First, let’s establish what Happiness is. When I searched wikipedia for Happiness, this is what it returned. “Happiness is an emotion associated with feelings ranging from contentment and satisfaction to bliss and intense joy.” There sure are a lot of words in there.

So how do we know the difference from feeling contentment, satisfaction, bliss and intense joy?

We all have our own perception of what happiness means to us. Our emotions are our own so for instance, if you were fired from your job today, it’s reasonable to think that you would not be experiencing the emotion of intense joy unless you perceived being fired as an opportunity to go forth and try something new.

According to a scientific study by Leicester University in England, the happiest country in the world is Denmark. And that’s despite having one of the highest tax rates in the world! They are paid to study. Imagine not having school fees for University! Apparently, the students can take as long as they like to complete their studies.

They are also paid to stay home in the form of paternal and maternal leave and this is paid by the government! That’s full time wages for 6 months if required.

If that’s what makes someone happy then why not!

Some of the things I think can cause a person to find happiness are:

• some good friends who stick by you no matter what
• a loving family who you enjoy being around
• the freedom to choose when and where you work
• the freedom to take a break anytime you like for holidays
• the freedom to live where in the world you want to
• your dream home
• positive emotions
• positive activities
• quality of life
• satisfaction in all things that you do
• eating a delicious meal
• playing with your children
• hearing children’s laughter
• listening to music that inspires you
• dancing like no-one is watching
• watching a funny movie
• reading a good book
• living in a state of gratitude

Every effect in your life has to start with a cause and for each of us it will be different. Making choices is what leads us to creating whether or not we find Happiness. Choosing what is right for you is key!

Too Many Choices

A couple of days ago I watched another TED video by Barry Schwartz which I found via Blonde2.0 Blog and thought about it for a while… then realised what he was talking about. Watch this!

Interesting… isn’t it? I’ll let you make up your own mind.

So what are your thoughts? Is it because we have too much choice nowadays that makes us un-happy or does it bring you happiness knowing that there are all these choices? Do you feel satisfied, contentment, bliss or intense joy having such a range of options available? Is it a state of mind perhaps!

Here are some other articles and sites on Happiness you may also like to read…

1. The Only Guide To Happiness You’ll Ever Need
2. The Happiness Project
3. The Seven Habits Of Highly Happy People

The idea is this:

All you need to do is focus on Love to yourself, the people in it and the world you live in. It’s really very simple.

It’s not essential for you to tune into the show… just being aware of the date and time and applying your thoughts is all that matters.

Love and Light
Georigna

A special broadcast will be held at the Law of Attraction radio show specifically for this however, it is not necessary to attend. Further details can be found on the Facebook event page here.

If you would like to help make a difference and send your healing thoughts to the world, mark this on your calendar. This is also nurturing for the self. Quiet time to think thoughts of love and healing will energise you and give a sense of gratitude.

Buddhists say positive energy can heal the world. Here is a short video for you.

Here’s a short summary of that post:

• The only person that suffers from NOT forgiving the wrong-doer or forgiving yourself, is YOU.
• The practice of forgiveness is a simple process which can be done on a daily basis (as long as you are willing to let go of the thing that holds you back.)
• Forgiveness is an integral part of your Personal Development as without it, you cannot learn and move on with mastering your Emotional Intelligence.

Forgive and Forget

An interesting thought that came up in the responses from my friend George, is that as a child, he always heard the saying as it goes…

Forgive, but don’t Forget. It has it’s sense. Sometimes forgive AND forget is also a good idea as you clear out lot’s of stuff.

However, I feel that sometimes NOT forgetting in certain cases is a wise decision just so you don’t get caught a second or even a tenth time by the same story. Sort of like headlights that help you avoid big rocks in the road.

This is interesting because more often than not, we make up our own story about how someone treated us. Something I learned at the Landmark Forum is that we tend to, as humans do, drag the past around with us. Just imagine carrying around a suitcase everywhere we went.

I take George’s comment this way. By practicing forgiveness, it will certainly make you a stronger person. By not forgetting and using it as a warning to not get caught up again in that kind of a circumstance, it is useful. It reminds us NOT TO GO THERE AGAIN.

So to forgive and forget can give us freedom to go on and live a happy and fulfilling life. Create your day with your intentions clearly embedded in your mind before you even get out of bed. Practice forgiveness a little each day… the process gets easier the more you do and remember that attitude of gratitude leads to a life of abundance.

Dedicated to Success.

What I like about this particular one is that it’s All About Me which will give you some idea of my online habits and why I am here. Some of you may have read earlier posts where I refer to my presence on the web and for those that haven’t caught up with me yet, you will find the answers down below. So keep reading.

Here we go, questions and answers.

1. How long have you been blogging.

My blog is one year old and has come a long way since I first started it. It started as a wordpress blog and then I switched to my own domain just about 4 months back. It has had a few facelifts in that time, and will have another shortly, so look out!

