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11 Habits of Happy People

June 16, 2014 by Power of Positivity

Have you ever noticed that happy people tend to have higher expectations, and also getter better results? There’s a reason why life flows more smoothly when your happy switch is turned on. Moreover, cultivating these habits of happy people will surely put your life on the right track toward becoming a habitually happier, healthier, and whole.

“Happiness is a habit – cultivate it.” ~ Elbert Hubbard

11 Habits of Happy People

1. Unconditional love

The only way love can last a lifetime is if it’s unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved, but rather by the one choosing to love. – Stephen Kendrick, The Love Dare

Loving and loving unconditionally have a few fundamental differences. You can choose love, but to choose unconditional love means that you see past the imperfections. You release judgment and accept others as they are and choosing to act in a loving manner always. Choosing to love unconditionally means that you’re choosing to love in a BIG way. Bigger than the social and emotional restrictions that hold our love in bondage.

Your unconditional love doesn’t have to be outwardly in all situations either; unconditional love can also be inward. Accepting yourself fully as you are and showing yourself this same unconditional love can provide protection, healing, and the confidence you need to take your next step toward victory.

2. Gratitude

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus

We cannot express the importance of gratitude as a habit of happy people. When you make a habit to think of, and express, everything you’re grateful for, you’ll see that these joyous experiences continue to expand in your life. Just like the law of gravity, the law of attraction will expand what you focus on – and if you’re focusing on what you’re thankful for, you can certainly expect to be more thankful in the future.

3. Service to others

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one’s self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself, gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others. – Horace Mann

Taking time to be of service shows a great deal of character, especially when you aim to serve without expectation of return. Giving your time without the need for gain returns something much greater – it gives you the satisfaction of adding value to the world. Working to help improve a physical, mental, environmental, or spiritual state will not only help improve the world, but will also help build positive karma in your life.

4. Self Care

You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection. ~Buddha

If your own needs aren’t taken care of, how can you take care of the needs of others? There’s nothing selfish about setting aside a certain time for yourself each day or week to make sure that your own mind, body, and soul are well and rested. Here are just a few things we do ourselves to meet our self care needs. Try a few and/or add your own self care habits in the comments below:

15 minute morning meditation- This is very grounding. Try it each morning before you get out of bed, or each night before sleep.
Affirmations – Affirmations are key in our lives. Select affirmations that resonate with you and repeat them in the mirror DAILY.
Reading a chapter of a book – Just 6 minutes of reading can reduce stress by 68%.
A warm soak in the tub which may have some spa covers – Try adding 2 cups of iodized sea salt with 2 cups of pure baking soda to a hot tub of water – you’ll LOVE it!
Exercise – Staying active not only helps you look and feel better, it also clears your mind of negative, doubting thoughts.
Eat raw, organic fruits and vegetables (you can put them in juices or smoothies, or eat them right out of the garden!)
Buy a new outfit – Hey, there’s nothing wrong with a little retail therapy every now and then! Treat yourself, you deserve it!

5. Forgiveness

Forgiveness can bring you a renewed peaceful spirit. You’ll find yourself feeling more positive overall and less stressed. You may even experience health benefits like lower blood pressure. When someone hurts or offends you, negative feelings of bitterness or revenge are created. Don’t let yourself pay the price over and over. Oftentimes the focus on the past and the hurt will keep you from enjoying the wonders of today and the potential of tomorrow.

Good news: Although you cannot control their actions or their decisions, you CAN control yours.

6. Compassion

Compassion is a foundation for sharing our aliveness and building a more humane world. — Martin Lowenthal, Opening the Heart of Compassion

Having compassion brings out an important human element. Showing recognition and respect for all situations can not only solve many of the world’s problems, but can also bring people comfort, knowing that they are cared for, loved, and recognized as equal. Show compassion for others and where they are in life.

Although their situation may not be desirable to you, it’s where they are – and if they’re going to get closer to where they want to be, they need caring support from people just like you.

7. Humor

As the old adage states, “Laughter is the best medicine.” It’s true and happy people know it. They laugh often and even at themselves sometimes. Laughter can create a lightness out of a heavy or negative situation. One good belly laugh is all it takes too; humor is contagious. One funny, happy person in a group can create a roomful of happy people.

