Journal
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 5–2
"Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful, or rich will make you happy.”
—Shawn Achor
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 5–1
"Within moments of logging on to social media, we have instant access to others’ accomplishments, vacations, job promotions, home upgrades, and culinary creations. It’s hard to be happy if we constantly concern ourselves with how we measure up to those around us.
Gratitude has the opposite effect of social comparison — it redirects our attention to the many wonderful things we already have in our lives that we have likely taken for granted.”
—Timothy Bono, Ph.D., Psychology Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–24
"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."
—Henry Ward Beecher
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–23
patio fountain—
a drop of water marks
my page
—rmh²
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–22
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–21
[ Creative Chaos ]
"When the going gets chaotic, the creative get going!"
—rmh²
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–20
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–19
"The Theory of Rhythm"
[ r x m = h² ]
"Over time,
routines (r) create a
personal momentum (m)
that transforms ones’ life into
a rhythm of harmony (h)
and happiness (h)."
—Robert M. Hopkins
(aka rmh²)
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–18
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–17
—Lao Tzu
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–16
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–15
—William Penn
Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–14
"For life and death are one,
even as the river and the sea
are one."
—Khalil Gibran