2. What inspired you to start a blog and who are your mentors

I attended a seminar where I met a guy by the name of Jamie McIntyre. I have written about him before. It was an Internet and Business Mastery seminar and there were all sorts of Internet guru’s who were giving me plenty to think about. Ideas were flying around the room and when I got home, I immediately sat at my PC and I started surfing and typing and I have not looked back since.

Sean Rasmussen is my mentor. I met him through doing the seminars as well. Sean quickly got working on the Internet after attending the same seminar two years prior to me. He has taught me a lot about SEO and building sites, along with some great tips on how to live the life you love. Remember in school how we were told not to cheat, well now it’s called modeling. Jamie says to find someone who has already done what you want to do and model them. It works for me

3. Are you trying to make money online, or just doing it for fun

Yes I am making money working on the net, and I just love what I do. This blog gives me freedom of expression and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I don’t have to leave home every morning to go to a job so I am very blessed to be doing this.

4. What 3 things do you love about being online

a) I love that I have built up such a great community of friends. I belong to a vast number of communities and I love the fact that I get to meet bloggers and some non-bloggers from many resources.

b) I love that I can keep up-to-date with all that is going on through the various communities. Athough, there are times when there is so much going on that I can arrive a little late for the party That could also be due to the fact that I have branched out quite a bit.

c) I love that this really is FUN.

5. What 3 things do you struggle with online

a) There is just so much information and lots of great blogs to read that sometimes my work suffers. I am very social and love to keep up with all my contacts. When they email or message me, I have to know what is going on and give a reply… LOL… sometimes, that can take up quite a bit of time. So sleep IS over-rated. I will just have to sleep when I am dead which I don’t intend to be for quite a long time yet.

b) I sometimes get overwhelmed and have to re-center myself to focus on the job at hand. There will be some changes other than a face-lift here at Buzzing with Ange. I will be giving it some structure with regular features so you will know what to expect from me in the future. This is one thing that I have dismissed in the past and now I believe it is time to smarten things up a bit.

c) I am still learning a lot of the technical side of things and how they work and sometimes, I don’t get it right and I have had instances of my blog disappearing from cyberspace. Yikes!! I am so grateful to have my tech guy, who is not always available, but really helpful when I do get hold of him. He does some really great work and has built some amazing sites.

Enough of the Q. & A. now I am going to introduce you to some of my community from BlogCatalog who have a variety of sites I know you will enjoy. This is how the meme works as it keeps going and going and going.

Diane from Dorset with her blog Much of a Muchness with some random thoughts and musings that turned into a blog, and she also has some lovely notebooks she has handmade herself on show.
Mike who is a book lover at The View from Here. Mike is also writing his own book and is looking for a publisher so if you can help, that would be great.

Megan from Imaginif Child Protection Became a Serious Business. Megan has devoted her life to the protection of children. A very worthy cause.

Derek from Derek Semmler Dot Com who I met through stumbling on StumbleUpon. Now Derek does talk about his online earnings and is a great blog to get some tips from if you are one of those bloggers who are keen on making money online.

Chessnoid from TotalNoid who also writes about the things he loves and is passionate about. It’s great to read what gets people moving forward in life.

Chris from Self Improvement Journal which is something I have a kindred spirit for. I get a lot of inspiration reading Chris’ blog and we have also both attended the Landmark Forum so we are on the same page when he writes about it.

Carole from The Healthy Living Lounge is very keen on yoga and has some great tips on living a healthy lifestyle.

MidgetManOfSteel from Mental Poo just for something completely different. I don’t know his real name. A word of warning though, this bog contains random thoughts and comments that tend to flow from his head with little advance warning which he calls…. mental poo… so be careful, it could get quite messy in there. Enter at your own risk.

Hmmmmm……. something to think about. Enjoy visiting these great bloggers who have made a difference in the blogosphere. Get connected with them if you are in the realm of blogging. Have fun and all that.

I have to tell you that I have many projects going on at the moment that sometimes, I forget to let you know what’s going on. My work has become quite varied and I am involved in some JV’s which are keeping me very occupied to say the least. Oh… and btw, with Google’s latest PageRank update, my site now has a PageRank 3 which is pretty cool I think… and not only that, but following on from the last article re TaggZilla and ranking #1 with Google, little did I know that when I started with this blog, my other sites, and profiles on many of the social network sites, that I had my own little Site Club going on. They all have Page Ranks now

What this means is that this blog has provided some strength in the importance of all my other sites. So if you are a webmaster and into blogging, having links to all your other sites can improve the chance of building their PageRank as well. I guess that’s what they mean by link building with relevancy to the site.