Humor doesn’t just make you happy, but healthy too. Studies show humor and laughter strengthen your immune system, boosts your energy, diminish pain, and protect you from the damaging effects of stress.

“Your sense of humor is one of the most powerful tools you can have to make certain that your daily mood and emotional state support good health.” – Paul E. McGhee, Ph.D

8. Responsibility

Taking responsibility for your thoughts, words, actions, and reactions can ultimately bring you more happiness in life. If your intention is to create a more positive world for yourself and those around you, it’s up to you to have the thoughts, moods, and actions that will create that positive world.

If however, you analyze your current situation and see a negative consequence being created as a result of your moods/actions/reactions, taking responsibility for that will make you adjust your sails to strive toward a better outcome. Release the fear of judgment and create responsibly, the Divine never loses count of your true intention.

9. Persistence

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Focus on what you want and build yourself to be that person through positive affirmations, intention, and action. When we pursue something of great value with an undying spirit, the Divine knows this and will deliver. It may not come all at once, or through the avenue you expect, but persistence will grant the achievements that create happiness.

10. Focus on the Solution

Happy people focus on solutions. Unhappy people focus on problems. – Chris Butler

Releasing focus on problems is relieving yourself of the negative focus. Great problem solvers, and many millionaires exist because they don’t see a need to focus on the problem as much as the solution for it. Life is full of possibilities and solutions when you believe and focus on them. Life is also full of problems when you focus on them. Where will you put your focus?

11. Honesty

You may get away with dishonesty at times, but as mentioned earlier, the Divine ALWAYS keeps count. For every thought, word, or action you express, an equal energy will be returned to you. If honesty is what you portray, you will gain respect, trust, and honesty in return. With dishonesty, a barren and lonely environment that is devoid of happiness is sure to ensue in time. You may not see the effect of dishonesty right away, but it will erode you from within. The option to repair however, is always available. You can begin practicing honesty RIGHT NOW to build a better, happier tomorrow.

(BONUS) 12. Optimism, of course! 😉

Positive thinking is key to happiness. Happy people have practiced turning negative thoughts or experiences into positive ones. Seeing the glass half full, living a life full of positive habits, and learning to turn on your own “happy switch” consistently will turn your life around in ways you’ve never imagined.

Positive People still Attract Negative People. Here’s why.

June 12, 2014 by Chalene Johnson

Ever wonder why you seem to attract negative people to you?

The fact is … positive and negative people are often drawn to each other even when they seem so vastly different. It’s rooted in our nature. In fact, we can prove this in science.

A battery has two ends — a positive terminal (cathode) and a negative terminal (anode). If you connect the two ends …electricity is produced! Whether comfortable or not, when a negative person connects with a positive, energy is created. We crave energy. Energy is a flow of electrons and energy is a flow of emotions, If you’ve ever wondered why opposites attract – there’s part of your answer.

A positive force will magnetically draw a negative charge to it.

Know that dealing with negative people, you first must recognize that we are in fact attracted to the energy or charge that we feel. The key is to understand if the flow energy and if you need to “detach” from that negative force.

Evaluate Your Relationships

What are you getting from the relationship? What is it you want from the relationship and is it realistic? Will you ever get it? Does this relationship serve you? Is your life better with this person in it?

With most relationships, we have a choice. We can’t choose our family members but we can choose our friends. Does this person lift you up? Are they happy about your success? Do they cheer for you? Or, do they pray for you? Do they care enough to push you or ask uncomfortable questions when you’re off track?

A true friend is someone who cares so much, that they will risk offending you, having that uncomfortable conversation to let you know when you’re on a destructive path or just underselling yourself. That one true friend should feel like the President of your Fan Club! A true friend wants what’s in your best interest… Those are the people you need in your life. Those are the important relationships — and you have a choice.

Those friends who are negative, impossible please, terribly unhappy with themselves and hell-bent on confrontation are not healthy people to spend time with. There is a cost to be paid and guess who pays the price? Ask yourself how often this person repays or redeposits the withdrawals they make? We have a finite amount of love, energy, compassion and most importantly time. Be mindful of how and with whom you spend those things.

