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The
Happiness Formula Newsletter August
30th, 2005
If
you liked the book, “Jonathan Livingston Seagull,” I’ve got something very
special to share with you. It’s a wonderfully inspiring book called, The
Jackrabbit Factor. It’s a tale so pertinent to our working-lives
you’ll think the book was written about you, your struggle to make a living,
and how you can transform your work life into a source of meaning and
abundance. Oh,
how I wish The Jackrabbit Factor would have been available when I
desperately needed it 20 years ago. I’m so pleased to be able to introduce
you to this treasure. It becomes available on Tuesday, August 30th,
2005. Find out
more. The
real power of learning happiness
actions is to become so used to doing them that they become
automatic. Once they’re automatic, you find yourself happier…automatically.
This is a powerful concept, and if you’re determined to become happier, it’s
what lies in your future. Author Dan Robey helps you learn a collection of
life-changing habits using this very concept of automation. Check out his
book The Power of Positive Habits.
In
the previous newsletter I asked for feedback to see how I could best serve
you. Many of you responded with useful suggestions that I’ll be implementing
as I can. Thank you to everyone who was kind enough to help. Mary P. is the
winner of the Happiness: The Highest Gift CD collection for her plethora of
useful suggestions. The (Happy) Russian’s Are Coming!!! What
I didn’t anticipate when I asked for feedback about this newsletter and
website was that I’d strike up a conversation with a happiness advocate in Prompted
by Olga Shtykova’s Russian translation, I am
seeking experienced translators who’d be willing to translate this newsletter
into other languages in an effort to spread happiness throughout the world. Kindest
wishes, Julian
Kalmar jkalmar@thehappinessformula.com Contents > Happiness Through Meaningful Activity by Julian Kalmar > Meditative Happiness Through “Preparing Food” by Pragito Dove > Zelig’s Happiness Corner - Gratitude for when things do work well by Zelig Pliskin. > As A Man Thinketh – Chapter Seven – Serenity by James Allen
Happiness
Through Meaningful Activity Copyright 2005 by Julian
Kalmar. All rights reserved. What we find meaningful is a powerful source of happiness. Make yourself a list of activities that have caused you to feel peaceful, gratified, proud of yourself, fulfilled, spiritual, joyful, kind, close, or any other deeply positive feeling. Do at least one of these activities every day. More
happiness actions—like meaningful activity—can be found in the award-winning
Copyright 2005
by Pragito Dove. All rights
reserved. Reprinted with
kind permission.
Bring your full awareness to what you are doing. If possible, don’t talk.
Whether you are chopping vegetables, preparing a sauce, or mixing pancake batter, bring a quality of awareness to the food and to the people you are preparing the food for, and especially, yourself.
Savor the smells, textures, aromas, and tastes of the
different ingredients. Become aware of your body. Relax it. Feel your feet on the ground.
As the food will probably be going in your body, listen to the wisdom of your body. Is it happy about what you are preparing?
This shift in attention can transform how you feel about preparing food, eating it and about yourself and those you cook for.
Pour love for yourself and for those you are cooking for in with the
ingredients, mix well and notice the results.
Pragito
Dove M.A., C.C.H. is an author, speaker and teacher in the areas of
laughter, tears, creativity, stress-management and meditation. Her
book "Lunchtime Enlightenment: Meditations to Transform Your Life NOW –
at Work, at Home, at Play" (Penguin) is available here: http://www.pragito.com/bookscds.html
An Hour of GratitudeCopyright 2005 by Zelig Pliskin. All rights reserved. Reprinted with kind permission.
Rabbi
Zelig Pliskin—one of the world’s foremost happiness experts—has graciously
allowed this excerpt from his book, “Thank You!” available from ArtScroll
($8.99). “Thank You!” was ArtScroll’s best-selling
book in May 2005.
As A Man
Thinketh – Chapter Seven “Serenity” by James
Allen Calmness
of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long
and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened
experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations
of thought. A man becomes calm in the
measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being, for such
knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought.
As he develops a right understanding, and sees more and more clearly the
internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to
fuss and fume and worry and grieve, and remains poised, steadfast, serene. The calm man, having learned how
to govern himself, knows how to adapt himself to others; and they, in turn,
reverence his spiritual strength, and feel that they can learn of him and
rely upon him. The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success,
his influence, his power for good. Even the ordinary trader will find his
business prosperity increase as he develops a greater self-control and
equanimity, for people will always prefer to deal with a man whose demeanor
is strongly equable. The strong calm man is always
loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a
sheltering rock in a storm. Who does not love a tranquil heart, a
sweet-tempered, balanced life? It does not matter whether it rains or shines,
or what changes come to those possessing these blessings, for they are always
sweet, serene, and calm. That exquisite poise of character which we call
serenity is the last lesson culture; it is the flowering of life, the
fruitage of the soul. It is precious as wisdom, more to be desired than gold
- yea, than even fine gold. How insignificant mere money-seeking looks in
comparison with a serene life - a life that dwells in the "How many people we know
who sour their lives, who ruin all that is sweet and
beautiful by explosive tempers, who destroy their poise of character, and
make bad blood! It is a question whether the great majority
of people do not ruin their lives and mar their happiness by lack of
self-control. How few people we meet in life who are well-balanced, who have
that exquisite poise which is characteristic of the finished character!"
Yes, humanity surges with
uncontrolled passion, is tumultuous with ungoverned grief, is blown about by
anxiety and doubt. Only the wise man, only he whose thoughts are controlled
and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him. Tempest-tossed souls, wherever
ye may be, under whatsoever conditions ye may live, know this - in the ocean
of life the isles of Blessedness are smiling, and sunny shore of your ideal
awaits your coming. Keep your hand firmly upon the helm of thought. In the
bark of your soul reclines the commanding Master; He does but sleep; wake
Him. Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart,
"Peace, be still!" The End If you liked this
chapter, the previous 6 chapters are available in previous newsletters.
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However, several people have
complained about this CD collection. They tell me there is so much good
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* Special thanks to Sid Madwed’s
website for ready access to these quotations. To
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