Originally posted in ZenHabits.Netby Leo Baubata "Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit." ~Taisen Deshimaru In many ways, I close myself off to life in all its fullness. I close myself off to others, as … Continue reading How to Become Open to Life
Life as a Conscious Practice
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Netby Leo Baubata ‘Everything is practice.’ Pele When we learn a martial art, or ballet, or gymnastics, or soccer … we consciously practice movements in a deliberate way, repeatedly. By conscious, repeated practice, we become good at those movements. Our entire lives are like this, but we’re often less conscious of the … Continue reading Life as a Conscious Practice
Relationship Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? In this TED Talk, Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, 4th director of the longest study on Happiness (it started in 1938 and is still ongoing!) talks about 3 major lessons they learned from the 10,000 information points they have gathered all those years. About 60 of … Continue reading Relationship Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness
PWinQ #231: Be Happy Now
It's been 231 (of 365) Days since we started this journey of #PrayersWrappedInQuotes! 🙏 🕯️ REFLECTION GUIDE below ⬇️😊 as you read this! Your day is going to be awesome after spending the next 10 mins reflecting!🕯️: Today, I'd like you to reflect and write about 3 THINGS THAT MAKE YOU TRULY HAPPY. Yesterday, we talked … Continue reading PWinQ #231: Be Happy Now
PWinQ #230: Relative and Absolute Happiness
It's been 230 (of 365) Days since we started this journey of #PrayersWrappedInQuotes! 🙏 🕯️ REFLECTION GUIDE below ⬇️😊 as you read this! Your day is going to be awesome after spending the next 10 mins reflecting!🕯️: Today, I would like you to explore the distinction between RELATIVE and ABSOLUTE happiness. I will use the distinction … Continue reading PWinQ #230: Relative and Absolute Happiness
PWinQ #216: Good in Everyone
It's been 216 (of 365) Days since we started this journey of #PrayersWrappedInQuotes! 🙏 🕯️ REFLECTION GUIDE below ⬇️😊 as you read this! Your day is going to be awesome after spending the next 10 mins reflecting! 🕯️: Today, I invite you to do something quite simple but profound: I invite you to look for the … Continue reading PWinQ #216: Good in Everyone
#356: Empty Handed, Full Hearted
Originally posted in ZenHabits.Netby Leo Baubata We often load ourselves up when we travel, because we want to be prepared for various situations. This burden of being prepared leaves us with our arms full, unable to receive whatever is there when we arrive. It leaves us tired from carrying so that we are not happy … Continue reading #356: Empty Handed, Full Hearted
Through Tough Journeys
A reader wrote to me about a very tough journey he and his wife are setting out upon, and asked for some words of advice or motivation though this tough time. Difficult times can be a test of our souls, and as such can be some of the most instructive times possible. It’s easy to … Continue reading Through Tough Journeys