Spend some time this holiday weekend outdoors. The weather is lovely a sunshine is good for your physical and mental health – plus, at least in the UK and US, it’s a long weekend! Enjoy the time, you deserve a break and some fun!
Long weekends are perfect for hangouts.
Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all. Allow yourself some time for rest.
Take rest and avoid being overwhelmed.
Dream big and dream often. If your dream doesn’t pan out, you can always dream of something else. The adventure is the best part anyway.
Debbie Harry said, “Dreaming is free.”
Today is World Meditation Day. You don’t have to be a Buddhist or a master yogi to reap the benefits from a few moments of silence. Meditation has been found to improve your health, reduces inflammation, increases your capacity for compassion and can even improve your brain! The positive effects of regular meditation have been well documented for nearly two thousand years and have been verified by recent science. So give it a go, perhaps start with just two minutes and see where it takes you! You never know, you just might become even better friends with yourself.
“There is nothing greater than the delight of sitting, just sitting in silence with nothing to do” – Carol Trevor
Everything has to come to an end sometimes. The closing of one chapter, or the end of a beloved television series just opens up the world to new, and probably better possibilities.
Be kind, you can share your enthusiasm without giving away the end.
I hope that during the upcoming week you achieve the breakthrough you have been working towards. If you are not hoping for a breakthrough, then I hope that you have a lovely week regardless.
It’s worth the effort, I promise.
Sometimes, the best way to achieve happiness and contentment is to keep your expectations realistic. The less you expect, the more things will fill your being with joy.
Keep you expectations reasonable, this is a blog that brings you a goat everyday, and here is a goat.
Sometimes, the world is a very challenging place. Make sure to be extra kind to yourself when the going gets tough.
The truly tough take some time for self care before, during and after the “getting going” bit.
Sometimes, the best strategy is to detach yourself from the gratification of achievement, but focus on the benefits of the work itself. If you focus too much on the end result, you might miss something amazing along the way.
It is ok if it takes awhile to complete a goal – enjoy the adventure!
Isn’t is amazing that compassion for others is a major theme of every major world religion? Everyone, no matter what choices or circumstances they have in life, experiences suffering. Not only is compassion featured prominently as a way to be in the world across all religions, but there is an evolutionary component. When we experience compassion, our hormones secrete oxytocin in parts of our brain activating our pleasure centres. I’m not going to promote a specific religion – or lack thereof – I’m just saying that we suffer far less when we are willing to suffer together.
Live compassionately and spread joy.
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