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June 15th, 2008

Long term happiness is about the attitude I choose to have every day regardless of the circumstances of my life

Source: Gina Trapani (via Happiness-Project)

Gretchen: What’s something you know now about happiness that you didn’t know when you were 18 years old?

Gina: That getting that job / relationship / paycheck / grade / degree / recognition wouldn’t make me happy long-term. It would give me a shot of happiness around the time it happened, but that long term happiness is about the attitude I choose to have every day regardless of the circumstances of my life.

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Tags: attitude, choices, Gina Trapani, Gretchen Rubin, happiness, Happiness-Project, life

April 13th, 2008

April 13, 2008 PostSecret Pick: Star

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Tags: amazing, birthday, person, PostSecret, star

April 13th, 2008

Teach the Person, Not the Topic

Source: Natalie Jost (via Godbit Project)

No matter what the venue, everyone has their own set of jargon, words they understand and outsiders don’t. Using jargon alienates people and not only does it confuse them even more, they feel stupid because, based on the fact that you know what those terms mean, they feel they ought to know too. That’s not a good place to be in, on either side of that kind of conversation.

Think about your audience right here, right now and forget for a minute the topic you’re on. Think about who that person (or group of people) is and what world they live in.

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Tags: christianity, design, lesson, Natalie Jost, people, religion, web

April 6th, 2008

April 6, 2008 PostSecret Pick: Tip

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Tags: order, PostSecret, restaurant, suicide, tip

April 1st, 2008

If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone?

Follow-up question: Why haven’t you told them yet?

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Tags: communication, death, love, regrets

April 1st, 2008

When in doubt, do the positive

Source: Jeanne Marie Laskas (via Ask Laskas - Readers Digest)

Mom’s Best Advice
In high school I wanted to try out for the basketball team. I loved the game but didn’t have the moves. And I wasn’t tight with the cool kids on the team. I sweated the decision and started to chicken out. I told myself, You don’t really want to spend all your free time shooting hoops.

That’s when Momma said, When in doubt, do the positive. Can’t decide whether you should get all dressed up and go to that party? Don’t know if you should “intrude” on a new neighbor with a homemade welcome cake? Worried that an old lady would find you rude for offering to help her with her grocery bags? Do the positive! Go to the party, bake the cake, help the old lady. A life of doing is better than one of regretting what you didn’t dare to do.

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Tags: advice, decision, doubt, Jeanne Marie Laskas, positive, Readers Digest, regret