Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. — Guillaume Apollinaire Today’s post covers two fascinating research findings with the probable potential to teach you how to add some happiness to your life. If that opening sentence doesn’t grab you, then you’ve come to the wrong blog. –Okay,…
You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending. – James Sherman If you are part of the 40% of Americans who made New Year’s resolutions for 2018, this post is for you. Although about 175 million Americans make resolutions every year, only about…
Courage is grace under pressure. — Ernest Hemingway At its core, athletics like basketball, football, and fútbol, serve much the same function as the gladiatorial games of ancient Rome. Of course, our versions today possess fewer decapitated heads than those Russel Crowe depicted, but there is nonetheless the same competition, “combat,” and human excellence in full…
There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it arrives! — Lucius Annaeus Seneca With the final days of the 2016-2017 school year, I found myself in perilous straits: manuscripts to finish, final talks to give, papers and exams to grade, this whole “sleep” thing…
When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting. – Jon Kabat-Zinn Recently, I’ve noticed a trend among the younger generation: fewer and fewer people have hobbies. But when you consider the time we live in, it makes sense. With Netflix, Facebook, the whole dang Internet at your fingertips, why would anyone growing up…
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. — Aristotle I have a simple question for you: In general, which do you like better, the ocean or the mountains? Although this may seem like a meaningless question, research shows that if you prefer the ocean, you tend to be more extroverted, whereas if you chose the…