Entries in happiness (5)
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Greetings,
"Artists are magical helpers. Evoking symbols and motifs that connect us to our deeper selves, they can help us along the heroic journey of our own lives.
"The artist is meant to put the objects of this world together in such a way that through them you will experience that light, that radiance which is the light of our consciousness and which all things both hide and, when properly looked upon, reveal. The hero journey is one of the universal patterns through which that radiance shows brightly.
"What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called to the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, and the fulfillment or the fiasco. There's always the possibility of a fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss." - Joseph Campbell
Metta.
Soft eyes
Greetings,
It's a slow news day here in the capital of Happiness. For those of you who missed or avoided the impact of a recent meteor shower in the constellation Nimbus filled with stardust, here are the five ways to improve Happiness.
1. Be grateful. Write letters to someone who helped you in some way.
2. Be optimistic. Visualize an ideal future. Describe this vision in your journal.
3. Count your blessings. Write down three good things that happen to you every week.
4. Use your strengths.
5. Practice acts of kindness. Helping others helps ourselves.
Metta.
The art of Happiness
Greetings,
Here's the morning view. Clouds commute to another part of the sky. They appreciate wind.
A day for seeing yellow leaves, yellow light dance free. Water light sparkles diamonds.
Hear with your eyes.
You navigate an old bridge. It is made of industrial strength cement, wire and rusty philosophies.
Five things to improve happiness:
- Be grateful. Write letters to someone who helped you in some way.
- Be optimistic. Visualize your ideal future. Describe the image in a journal entry.
- Count your blessings. Write down three good things that happen to you every week.
- Use your strengths.
- Practice acts of kindness. Helping others helps ourselves.
Metta.
Joyful holidays
Greetings,
May everyone enjoy seasonal festivities with family, friends, loved ones and dancing light. Every day is a gift day. Tra-la-la!
Metta.