Now I am certainly not suggesting that you cut these individuals from your life. Everyone has value. Everyone has a way in which they enrich our lives. I hope you find these following suggestions helpful.

How to best manage negative people and relationships:

1. Consider carefully how much of yourself you give to those who only withdraw.

2. Give negative individuals less power over your emotions, time and happiness.

3. You are not responsible for another person’s happiness, value or good mood.

4. Don’t take the hurtful actions as a personal reflection.

5. Remember…it is impossible to win an argument with someone who is “never wrong” or blindly self-focused.

6. Difficult, needy, angry, overly sensitive people are that way —not because of something you’ve done or not done—- but often because of early childhood experiences.

7. Have empathy and compassion but not at the risk of sacrificing yourself.

8. Don’t take it personally. It’s really not about you. And sometimes there’s nothing you can fix….but we can choose our friends.

Hurt people hurt people.

When the negative person is a family remembers that you have a choice in the way you respond—- respond in love. Stop being angry, end your resentment. Put love in your heart. We can’t change people… But we can pray for them.

When dealing with unhappy family members, know your part, but set healthy boundaries.

Be supportive without taking responsibility for the self-worth of another. Create a healthier relationship. And if you want this person in your life, (or if you really don’t have a choice via marriage or bloodline ) then make a decision to do your best without sacrificing your soul.

Ask questions. Listen.

And listening doesn’t mean letting the other person talk so that they will hurry up and finish so you can say what you need to say. Listening is understanding; trying to see things from their life perspective. Having an understanding of what it is like to walk in their shoes and what experiences have led them to this way of thinking. Take the word confrontation out of your vocabulary. Decide to be more loving.

And lastly, I believe that no relationship is 50/50.

Every relationship has a humble hero. It’s okay to be that person from time to time who does more and takes pride in their role. Be the person who’s willing to make the other person feel like the center of the universe. Instead of keeping score or building resentment, just hold that pride inside of you.

Know without having to broadcast it or write your award acceptance speech that this is ***your gift*** This is what draws other people to you. Stop feeling sorry for yourself or wondering when someone else is going to do the same for you. Respond in love or make a decision to make a change.

There are exceptions to every rule – but the thing I know for sure and it sounds “total cheeseburger” but love is almost always the right answer.

7 Exercises That Train Your Brain to Stay Positive

June 2, 2014 by Power of Positivity

As a daily positive thinker, life’s distractions, negative people, and other external “brain drainers” can leave you faced with challenges to conquer. The good part is, you can learn to train your brain to help stay positive when times are tough.

Try these 7 tips to help train your brain to stay positive:

1. Daily Gratitude

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” – Henry Ward Beecher

Place your journal, a pad and pen or your phone with the gratitude app next to your bed each night. When you wake up each morning, make it a habit to write down at least three things you’re grateful for. It can be anything from family and work to a good night’s rest or the morning sunrise. Whatever is positive in your life deserves a little thank you note from your soul. When we focus our attention on gratitude, that thankfulness will expand.

If it’s difficult to think of something right away, realize that something JUST happened that you can be grateful for… you woke up today. Not everyone gets that opportunity.

2. Stay Centered

Staying centered throughout the day will help keep you from being derailed by negative energy that tries to consume your confident, positive attitude. You can find balance in many activities, such as yoga, meditation, deep breathing, walking in nature or any other activity that puts your mind at rest. When the mind ceases the negative thoughts, you permit your soul to speak. The calming energy produced from a good centering exercise surrounds the body. Thus, you develop an unshakable spirit that will surely help you stay positive.

“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” – Hermann Hesse

3. Stay Active

The adage “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop” couldn’t be more true. When the mind is focused on completing the day’s schedule successfully, negative energy is powerless. Now you may ask “but what about the external shocks from other people or experiences that go sour?”

There are always things that may come up when you are staying active and focused on positively completing your day, but that’s where the other exercises like staying centered are ultimately going to help you stay positive throughout.

4. Eat, Drink Well & Sleep Well

It has been known for hundreds of years that our intake of food, water, and sleep can greatly affect our mood and mental health. A study has found that just vitamin deficiencies alone can cause declines in mental health that can lead to stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and other psychological disorders.

