Happiness Is Spiritual

 

The poster says:  Happiness cannot e travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.  Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.  -  Denis Waitley

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This quote from Denis Waitley will resonate for some of us but not for all of us.  Where we are on the happiness scale is so individual that I do not believe it can be quantified precisely.  

Over the past years on this blog, I have written posts about happiness or how others view and describe happiness.  You can see from the postings below that it is a topic with various interpretations.  Yet, they are all valid because we are all different.

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2024/11/be-happiness-engineer.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2025/08/finding-happiness.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2023/07/on-being-happy.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2023/02/on-being-happy-buddhist-story.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2025/11/you-want-directions.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2022/12/christmas-thoughts-happiness.html

https://www.lightstationwisdom.com/2024/10/from-buddha-may-all-beings-be-filled.html

Many blessings,

Judy

Miracle of Life

Picture of the fountain at The Saskatoon Farm in Alberta - taken by J Hirst

‘Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.’ ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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I read this quote several times.  It triggered so many questions in my mind. Why would we not touch the miracle of being alive?

As I contemplated and quested in my mind, I realized that several things come in to play in each of our lives.

• Some of us come with a contract to Earth to do the bare minimum of living.
• Some come to experience a variety of things - drugs, alcoholism, debilitating disease, rejection, becoming a cleric or monk, being a hero, and the list goes on.
• Some come with the ability to enjoy Nature and the little miracles that happen each day but are ignored by many.
• Some come to change the world.

Some are on a continuum of the above that lets them see the miracle of life as they become seniors.  How we live is perfect for why we are here.

Blessings,

Judy

On Taking A Deep Breath

Drawing on the Well of Breath. 

~ Matt O’Dwyer 

It starts with a breath 

Just one good breath 

The calm begins to wash over 

The energy starts to flow 

I feel it’s warmth move through my body 

I feel it move though my heart and my soul 

I drift away 

My body left behind 

I float 

Today to a beautiful pine forest 

It smells sweet and a little damp 

It’s late, but a little sun is left 

I walk to a well 

The stars come out 

They twinkle and dance in my eyes 

I sit on the well and gaze down 

Within myself 

It’s clear and calm

I’m here 

I’m centered 

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Thank you to Matt O’Dwyer for this beautiful writing about breath.  I am so happy that I found this.  Check out the site for Elephant Journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/.

Blessings,

Judy