happiness

Running full steam every day exhausts our mind, body, and soul.  Learning to keep tasks and a to-do list at bay requires cultivating intentional good habits.  If not, all the little and unnecessary things will clutter our minds. Keeping our minds free and decluttered lends itself to creativity, unlike instinctual animals such as our pets. Our greatest gift to think logically can also be our greatest weakness if we do not use it for its intended purposes to serve and care for one another.  Many social and environmental issues dominate…

There is a kind of deep satisfaction and quiet contentment when you know that you live each day not just for yourself but for someone else.  When the morning star rises early in the morning, illuminating the sky and your bedroom with the first rays of light, the dawn of a new day has begun.  As you open your eyes to greet the morning light, a familiar and warm arm gently hugs and embraces you.  Knowing that you are loved, needed, and appreciated each day brings fullness to your day.  …

Where one or more gather, life will flourish and give rise to communities. Our human nature is wired to have a natural urge to find common grounds among those we associate in our day to day interaction. The need to build communities is stronger than ever in our culture today. By bringing people of different backgrounds together and using groups as a vehicle to help and encourage one another gives a sense of cohesiveness and peace that can transcend to other aspects of our lives. Reaching the ultimate goal of…

The Winter Blues may be hitting many of us these last few months.  You may be feeling under the weather, lethargic, tired and maybe downright lazy at times and not very social.  What is behind this Winter Blues that most of us experience right after the holidays and in the beginning of the year and how to combat it head on.  When the season changes, it is colder outside and there is less sunlight exposure throughout the day, we may experience some form of loss of motivation and have noticed…