Use this article and vitamin reference to learn how to use food to stay positive

And when it comes to sleep, evidence suggests that when people are sleep deprived, they feel more irritable, angry, and hostile. Sleep tight rather than stay up all night and you’ll be feeling happier, more friendly, and more refreshed each day. Little tweaks and additions to your routine like these can make a big difference. Eat whole foods, drink lots of water, and sleep 8 hours or more as often as you can.

5. Help others

Sometimes, the best way to help yourself stay positive throughout the day is to help others stay positive as well. When others are down, that’s when they need positivity the most. Instead of avoiding their negative energy in fear of it spreading to you, jump in headfirst. Use your positive mindset and help shine the light to brighten their day! You will leave the situation knowing that you have created a ripple effect and multiplied the positive energy in your environment. In turn, this energy will return to you tenfold.

6.Subconscious re-training and inner healing work

Sometimes, to have a positive experience on the outside, we have to uncover and release the past negative experience trapped on the inside. Exercises like tapping, affirmations, NLP and mirror work are all great places to start. The journey of discovery from within has the ability to heal the original wound that could have been created from our childhood, a bad relationship, or a traumatic experience.

“The fact is, you can transform your life. You really do have that power.”

When the affected area is showered with love and positive energy, the emotional wound can be healed and the fear released. This work will help you not only attain a true positive mindset without facade. However, this will make it easier to maintain positivity moving forward.

7. Follow your passion

One of the greatest things you can do to stay positive throughout each day is to make sure you’re doing what you LOVE! If your job or hobby involves something that makes you feel guilty, or something that takes you further from where you desire to be in life, it’s time to switch it up.

Write down three things you love to do, followed by three positive changes you’d like to see in the world. Compare this to your current lifestyle and see how they match. Being in alignment with what your soul calls for is one of the most important aspects of staying positive throughout life. Trust us, it makes it a WHOLE lot easier!

Practice these 7 exercises to retrain your brain to stay positive through any challenge and live a life you truly desire!

If you already practice some of these exercises, share with us how they’ve improved your life – we love hearing from our community!

15 Viral, Positive Life Quote Pictures to Download & Share on Social Media and Blog

May 29, 2014 by Power of Positivity

We L-O-V-E quote pictures and we know you do too! They are fun and inspiring to share with family and friends. If you are a page admin on Social Media then inspiring quote pictures are important to your engagement. Finding a viral quote image that is also under creative commons license isn’t always so easy.

Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.
-Ben Carson

Creating quote pictures can be fun if you’re into that, but that’s not always an option. We realize this and want to help! So here it is. 🙂 This is the first series of our free quote memes we’ll be offering. We’ve gathered some of the most VIRAL statements and made them into eye-catching, unique pictures.

Quote Memes for your Social Media & Blog

These quote pictures are Royalty Free and Photos and Illustrations under the NonCommercial Creative Common License.* Feel free to download and save, print, copy and share any quote pictures you like. Hey, you can even add your own website to them to help spread your brand. Yep, that’s right. We encourage it. They are here to be shared and enjoyed, not sold.

Feel free to tell others about these or link back to us if you’d like on your blog or on social media (but you don’t have to). Our co-creator here at Power of Positivity, Kristen Butler, loves designing and creating quote pictures and felt the desire to share and release these as a GIFT to you for your love and support in this community. 🙂

We would LOVE to hear from you! Comment with the number of your favorite quote picture. If you have a quote you’d like to see for the next free quote pictures collection, let us know in the comments, too. We REALLY look forward to hearing your feedback. Especially, Kristen! 😉

Share & Enjoy!

#1. Positive Quote Memes:

Think like a proton. Always Positive.

#2. Life Quote Pictures:

There is nothing in a caterpillar, that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.

– Buckminster Fuller

#3. Life Quote Memes:

Find joy in the ordinary.

#4. Positive Quote Pictures:

The greatest prison people can live in is fear of what others think.

#5. Positive Quote Memes:

Just Let it Go…

#6. Positive Quote Pictures:

Amaze yourself.

#7. Positive Quote Memes:

Out of difficulties, grow miracles.

– Jean De La Breye’re

#8. Positive Quote Pictures:

Live Life Out Loud!

