The dictionary defines love as an abstract concept referring to deep feelings of tenderly caring for another person. Love can be regarded as the highest and most rewarding gift that anyone can give or be given. To feel this type of love for someone is to care unconditionally, without certain preset conditions or requirements. It is demonstrated by honoring that individual and letting him or her know that he or she is extremely valued for who he or she is,…..
The heart is more than the center of love; it is the center of our being. Debbie Shapiro, author of Your Body Speaks Your Mind, explores the phrase, “You have touched my heart.” What it really means, she offers, is, “You have touched the deepest part of my being.”1 There are many ways to express and experience love. When people hear or use the term love, and especially the words I love you, it conjures up all…..
Let’s take a closer look at the heart as the center of love. On Valentine’s Day, the holiday that represents love, we send heart-shaped cards, chocolates, and trinkets of gold, silver, and diamonds to our loved one. Certainly, love and the heart as an organ are inseparably connected. Yet we are beginning to understand that there is more to that connection than what exists in the physical body. There is also a connection between love and the ethereal body. The…..
If there is only love, then where does it reside? Is it found in the brain as a particular state of mind? Is it located in the gut, where surely we experience it on a visceral level? Or does it emanate from the heart? Clearly, waves of joy set our hearts aflutter, and stabbing pains indicate when it’s breaking. Perhaps we cannot determine exactly where love resides. It has been speculated that love cannot be contained to a particular organ,…..
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” —Albert Schweitzer
In obtaining what you desire, you must declare that you are happy in this moment, regardless of circumstance. You must also begin to feel grateful for all the blessings you already have. Having an attitude of gratitude will put you in a peaceful place. Striving to cultivate peaceful feelings every day, in all circumstances, will make your goals and dreams easier to obtain.
As Abraham Lincoln once said, “Most people are as happy as they make up their mind to be.”
Most people do not know what it takes to create the life of their dreams. Once again, they think that they will be happy and have more peace when they get out of debt or meet that special someone. Unfortunately, they keep thinking about what they do not have or do not want, and that becomes the focus of their thoughts. As a result, they end up attracting exactly what they don’t want.
We are what we think; all that we are arises with our thoughts; with our thoughts, we make our world.” — Buddha
“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” — Hugh Downs