To do what you love means to feel deep down in your bones a calling. It's the calling of nature's muse, saying to you, You are meant to live your life in the way that is most meaningful to you. Of course, it doesn't necessarily come easy, or come to you automatically. For some people it's a process, a path that you walk down for many years, until it at last comes to you. For others, it comes in a flash, and they know immediately what it is … [Read more...]
Do What You Love: The Art of Following Your Bliss
An important ingredient to living a Low Density Lifestyle is doing work that you find meaningful and is an expression of who you are. This is called Doing What You Love. This is the subject of this series - the ability to, as Joseph Campbell put it, "Follow Your Bliss." Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects … [Read more...]
Happiness is…Being a Free Spirit
I end this series on Happiness - and I also begin a two week summer hiatus (I'm off to do some Low Density Lifestyle living) - with the above incredible time lapse video that captures the spirit of living a Low Density Lifestyle. The video is about being FREE - which stands for Flow, Relax, and Effortless Effort - and about … [Read more...]
Why Are So Many People Unhappy?
The Happiest Man in New York
Making Other People Happy Will Make You Happy
The Happiness series continues this week (for its final week) with a look at a very basic truth, a truth that stems from the question that I asked with the very first article in this series. The question was: Are you happy? Every article since in this Happiness series has played on that question. The article on the country of Bhutan … [Read more...]
Happiness is…Grooving to the Beat ala Michael Jackson
Happiness is…Having a Happy and Joyous Wedding Celebration
Happiness is…Being Happy Like a Happy Pet
glumbert - Jessica the Pet Hippo I continue with the Happiness is... theme as part of the Happiness series. Yesterday you read about Happiness is...Being Happy Like a Baby. Today you will learn the joys of being a happy animal/pet, and what we can learn from our fine furry friends. Animals, like babies, enjoy the simple things in life, and can find joy in these things. [Read more...]