60 Tiny Love Stories to Make You Smile. Here’s a selection of 60 tiny love stories recently submitted to our sister site, Makes Me Think, that not only made us think, but warmed our hearts and made us smile too. We hope they do the same for you. Today, my 75-year-old grandpa who has been blind from cataracts for almost 15 years said to me, “Your grandma is just the most beautiful thing, isn’t she?” I paused for a second and said, “Yes she is.
I bet you miss seeing that beauty on a daily basis.” And, of course, be sure to check out Makes Me Think for more thought-provoking love stories like these.Photo by: Patrick Related 25 Inspiring Stories to Make You Smile Here’s a selection of 25 short stories recently submitted to our sister site, Makes Me Think, that not only made us think, but made us smile too. July 11, 2011 In "Hacks" 60 Short Love Stories to Cheer You Up February 13, 2013 In "Happiness" 101 Short Stories that Will Leave You Smiling, Crying and Thinking. 12 Ways to Get a Second Chance in Life. Email “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” -Maria Robinson We all need second chances. This isn’t a perfect world. We’re not perfect people. I’m probably on my 1000th second chance right now and I’m not ashamed to admit it.
Because even though I’ve failed a lot, it means I’ve tried a lot too. We rarely get things right the first time. The only difference between an opportunity and an obstacle is attitude. 1. What’s done is done. The smartest, and oftentimes hardest, thing we can do in these kinds of situations is to be more tempered in our reactions. Every difficult moment in our lives is accompanied by an opportunity for personal growth and creativity. 2. Everything is a life lesson. Never forget to acknowledge the lesson, especially when things don’t go your way. 3. Negative thinking creates negative results. Every one of the other suggestions in this article is irrelevant if your mind is stuck in the gutter. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
26 Life Lessons Learned by Age 26. 10 Things To Stop Caring About Today. 10 Habits You Must Quit to Be Happy. Email When you quit doing the wrong things, you make more room for the things that make you happy. So starting today… 1. Quit procrastinating on your goals.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it. The secret to getting ahead is simply getting started. 2. Stop blaming others for what you have or don’t have, or for what you feel or don’t feel. 3. If nothing ever changed there would be no sunrise the next morning. And don’t forget, however good or bad a situation is now, it will change. 4. If you try to control everything, and then worry about the things you can’t control, you are setting yourself up for a lifetime of frustration and misery.
Some forces are out of your control, but you can control how you react to things. 5. Nothing will bring you down quicker than berating yourself. As Henry Ford once stated, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” 6. So stop worrying about the flaws you see in everyone else, and focus on yourself. 16 Harsh Truths that Make Us Stronger. 12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free. 40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind - StumbleUpon. Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself. Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below.
Also, check out our sister site, Thought Questions, for more photo-illustrated questions like these; and check out The Book of Questions if you’re interested in reading even more inspiring, thought-provoking questions.Title photo by: Helga Weber For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com Related 40 Questions Everyone is Afraid to Ask Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. April 13, 2012 In "Aspirations" 40 Questions that Will Quiet Your Mind Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers … because asking the right questions is the answer. August 5, 2015 In "Happiness" 25 Photo-Illustrated Reminders to Help You Find Happiness. 20 Things Life Is Too Short To Tolerate. You don’t have to settle, it’s simply a choice you make every day.
If you feel like you’re running in place there’s a good chance you’re tolerating things you shouldn’t be. It’s time to reclaim your life. Starting now, stop tolerating… People who bring you down. – Relationships should help you, not hurt you. Spend time with nice people who are smart, driven and likeminded.A work environment or career field you hate. – Don’t settle on the first or second career field you dabble in. And remember, you only live once, but if you live it right once is enough. Photo by: Anna Gay Related 12 Stressful Things to Stop Tolerating Needless tolerations can bleed you dry of energy and make it impossible for you to function effectively. March 5, 2012 In "Aspirations" 27 Stressful Things You Tolerate Too Often Life is to be enjoyed and appreciated, not endured and tolerated. October 12, 2014 In "Happiness" 26 Steps to Living a Life You Love. 30 Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in 30 Minutes or Less.