#9. Positive Quote Memes:

Miracles always happen when you believe.

#10. Positive Quote Memes:

I am realistic. I expect miracles.

#11. Positive Quote Pictures:

Be the good.

#12. Positive Pictures:

Be so good, they can’t ignore you.

-Steve Martin

#13. Positive Quote Memes:

Hey, don’t be so hard on yourself.

#14. Positive Quote Pictures:

Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come.
Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, all the fears you have overcome.

#15. Positive Quote Memes:

Be. Be prepared to be who you were created to be. And trust… that you will be given the
resources, relationships, opportunities, and strength, to bring your purpose to fruition.
– Carren Smith

#16. BONUS: Positive Quote Memes:

“No” is a complete sentence and it doesn’t require justification or an explanation.

These images can be used under the Noncommercial Creative Common License which states – You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only.

25 Best Maya Angelou Quotes : A Tribute to Maya Angelou

May 28, 2014 by Power of Positivity

Marguerite Johnson, who became known as Maya Angelou was brought into this world on April 4, 1928. And on May 28th, 2014, Maya returned home. Maya Angelou was a beacon of light for the people, shining brightly and inspiring them to find compassion, humanity, forgiveness, and live their best life. To honor her eternal spirit, we are sharing 25 of our favorite Maya Angelou Quotes that will continue to inspire all who reads them.

Shine ON, Maya!

25 Best Maya Angelou Quotes

1. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou

2. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

3. Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. – Maya Angelou

4. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. – Maya Angelou

5. You can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘I forgive. I’m finished with it.’ – Maya Angelou

6. You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive. – Maya Angelou

7. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud – Maya Angelou

8. I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me. – Maya Angelou

9. I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard. – Maya Angelou

10. I work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. And I live it – I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.

11. During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not. – Maya Angelou

12. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. – Maya Angelou

13. Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. – Maya Angelou

14. I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

15. How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! – Maya Angelou

16. I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. – Maya Angelou

17. The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

18. Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.’ – Maya Angelou

19. Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the ‘leaders’ must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities. – Maya Angelou

20. The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtues consistently. – Maya Angelou

21. I know for sure that love saves me and that it is here to save us all. – Maya Angelou

22. Don’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‘That’s life.’ – Maya Angelou

23. When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, ‘Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.’ – Maya Angelou

24. All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy – but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that’s how I am guided. – Maya Angelou

25. In all my work, I try to say – ‘You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?’ – Maya Angelou

Shine On!

Please add to this tribute with your favorite Maya Angelou quotes in a comment below.

Shine ON Maya, you have risen for the people, and your spirit will forever be remembered by everyone here, and all over the world.

The World Needs More People Like… YOU!

May 14, 2014 by Kristen Butler

“You are quite the inspiration…
You have a story inside that could help someone else RIGHT NOW!”

Hello. You’re just the person I wanted to talk with today. Yes… YOU! I think you are just what this world needs.

You’re a person that never gives up. Throughout the triumphs of your life there are still trials and tribulations, but you’ve always looked for the positive and get by (and very well, too).

You’ve a beautiful heart and a strong spirit. Helping others is your nature and you strive to contribute to the expansion of a better world and future generation.

So, how do I know? Because you’re reading this right now!

There’s no coincidence that we found each other. 😉 Your soul is drawn to the light.

It thirsts to absorb more positivity, inspiration and knowledge for expansion.

But, psst. . . I have a little secret. You’re quite the inspiration. You have a story inside of you that could help someone else RIGHT NOW!

Actually, I would say it could probably CHANGE the direction of another person’s entire day; maybe even change their life. The very act of sharing that story is part of the purpose of your day today.

Your Soul led you here to share and shine the Power of Positivity.

In the comments below, talk about a time in your life of victory in the face of adversity. I know there’s a story in your heart that will help another person who might be feeling very down, discouraged and maybe even ready to give up.

We know it’s in there and we are looking forward to reading it and sharing it with the Power of Positivity Community that is 700,000 STRONG.

INSPIRE others today. . . READY, SET, GO!!

P.S. Our favorites will be chosen for an upcoming blog and project on Power of Positivity. Please be sure to comment from Facebook or include your email in the field provided. Thank you!!!

