Thoughts by Ken N McIsaac

Life is thought, and when we cease to think, we are not living. How we think, is the kind of life we live. Since we are able to control our thoughts, we can determine the course of our life and the way we feel during our time here.

"We are what we think." - Buddha (BC)

It is very important to establish good thinking guidelines and follow them. Placing thoughts of peace and happiness in our minds will help to make our lives peaceful and happy. If we do not set our thoughts properly, we travel through life by way of places where we will wish we had not gone.

"It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor." - Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

Our daily life includes thoughts associated with responsibilities concerning work, other people, and handling problems. If possible, try not to think of too many different things during your day, and don't move or think too quickly. Start your morning with a plan to come through to bedtime relaxed, contented, and ready for a restful night's sleep.

"Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission." - Arnold Bennett (1867-1932)

Reflect about things that can improve your feelings - learning, completing tasks and duties, pleasant and relaxing experiences, kind words. Think about your happiness, goals, life and its pleasures, your principles and your conduct. Think about enjoying the moment.

"Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives." - John Wilkins (1614-1672)

What are you thinking about?

   

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Sharing Happiness by Ken N McIsaac

If you aren't happy, why aren't you? Chances are it is because you want something which you do not have,  objects or conditions. This is probably not a good enough reason  and a review of your situation and perceptions may be in order. You may have seen video of children in very poor countries laughing  and playing, unconcerned that they should have more to be happy about.  They are happy because they are playing, because they have their friends  and family, and some food to eat that day. Everyone has the right to be happy,  and if they can be in their situation, shouldn't you? "Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day,  than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the  course of his life." - Ben Franklin (1706-1790) Happiness is inside us, in our minds, in our thinking. It is not external material things or experiences, but the enjoyment of our thoughts and feelings.  This is good because our thoughts, and therefore our happiness, are up to us. Start by reviewing the things that you have to be happy about and dwell  on these. Don't overlook the little or basic things that you take for granted. Make a habit of substituting unhappy thoughts with happy thoughts.  Whenever an unfavorable picture enters your mind, eject it and replace it with  a pleasant one. We all have some nice experiences to recollect and there are  usually little pleasures around us most of the time. You can even imagine  enjoyable experiences, and it will have a similar positive effect. "Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our  grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."   - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Establish good principles and conduct yourself according to these  principles. Love, or at least be tolerant of, your fellow humans.  Don't strive too hard for that which, in the end, will not make you happier.     From   Ken N McIsaac