Many of us attempt to measure our happiness based on the duration of certain favorable experiences in our lives. The longer a favorable experience lasts, the happier we think we’ll be. But the truth is, life is simply a string of small, independent moments that are always changing. Thus, a few minutes well spent here and there can make a big difference in what we get out of life in the long-term.
Here are 30 things you can do in 30 minutes or less that will have a positive emotional effect on you and those closest to you. Learn something new by starting a free course at one of the hundreds of online self-education resources bookmarked here: 12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free.Watch one of the thousands of educational videos streaming at TED.com, Academic Earth, or Khan Academy.Read an online book list and find a new book to grab next time you’re at the library.
What simple life-enhancing activities do you participate in on a regular basis? Photo by: Rachel Sian Related. 30 Books Everyone Should Read Before Their 30th Birthday. The Web is grand. With its fame for hosting informative, easy-to-skim textual snippets and collaborative written works, people are spending more and more time reading online. Nevertheless, the Web cannot replace the authoritative transmissions from certain classic books that have delivered (or will deliver) profound ideas around the globe for generations.
The 30 books listed here are of unparalleled prose, packed with wisdom capable of igniting a new understanding of the world. Everyone should read these books before their 30th birthday. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse – A powerful story about the importance of life experiences as they relate to approaching an understanding of reality and attaining enlightenment.1984 by George Orwell – 1984 still holds chief significance nearly 60 years after it was written in 1949.
Related True Measure of Understanding: Ignorance Generates Negativity In the absence of understanding human reaction is generally negative. August 27, 2007 In "Aspirations" 30 Challenges for 30 Days of Growth. 12 Things Happy People Do Differently. Post written by: Marc Chernoff Email by Jacob Sokol of Sensophy “I’d always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed. I never suspected that I would have to learn how to live - that there were specific disciplines and ways of seeing the world I had to master before I could awaken to a simple, happy, uncomplicated life.” -Dan Millman Studies conducted by positivity psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky point to 12 things happy people do differently to increase their levels of happiness.
These are things that we can start doing today to feel the effects of more happiness in our lives. I want to honor and discuss each of these 12 points, because no matter what part of life’s path we’re currently traveling on, these ‘happiness habits’ will always be applicable. Express gratitude. – When you appreciate what you have, what you have appreciates in value. Photo by: Aurelio Asiain. 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind. 10 Simple Truths Smart People Forget. Email Some of the smartest people I know continuously struggle to get ahead because they forget to address a few simple truths that collectively govern our potential to make progress. So here’s a quick reminder: #1 – Education and intelligence accomplish nothing without action. It doesn’t matter if you have a genius IQ and a PhD in Quantum Physics, you can’t change anything or make any sort of real-world progress without taking action.
There’s a huge difference between knowing how to do something and actually doing it. Knowledge and intelligence are both useless without action. . #2 – Happiness and success are two different things. I know an extremely savvy businesswoman who made almost a million dollars online last year. I also know a surfer who surfs almost all day, every day on the beach in front of our condo complex in San Diego.
“What will make me happy?” #3 – Everyone runs their own business. So how can you simultaneously save your time and increase your profit? And that’s okay. 25 Beautifully Illustrated Thought-Provoking Questions. A question that makes you think is worth asking… At the cusp of a new day, week, month, or year, most of us take a little time to reflect on our lives by looking back over the past and ahead into the future. We ponder the successes, failures and standout events that are slowly scripting our life’s story.
This process of self reflection helps us maintain a conscious awareness of where we’ve been and where we intend to go. It is pertinent to the organization and preservation of our dreams, goals and desires. If you would like to maximize the benefits of self reflection, our new sister site, Thought Questions, is for you. A new illustrated thought question is posted daily.
