via Tiny Buddha by Paul Milano “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” ~Vincent Van Gogh I attended an interesting event a few nights ago. It featured ten speakers who spoke for ten minutes each on ten things you should know before you die. The speakers...
If you're not familiar with BrainPickings.org you really should be. On a regular basis, they publish fascinating articles about philosophy, religion literature and so much more; great, detailed articles but in a relatively easy to consume format. And much of what they produce is very relevant to...
via the Huffington Post by Poonacha Machaiah Seven years have flown by since I moved to India. It has been a fantastic journey reconnecting with my roots. Growing up in India, I did not have the luxury of travel, but thanks to the support of my family...
I've previously posted a great article on what people report as their top 5 regrets (HERE). Along similar lines, the Huffington Post recently published an interesting article featuring quotes from 8 highly successful people and what they wish they'd done differently. Among the interviewees were Barack Obama,...
by Dr. Happy (on Twitter - HERE) As regular readers of my writings would know I'm not, in the traditional sense of the word, a religious person. At the same time, however, I've always been a seeker of wisdom and spirituality and accordingly, have enjoyed reading...
Being wrong is not always a bad thing if we learn from our mistakes. And learning from our mistakes can enhance happiness via what some refer to as "post traumatic growth". That is, negative life events need not remain negative for ever because if we become...
Happiness is knowing that what might first seem bad, is not always bad...
If happiness is setting goals and working towards their achievement then I'm happy; because I've just ticked off one of the items on my "bucket list"! Thanks to the generosity of my friends and colleagues at The Happiness Institute I finally got round to utilising a birthday...
Learning about happiness from a book within a book within a book! Sound strange? Well, it might to you but to me; there are opportunties to learn about and to find happiness everywhere and any time. Anyway, I'm curently re-reading (for the 4th or 5th time!) a classic...
I’ve just had a fantastic two days listening to and talking to some amazing people (not all of whom were up on the big stage!). I won’t try to summarise everything I heard or learned, although I will be posting more articles and blogs inspired...
