Tag Archive | Happiness

I can’t complain: how pop psychology keeps reality at bay & how to create true happiness


Dear readers, Being human is hard. We are complex beings with complex emotions. Happiness or contentment are often elusive in a world fraught with difficulties, including solitude, a struggle to survive financially and raise a family, and the desires to be truly free and creative, to be healthy, and to be part of a community […]

Emptying my bucket: Thoughts on bucket lists


Hello readers, As I get older, I tend to think increasingly about the meaning of my life, my contributions, but also the shape and form of my story.  Does it mean anything to accomplish goals?  What if being were more important than doing?  The older I get, to sum it up, the less I am […]

How to Make Happiness Out of Suffering


Hello readers, A few years back I discovered something on a personal level that sages have known for thousands of years: that our words and thoughts have great power.  As days and years added on to my experiences, I also began to realize that I am the creator of my own life.  My life is my […]