The Measure of a Man

So why did I quote Sidney Poitier at the beginning of this post you may ask if I am talking about PageRank. Well, I like the quote for a start and to tell you the truth, I am not 100% sure that the PageRank really does show the Measure of a Man or site in this case. I am not going to get into a big discussion about this as my strengths do not lie here, I am just telling you what I know and what I have learned over the past year as a webmaster and blogger.

My personal opinion is that if you love what you do and your readers keep coming back, then just keep on doing it. If you have a monetized site, keep that monetized site. Whatever makes you happy is great for you. I love writing here as I can blab about whatever I like and most of the time, I send you off with something to think about. Don’t I.

So right now, I am Being in the Moment and giving you what I know, my thoughts as they stand at this moment. Living consciously and being genuine. It’s not always the case with most of us as we are afraid of what others might think of us. Am I generalizing here, please let me know if I am. Shed some light on why there are times that we may not be genuine or maybe you are afraid to. Either way, go and build your own Site Club and watch your PageRank develop in the next update or two.

Dedicated to Success

Ange

If our collective consciousness is in alignment with the shift of this transformation and enough of the population know about this, imagine how powerful we as human beings can move this process along?

This is something that has to be passed on to everyone you know so we can spread the word to the masses and can have an affect in shifting their way of thinking.

Watch the movie here and blessings to you all

Ange

Frozen By Fear

The Little Engine That Could was a story that inspired many of us as children. The story tells of a small train that was faced with a steep climb up a very large hill. Half way up the hill the little engine started to feel as though it was an impossible task. Fear set in.

“Will I make it?” the train wondered. “What if I don’t? What if I run out of steam before I make it? What if I’m not equipped with a strong enough engine to handle this?”

The fear grew inside as his speed slowed with the climb. Soon he crawled to a stop. “I can’t make it,” he thought.

He was gripped with fear, paralyzed by it. Then things got even worse. He was now slipping backwards. His fear was now his reality. The top of the hill was out of his reach and he would never make it. As he slid backwards he yelled out, “I don’t want to fail!”

Then something inside him changed. In truth he really did want to be on the top of the hill, not forever stuck at the bottom to live in its shadow. Fear was replaced with determination, drive, and a desire to make it to the top. With all he had in him he focused on summoning the power he needed to stop the backward slide.

And he did it! He was now holding his ground on the hill. His excitement deepened his determination. Up the hill he began moving, ever so slowly, pulling the weight of the entire train behind him. He looked up toward the top of the hill and held clear in his mind the vision of making it. He became even more determined and that made him feel stronger. His confidence grew and he picked up more speed. The train didn’t feel so hard to pull now. He felt great strength within himself that he hadn’t known before; strength he had never needed before now. As he neared the top of the hill he felt unstoppable. He knew he was going to make it!

He did it! The little ol’train made it to the top of the hill and congratulated himself. It felt great to be at the top. Filled with joy, confidence and a passion for life he looked down the tracks eager to continue his journey. He saw another hill – bigger than the last! A big smile came over his face; for he truly understood there is no end to the hills! This filled him with a deep sense of peace and humility. He then further realized that the journey and the destination are one and the same.

He wondered how was it that at the half-way point he felt so overcome with the task and yet it was in him to make it. He was strong enough. Could it have been that as his fears grew, his thoughts were consumed with the vision of not making it? Failure almost became his reality. It was when he changed his focus – alerted his perspective – that he felt powerful. In fact, it seemed the more he believed in himself the stronger he felt, and the easier the climb became. His new focus became his new reality!

He admired just how powerful his thoughts are and he never took them for granted again. He became aware of his thoughts and he used them to go places he always wanted to go!

Remember: You are the conductor of your own train on the tracks of life and you are strong enough to go places you want to go. Don’t let a little hill stop you – choose the reality you wish to create, not the one you’re afraid might occur. Soon enough you’ll be able to say just like the little engine, “I know I can!”

Heather Walter

Heather Walter is an Inner Balance Coach, Motivational Speaker and Writer located in Whitby, Ontario. You can email her your comments on this story to: heatherwalter@rogers.com

Of course you could also leave me with your thoughts as well and I look forward to them.

To Your Success!

Ange

“As a man thinketh… so shall he be.”  This quote from James Allen’s book is so true.  Have you ever had the experience of thinking of someone in particular and in so doing, they are brought to you?  Okay, what I mean is this, have you ever gone to pick up the phone to call someone and they are on the other end of the phone and neither of you dialled a number?  Or have you had someone on your mind and you bump into them shortly thereafter?

When we have these thoughts, we actually create the energy into matter.  It’s not hocus pocus.  By thinking, we are intending that thing and if it is constantly on your mind, you will do the things required in order for that thing to be brought to you.

James Allen’s book “As A Man Thinketh” is a free download from this link.  It is an easy book to read and full of wonderful insights.  If you read it and then reread one chapter a day for  30 days, it will be firmly fixed in your head. 

Yours in Prosperity!

Ange