10 Happiness Tips for Busy People

I'm following the flow of gravitating toward happiness tips and connecting people with ideas for simplifying their lives or enjoying the simpler things in lives.

There are so many little things in life that as adults we miss putting on our mental lists or building into our day, such as eating right, getting enough sleep, thinking positive and any number of what appear to be little things that are actually building blocks to our lives. They affect how we think and the decisions we make. And when ignored, a domino-effect occurs. I believe we need to slow down and care for ourselves before we can care for anyone else. And I feel I have learned this the very hard way.

I discovered yet another list in my 8 year old son's room last night.  He established, in writing, rules for his room for his younger sister and #3 was, again, Be Happy.

Is it Time for Us Adults to Learn from a Kid's To-Do List?

I would love to know your reaction to seeing this list.  

My first instinct was to laugh at the priorities, because they were so cute.  Then I remembered making lists like this.  Then I remembered finding a list like this in my son's room not that long ago.  

One of the items on his list: "Be Happy."  That struck me that he made time for it and added it to his list.  We get so caught up in the mundane day-to-day stuff or working through our own stuff, that sometimes, I think, we simply forget to make time for the small things that make us happiest.  

So, the next time I am doing something that I think to myself, "It doesn't get any better than this."  I should remember to put it on my list.

Have a great Friday!

Source and Original Article:

Is it Time for Us Adults to Learn from a Kid's To-Do List? | Strollerderby

Illusion, Deception and Co-Dependency

Once upon a time, I began to have this nagging feeling that someone was not being entirely honest with me.

Have you ever had that feeling?  I think we all have, and it's the worst!

Maybe not outwardly lied to, but something was being kept from me.  It was such a feeling of dread.  I dreaded when I was going to find out what was not being presented to me in full, and anticipated how I would react to it.

Call it instinct.  Call it intuition.  I knew it was happening. I knew I didn't have the full story, and I wasn't even sure exactly who it involved, but something didn't "feel" quite right.  And I was determined to have that veil lifted.

Was I part of an illusion?

Had I been deceived?

Are you living your entire life like Groundhog Day?

Tsk! Tsk!

Someone has been absent from their blog for nearly a month!  

Oh, I've been hanging around but I haven't posted anything new.  I hope you've been enjoying the re-runs I've been running in the meantime.

I've been thinking a lot about anger, frustration and disappointment.  And honestly, feeling it, too.

It's easy to be disappointed when you realize you've had a certain expectation for something that may not have been altogether realistic. It's easy to be frustrated when you find yourself in a situation over and over and the cycle will only continue until you say,"STOP!"

And it's easy to be angry, when you've been hurt over and over in the same way.