The Secret of Being Successful in All Worlds

April 11, 2014 by Guy Finley

The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities. – Guy Finley, bestselling author

What is the secret of being successful in all worlds? This story from world-renowned author Guy Finley teaches an important lesson, and secret to being successful in all worlds – no matter what your past may hold.

“A reporter who had a deep and personal interest in higher spiritual matters heard of a certain teacher of truth who was held in high repute. But, what caught his attention, more than anything else, was that this modern-day master was not only considered to have the wisdom of a Solomon, but apparently had Solomon’s wealth as well. Although the details were sketchy, word on the street held that, in his earlier years, he was the successful CEO of an equally successful corporation that he founded. Then, for reasons unknown, he retired and started his philanthropic and spiritual school around the same time. And so it came to pass that the reporter sought out an interview with this man of mystery, hoping to learn the secret of his success in both worlds. Shortly thereafter, he was granted a personal audience with the master.

“Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to speak with you personally. I won’t take much of your time.”

“Not a problem, at all; how can I help you? What is it you would like to know?”

Something in the presence and manner of the master told him that there was little point in trying to mask his real reason for wanting to speak with him, and so the reporter came right to the point.

“Sir, what I really want to know is how in the world were you able to amass such a fortune, not to mention becoming so respected, world over, as being one of the wisest men on earth?”

The master gazed directly into the eyes of the reporter. After many years of sitting with inquiring visitors of all levels, he could easily see into the heart of those who had come to see him with such questions. What he found there determined how he answered their questions.

In this instance, he could see that this young man seated before him had sufficient self-knowledge to understand the subtlety of the answer he was about to give. The master leaned forward, and spoke:

“In every sense of the word, the abundance in my life can all be attributed to a very simple method, something I started to practice when I was still a fairly young man. If you wish to know this secret I would be glad to share it with you.”

The reporter nodded “Yes!”

The master continued his thought: “Every time I got ready to give someone my two cents… I learned to save them instead.”

(Excerpted from Guy Finley’s new forthcoming book, The Secret of Your Immortal Self, published by Llewellyn Worldwide, to be released March, 2015.)

A 10 Second Lesson in Love MUST SEE

April 8, 2014 by Power of Positivity

Many of us have learned more than one lesson in love from the same source–Mr. Fred Rogers. The man behind the fame of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” was a special individual with a kind and caring heart. He has been gone from us for some time now. But still, his lessons and legacy live on in so many of us.

His selflessness was remarkable. Today, we are sharing a short video of Mr. Rogers accepting an award. And, even at the moment that was his time, he used the moment as a lesson in love.

Many of us know someone special who gave us the confidence to hold onto hope and achieve our dreams. They built your confidence, gave you a strong voice, told you they loved you, or maybe just hugged you when you needed it most.

So, once we saw this video of the one and only Mr. Fred Rogers giving an acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award at the 1997 Emmy Awards we knew that we must share it with you.

This 10-second lesson in love will stick with you forever.

Many people have helped you to where you are right now, whether you’ve realized it or not. The direction life takes is guided by individual offerings of love that has guided you into your current state of being.

So ask yourself, “Who has loved me into being?“

We understand the emotions that may have just come up, and if you would like, please share your 10-second experience with us below.

Those who have cared about you and wanted what was best for you in life. And, it doesn’t matter where they are right now. Those special people are happy to know of the difference you feel they’ve made in your life. Allow your light to reflect the likeness of those who have loved you into a more positive, natural state of being – the way you were always meant to be. Shine ON!

101 Best Quotes on Happiness

April 1, 2014 by Power of Positivity

If there’s one thing we like to be here at PoP, it’s HAPPY! So today, we wanted to share 101 of our absolute favorite quotes on happiness. Not only are we sharing our favorites, we’re putting a cherry on top with a special GIVEAWAY of “Everyday Positive Thoughts” by Louise Hay at the bottom of this post! So read through the quotes, pick your favorite, and enter to win!

