them well
• Be a compassionate observer of yourself, knowing when to adjust
• Manage your energy
• No nothing . . . absolutely nothing for at least a few minutes every day
• Treat yourself well; be kind to yourself as well as to others
• Venture outside your comfort zone
• Work at being compassionate and show it outwardly
• Stay in awe and in wonder of life

Of course, the above list is not complete.  Your homework: Edit and add to the list for yourself.

Life is calling . . .  Today’s the day!

Visit http://www.The Success Studio.com . . . Learn Lavishly. Live Significantly. Leave a Legacy.

www.marilynnsemonick.com

To read archived Wednesday Wisdoms visit http://www.thesuccessstudio.wordpress.com

Marilynn Semonick, CEO (Chief Exploration Officer)

Educator, Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Professional Speaker

Marilynn@marilynnsemonick.com

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Wednesday Wisdom

Seed tomorrow with wise, intentional happiness today!

Only recently have studies of human behavior included research to understand mental health and well-being in lieu of an exclusive focus on deviant behavior. The results give us the luxury to access and implement strategies to live a healthier, more satisfying and meaningful life. 

Happiness seems to be a secret sauce that can help us be and do our best. Researchers who study happy people have found them to be more successful, with a realization that happiness is a choice, and believe it’s up to them to intentionally choose it every single day. They’re not held hostage by their circumstances and do not seek happiness in other people or in possessions.

Intention is the active desire and commitment to be happy.  

                                                                               ~Rick Foster & Greg Hicks, Happy People

Shall we choose happiness today?!

Life is calling . . .  Today’s the day!

Visit http://www.The Success Studio.com . . . Learn Lavishly. Live Significantly. Leave a Legacy.

www.marilynnsemonick.com

To read archived Wednesday Wisdoms visit http://www.thesuccessstudio.wordpress.com

Marilynn Semonick, CEO (Chief Exploration Officer)

Educator, Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Professional Speaker

Marilynn@marilynnsemonick.com

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