It wasn’t a walk in the park to restore happiness when life was hard. But it is doable. Who hasn’t had the thought that life shouldn’t be this hard. I shouldn’t be struggling. Why me? How could this be happening? Why is this happening? I know I have had these thoughts and more. Life can be hard. We all experience hardship, challenges and pain. And some, sadly, experience more hardship than others in this world. Many people find themselves in situations where life is hard more than it’s not. I’ve been there more than once so I’m not advocating one size fits all when trying to restore at least a small slice of happiness in what often feels like an unjust world. I don’t know what your struggles are. What hardships of life you are currently experiencing. I have no idea whether you’re healthy or not, poor or not, have…

Why should you want to experience more gratitude in life? That’s the easy part. It feels good, and that’s a good enough reason for me. Although if that’s not enough for you, Dr. Rock Hansen, PH.D. tells you: Gratitude, gladness, and related feelings like appreciation are easy to dismiss, but studies in fact show that cultivating them has lasting and important benefits, including lifting your mood, increasing satisfaction with life, and building resilience. Whether you’re grateful for someone’s kindness or thoughtfulness , an appreciation of the beauty of nature, or maybe the acknowledgement of good things in general, gratitude matters. Gratitude is life enhancing. Every magical moment you’ve encountered in life is something to be grateful for. Think of the times you’ve felt gratitude in life, it plain old feels good. Right? And the beauty of gratitude is that you’re never too old, to young, too unhappy or too fearful…

“To begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones, who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. ~ James Allen” I have found 5 simple truths that lie at the heart of living successfully. And no they’re not the only truths, but working on the principle that there’s nothing special about me, then my assumption is that if these 5 truths work in my life then the chances are high that they’ll work for you too. I didn’t invent these principles. I have ‘borrowed’ just about all of them from people much smarter than me, so I think I can safely say that they’re a pretty good start to moving towards living successfully. Everyone has a lot going on these days. Life is complex and it’s too bad that it doesn’t come with an owners manual. Not that it really matters.…