Happiness, Virtue, Self- Esteem and Authenticity
Would you rather be Authentic or Happy ?
Guess what? Being authentic makes you happy!
Honest Hearts = Happy Hearts
The craving for qualities of virtue resides in all of us.
It may be buried deep, but it is there, and we pay a price when we ignore or underrate it. Yet working to increase these proclivities brings great satisfaction.
We are then, in essence, being who we truly are at core.
Calling to a Higher Ground --
Self- Esteem, Happiness and Virtue
are what the Higher Power truly wants for us, and what we truly want for ourselves as well.
Qualities of virtue gratify and bring good feelings to us. Your own core strengths and merits, more than other factors. foretell your happiness, well- being and longevity.*
Students who engaged in fun activities compared the feelings generated with those associated with acts of giving kindness. The kindly acts paid high dividends throughout the day, while the feelings of simply fun events paled and faded more rapidly in comparison.
Positive emotion without the exercise of character leads to emptiness and depression,* so often seen in the midst of what we call prosperity. We are made to strive, to give and to love. That is who we are.
* Harvard studies Authentic Happiness, Martin E. P. Seligman, PHd. pg. 8,9
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The Heart is made for virtue. That is its most deep desire.
When you know and nurture this, you receive the joy of freedom & empowerment as you grow into and become your true self.
From Lucky's Coaching Site-- TruthfulMe.com Happiness & Self- Kindness Coaching
Angels, Virtues, Trials & Tests
Our trials in life are to help us grow.
All the spiritual teachings tell us that they are blessings for the precious development of virtues that is our work on this planet.
A virtuous world, a world of love, would be a heavenly place indeed.
Celebrating Virtue & the Joy of Service...
Heaven's garden is...
To Honor Life's Trials...
This is the gift of growth. In thankfulness for trials as well as the things our stubborn wills would choose we learn to love the challenges and seek their spiritual guidance.
"What gift," I ask, "is hidden here, what is here for me to learn?"
When I turn my mind to this, my burden lightens. I am busied with the work of Spirit,
developing virtues of the soul, the fruits that grace this life.
"What gift," I ask, "is hidden here, what is here for me to learn?"
When I turn my mind to this, my burden lightens. I am busied with the work of Spirit,
developing virtues of the soul, the fruits that grace this life.
May we all do what we can to heal this world…
That is the gift of service, of Heaven's heart of virtue...
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