The Art of Living

  Image source;  Bing Disappointments. They are a part of   life,   but that doesn't mean we warmly welcome them into our lives. In fact, if it were up to us, we would throw all disappointing factors in our lives out by the scruffs of their necks. However, that is not that case. We have to deal with our beloved project proposals being deemed as a rubbish, people failing to keep their promises and most of all, hopes about goals and dreams being dashed like no man's business. But disappointment can mean more. It's an indicator that whatever we are doing isn't enough. It may be an indicator that we need to change our game plans. Many great things and people have risen out of disappointments, but that's if we know how to deal with disappointments.  For the next four weeks, we are going to look at how to navigate disappointments, finding happiness in sad times and, most of all, how to make disappointments work for us.

Always choose to be happy               Source:   Bing What is Happiness? You have probably read thousands of articles telling you how to live a happy life and how to find happiness and what can I say, most of them are right. We all want to be happy, to wake up to life of definite purpose and feel fulfilled in what we do. Isn't that what life is supposed to be anyway. But happiness is not something definite but rather subjective, changing from person to person. There are many definitions of happiness all over the place but the one thing that is synonymous with all these definitions is that happiness is feeling of content and fulfillment in life.  Truth be told, we are not always going to be happy in in life, why? Because life is like a Ferris wheel; one second it’s up and the other it’s all going downhill very quickly so it's up to you whether you are going to grumble the whole ride or enjoy it. Bluntly speaking, happiness is a choice. It is...