After I completed my first article about why…

Five simple rules for happiness: 1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less. 

There are many things a person must do to embrace true happiness in their lives but many times these five rules play a huge role in a person's journey towards this. If we ever want to be truly happy, we have to learn how to let go of the hate we have in our hearts. Often times many of us are held back from being as completely happy as we ought…

Life really is beautiful and extraordinary. It’s just that so many of us pile worries, anxieties, and judgments on top if its greatness, making it hard to see life as it really is. This concept can easily be related to the big, beautiful sky that rests above us. Think about it – the sun is always shining, but sometimes…

Ingredients of the month~

DHA



Derived from glycerin, DHA (which stands for dihydroxyacetone) is considered the most effective ingredient for creating a safe, temporarly tanned effect to the skin, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. DHA reacts with the keratin protein in the dead top layer (stratum corneum) of your skin to produce the color, and the reaction is similar to the browning effect seen…

Here is the critical point to understand when it comes to controlling your happiness.   You can control your happiness to the degree that you can control your attention in your mind.

By controlling your attention you are able to determine the perspective you choose.   With choice over your perspective you can decide what interpretations to make and which one you will believe.  Choosing the interpretation you make will determine your emotional outcome.

It’s popular today for…

I just read an interview of a man named James Roberts who is the author of a new book entitled, “Shiny Objects—Why We Spend Money We Don’t Have In Search Of Happiness We Can’t Buy.”  It’s a great title and I’m sure there are very few people who would disagree with what it…

Have you ever said something that you immediately wished you could take back; regreted making a statement that was hurtful, selfish, or just plain rude? Chances are, you have. And probably more than once. A few days ago, I said something out of line to a loved one, and after seeing them become upset over my unkind words, I immediatley wished I could rewind time. I felt guilty and remorseful, but was too proud to apologize at the time. I went to…

How many times have you seen a movie or listened to a story where a person has an angel on one shoulder and a little devil on the other?  This example is classic because it’s universal to us all.  At any given time, on any given day, we have either…

There is a beautiful story unfolding.  Sooner or later you will hear about this — Lady GaGa has already tweeted about it!

The beauty of the story isn't really in the facts....it's in the way it has been introduced to us by Sarah, and in the way that friends and family have embraced the situation.

I don't even want to give the details, I want you to read her words:…

The essential thing in life is not just conquering to earn a slot in "the league of extraordinary gentlemen",  but rather, seeing to the realization of a mission that stands to benefit mankind. From Kingsley.

Everyone is complaining about extreme noise pollution in the world today.Noise create peacelessness.Desires reach their peak level.There is loose talk everywhere.People shout in anger,weep due to attachement and laugh boisterously in arrogance.There are numerous other causes of atmospheric pollution.Even vicious thoughts create an environment of pollution.People get tired and waste their energy under such circumstances.

A lot of energy is accumulatedby silence both verbal and…

Between working, putting the finishing touches on my book, working on my application/personal statement for graduate school, and making time for fun… I am a buzzing busy bee. Thinking about it, I’d even say I’m the busiest I have ever been. But, somehow…I also feel completely happy and at peace. Why is this? It seems so weird that although I am totally overwhelmed with life, I still wake up every…

I thought this quote was important.  I know I've always thought that national rivalries were just the larger version of high school rivalries, then college...  Thinking of yourself as an American first and a human second is exactly backwards.

“All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers… Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.” - Francois Fenelon

All the best to all of you out there, no matter which man-made…

My girlfriend has been missing for over a week already... her parents don't know where she is, her brother doesn't know...nobody knows. The worst part is that I feel somewhat responsible for it because I was the sole reason why she left the house and then she never came back. I feel terrible...because of this I've been completely unmotivated to study in college (more than before) and my social life has just been going downhill after that...I just have no idea what to do anymore. I'm probably…

Drop a light bulb on the floor and it shatters.  Drop an apple and it bruises.  Drop a hard rubber ball and it bounces back—good as new.  What about you? Every single one of us experiences a variety of events every day. …

Whether you are a (very much welcomed) newcomer to my blog, wondering “What does Jordan blog about?” or one of my (very much appreciated) regular readers, I created a list of my firm beliefs, referred to as the Pillars of Positivity, which all of my blog posts are related to or focused around:

-Pillars of…

Remember when you were little and you thought everything was amazing?  It still is.

“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” -Steve Martin

Keep going, failures are checkpoints on the way to success.  They'll want to see your proof of persistence to let you pass on to the next checkpoint.  There's no way to know how many checkpoints you'll pass on your journey, so bring your friends, enjoy the ride, and remember, you can't drive forward with your eyes in the rear view mirror...

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John Wooden once said, “You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”

One simple way you can brighten another’s day, while making a contribution to our world in the process, is by practicing random kindness. Random acts of…