1. 1. “Happiness runs in a circular motion” – Donovan
  2. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Gandhi
  3. “Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.” – Zig Ziglar
  4. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
  5. “Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.” – Unknown
  6. “To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” – Albert Camus
  7. “If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.’
    If you want happiness for a day — go fishing.
    If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune.
    If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.” – Chinese Proverb
  8. “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” – Ashley Montagu
  9. “Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” – Stacey Charter
  10. “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about” – Dale Carnegie
  11. “It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” – Lucille Ball
  12. “Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” – Winnie the Pooh
  13. There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” – Epictetus
  14. “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” – Frederick Keonig
  15. “Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” – Eskimo Proverb
  16. “To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” – Mary Stuart
  17. “There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.” – Seneca
  18. “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A. Heinlein
  19. “Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.” – Dennis Waitley
  20. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi
  21. “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go” – Oscar Wilde
  22. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Herman Cain
  23. “There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.” – Anthony de Mello
  24. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
  25. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller
  26. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
  27. “The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.” – Marcel Pagnol
  28. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns
  29. “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
  30. “Happiness is acceptance.” – Unknown
  31. “The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” – James M. Barrie
  32. “We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and pragmatically unwise to pursue only one’s own happiness oblivious to the feelings and aspirations of all others who surround us as members of the same human family. The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.” – Dalai Lama
  33. “Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy.” – Dr. Robert Anthony
  34. “The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.” – Aesop
  35. “For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.” – Seneca
  36. “A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?” – Albert Einstein
  37. “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” – Bertrand Russell
  38. “Happiness is a state of activity.” – Aristotle
  39. “Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
  40. “The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
  41. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
  42. “Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.” – Friedrich Schiller
  43. “I’d far rather be happy than right any day.” – Douglas Adams
  44. “Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.” – Andy Rooney
  45. “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” – Benjamin Disraeli
  46. “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” – Martha Washington
  47. “Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” – Albert Schweitzer
  48. “Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.” – Heraclitus
  49. “Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” – Herman Hesse
  50. “Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open.” – Rose Lane
  51. “Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself; I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” – Groucho Marx
  52. “Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.” – Maxim Gorky
  53. “A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one’s neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.” – Leo Tolstoy
  54. “If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.” – Epicurus
  55. “Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” – William Feather
  56. “For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his/her happiness on major events like a great job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.” – Andy Rooney
  57. “Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha
  58. “The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.” – Andre Maurois
  59. “The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.” – Brian Tracy
  60. “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
  61. “Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton
  62. “I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.” – Dalai Lama
  63. “Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.” – Joseph Campbell
  64. “Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.” – Leo Tolstoy
  65. “I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” – Martha Washington
  66. “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
  67. “Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Unknown
  68. “Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” ~ Helen Keller
  69. “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
  70. “Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.” – Norman Vincent Peale
  71. “Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” – Dale Carnegie
  72. “Happiness. Not for another place, but this place. Not for another hour, but this hour.” – Walt Whitman
  73. “Happiness is a habit. Cultivate it.” – Elbert Hubbard
  74. “Rules for happiness: Do something, love someone, and always hold onto hope.” – Chris Butler
  75. “Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.” – Pharrell Williams
  76. “Remember happiness is a way of travel, not a destination” – Roy Goodman
  77. “Happiness does not depend on what you have, where you are, or who you are. Happiness depends only upon your thoughts.” – Kristen Butler
  78. “Happiness adds and multiplies as we divide it with others.” – A. Nielsen
  79. “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” – Jim Rohn
  80. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” – Aurelius, Marcus
  81. “I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.” – Richard Bach
  82. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Shweitzer
  83. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
  84. “If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy
  85. “Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars… Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become presidents and they are not going to become rich. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.” – Osho
  86. “Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change. Kiss slowly, play hard, love deeply, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything, and have no regrets. Life is too short to be anything but happy.” – Unknown
  87. “I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” – Kurt Vonnegut
  88. “If you think sunshine brings you happiness, then you haven’t danced in the rain.” – Unknown
  89. “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” – Albert Camus
  90. “Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like its heaven on earth.” – Mark Twain
  91. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
  92. “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert Heinlein
  93. “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” – Frederick Keonig
  94. “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” – Victor Hugo
  95. Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  96. “Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.” – Storm Jameson
  97. “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
  98. “To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” – Robert Muller
  99. “No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.” – Barbara De Angelis
  100. “It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.” – Agnes Repplier
  101. “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

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