Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.”— William Penn It is easy to discount the positive while we’re experiencing an unpleasant event in our lives. However, it is okay to look at both the positive and negative side of things. The […]
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Where We Place Our Attention
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”—Shirley MacLaine It is all about where we place our attention. Everyday we will be challenged by something we dislike or some unpleasant event that may be affecting our lives. There is not a person in the world who’s without experiencing difficulties. […]
Feeling Our Feelings
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It is very important that we feel and express emotions. Some of us have a habit of trying to think our feelings out. This won’t work. We can stop thinking of the unpleasant event that’s producing the unpleasant feelings. But for the emotions that’s still lingering, those can be expressed […]
We Change
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Things do not change; we change.” ~ Henry David Thoreau When we feel like we can’t change unpleasant events in our lives, then it is time to make personal changes. In order words, we can change our perception of the unpleasant event. The unpleasant event can be something we can […]
Only Your Actions
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “You cannot control the results, only your actions.” ― Allan Lokos The only power we have is from our actions. Trying to control something or someone that doesn’t have any bearing on us is a waste of our time and energy. Even if we study the behaviors of others and […]
Discounting the Positives
Written By Eugene Morgan Sometimes we let one unpleasant event discount our whole day. We find ourselves recalling the event that happened many hours ago to forget about what good things did happen. It is inevitable that unpleasant events will happen and it is inevitable pleasant events will happen as well. Constantly replaying the unpleasant […]