Happiness Junkie: A 12 Step Program to Find Inner Peace and Change Your Life

May I be peaceful. May I be happy. May my heart be open. May I know the beauty of my own true self. May I be healed. And in my healing may others heal.

Steve Pavlina’s blog post, “How to Discover Your Life Purpose in About 20 Minutes.”

I struggled to accept it, to trust it, to feel in my heart of hearts that I deserved it.

When did “present moment living” take up residence in my life? At first, it seemed a hard question to answer, but when I looked for it, I found written evidence of its first spark.

When we embrace the practice of wabi-sabi, we celebrate simplicity.

We suffer not from the actual events that happen to us but from the story we attach to those events and then repeat over and over again.

Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change. — Brené Brown

Unlike other emotions, shame also has no physical release.

Habit rules the unreflecting herd. — William Wordsworth

The five love languages are: • Words of Affirmation – using words to affirm other people • Acts of service – actions speak louder than words • Physical touch – nothing speaks more deeply than being touched • Quality Time – giving other people you undivided attention • Gifts – what makes them feel most loved is to receive a gift