Tiny Buddha: Wisdom, Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In →

Tiny Buddha is a website that helped me get through tough times, and it may help you get through issues you may have that are keeping you from feeling happy. I highly suggest checking out this wonderful site for valuable insight and inspiration that can guide you through and past some of life’s difficulties. 

I would also suggest reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle or listening to YouTube videos of Eckhart or another spiritual teacher Deepak Chopra. Open your mind to their teachings and open your heart for a chance to be truly happy. It all starts with focusing on your inner self and learning to drown out your mind’s endless commentary. Begin there, learn to meditate (The Power of Now taught me), and learn to end your suffering.

Tiny Buddha has a weekly e-newsletter that used to save me every time it landed in my inbox. Decide that you’ve had enough and start helping yourself grow to be the person you want to be! You are truly capable of anything if you learn to focus on the baby steps instead of focusing on the desired outcome. You deserve to be happy, and I believe it is within you to achieve it.     

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So, what’s the antidote to judging? Acceptance.

(This doesn’t mean that you have to agree; you just have to accept what is!)

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by Patricia Tashiro

"Start doing daily positive affirmations. Tell yourself you are a good person and you deserve good to come into your life. Make a list of your positive attributes. Affirm daily that you deserve to be treated with love, dignity and respect."

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(Source: ehow.com)

"I don’t think you can motivate others — if they want to do something, they’ll do it. If they don’t, then don’t make them.
However, you can influence others in positive ways."

20 Key Questions on Motivation and Habits, Answered

Post written by Leo Babauta.

(Source: zenhabits.net)

15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy

READ THEM HERE

#14 is the most difficult. that and #13, I’m still working on those. 

Realizing that…

It’s not being | selfish, self-centered, narcissistic, inconsiderate, egotistic, thoughtless, or mean |

if you run from unhealthy people and all the bullshit they feed you, 

all the power they take away from you, all the control they assume over your decisions,

and save yourself from inevitable pain.

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“It is never, ever your responsibility to take care of someone else by allowing them to treat you like shit.  Ever.  Taking care of yourself needs to come first, and there is a fine line between being selfish… and being responsible about surrounding yourself with positive people, or at the very least, people who can simultaneously give and take.

Two-way streets, people.  Two-way motherfuckin’ streets.”

-Kristin ofeveryoneisgay

Lessons in Life - Part 1

Excerpts:

“Deep love, true love, abiding love calls for a great deal more, a sense of commitment, a feeling of responsibility to the other person, and a willingness to work out problems.”

“The concentration should be on the joy of doing things, even simple things which anybody can do, for the person you love.  It is particularly impressive when the act is one which the other person could easily have done for himself or herself.  Rather than looking upon such events as sacrifices, they are investments in a happy relationship, not a loss of identity.  Yes, there are problems: money, health, children’s behavior, differences in taste.  The old expression “give and take” applies, but it should be done not only with one’s personal desires in mind, but also with the aim of helping the other person achieve his or her goals.  A happy marriage is worth every bit of effort one can expend.”

(By: Bryan Bell )

A Power YOU Possess

When I was in high school, this annoyingly happy kid would come on the speaker system for the morning announcements. After mentioning the school’s agenda, he would repeat this same quote- everyday.

“Have a great day, or not, the choice is yours.”

I used to roll my eyes when he’d say it. I used to recite it with classmates- in a mocking fashion of course, and I used to ignore it.

Sounds simple enough right? The choice is yours to be happy. But simple isn’t always easy, and being told this may not even help you realize it. I couldn’t realize it until I came to a place in my life’s journey where I could fully grasp the idea, and at a time when I had few distractions from carrying out this new thought process. Don’t make the mistake of putting off being happy.

Life is a series of constant actions, observe how you react to events and how it affects your inner happiness. It’s always your option, your choice how you react to everything that comes your way.

I am going to have a great day. Are you?

What does it mean to be a genuine person.

It means they are “Authentic”, “Natural”, “What you see is what you get” - they are honest about who they are and there isn’t much to “figure out” about them. They can voice what they want AND what they don’t want. They’re not push overs, and they don’t apologize for things that are not their fault or out of their control.

Start with yourself. The more comfortable you are with yourself the better prepared you are to share yourself and your life with others, which is the first step to genuine living. If you are able to be honest with yourself, it is actually rather easy to be honest with others