Remember, these questions have no right or wrong answers. Here’s a sample of 25 recent thought questions posted on the site: Thought Questions is updated daily. Title photo by: Oberazzi For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com Related 6 Questions that Will Save Your Relationships May 21, 2014 In "Life" 10 Signs it’s Time to Let Go. Post written by: Marc Chernoff Email Holding on is being brave, but letting go and moving on is often what makes us stronger and happier. Here are ten signs it’s time to let go: Someone expects you to be someone you’re not. – Don’t change who you are for anyone else. It’s wiser to lose someone over being who you are, than to keep them by being someone you’re not. Because it’s easier to mend a broken heart, than it is to piece together a shattered identity. It’s easier to fill an empty space in your life where someone else used to be, than it is to fill the empty space inside yourself where YOU used to be.A person’s actions don’t match their words. – Everybody deserves somebody who helps them look forward to tomorrow.
And the one thing you should never let go of is hope. Photo by: Kelsey If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. And get inspiring life tips and quotes in your inbox (it's free)... 12 Universal Skills You Need to Succeed at Anything. Email There are a lot of skills you don’t need. You can be happy and successful without knowing how to rebuild a car’s engine, program a web application, or replace drywall. Sure, these are useful skills to have, but they aren’t absolutely necessary. There are other skills, however, that can’t be avoided – skills that tie into various aspects of everyday life, that are not only useful, but totally indispensable. For instance, you can’t get far in today’s world without being able to read or write. And today the ability use a computer proficiently is simply assumed. In this article we’re going to skip the super basic skills like reading, driving, and using a computer, and discuss twelve slightly more advanced skills that are woefully under-taught, and universally applicable. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
What did we miss? Photo by: Zack Schnepf If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. And get inspiring life tips and quotes in your inbox (it's free)... 50 Ways to Waste a Life. Post written by: Marc Chernoff Email If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never get it. If you don’t ask the right questions, you’ll always get the wrong answers.
If you don’t take a step forward, you’re always going to be in the same place. Life is a journey full of choices. Here are 50 wasteful choices to avoid. Spend time regretting the past and feeling sorry for yourself.Complain about problems and do nothing to solve them.Follow the path of least resistance and quit when the going gets tough.Ignore your passion and follow the money.Setup your lifestyle so it’s dependant on your next paycheck.Spend more than you earn and rack up lots of financial debt.Try to control everything and then worry about the things you can’t control.Focus on what you don’t want to happen.Fear the things you don’t fully understand.Let everyone else make decisions for you. Photo by: Lauren Rushing If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. 28 Dignified Ways to Impress Everyone Around You.
Post written by: Marc Chernoff Email Far more often than any of us like to admit, our actions are driven by an inner desire to impress other people. This desire is often reflected in the brand name products we use, the bars and restaurants we frequent, the houses and cars we buy and the careers we choose. But are name brand products, fancy bars, houses and cars really that impressive? What about a person who holds an elite position in a career field they dislike? Some of these things might capture our attention for a minute or two, but they won’t hold it for long. Why? Consider the following questions: He drives a Porsche, but can he truly afford the car payment? You get the idea. Now take a moment and imagine a person who loves what he does for a living, smiles frequently and bleeds passion in every breath he takes. Here are 28 dignified ways to impress everyone around you. We make a living by what we get.
Be authentic. Photo by: Khalid. 50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do. 12 Things Successful People Do Differently. Email I’ve always been fascinated by people who are consistently successful at what they do; especially those who experience repeated success in many areas of their life throughout their lifetime. In entertainment, I think of Clint Eastwood and Oprah Winfrey. In business, I think of Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett.
We all have our own examples of super successful people like these who we admire. But how do they do it? Over the years I’ve studied the lives of numerous successful people. 1. Successful people are objective. S.M.A.R.T. goals are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely. Specific – A general goal would be, “Get in shape.” When you identify S.M.A.R.T. goals that are truly important to you, you become motivated to figure out ways to attain them. 2.
Sadly, very few people ever live to become the success story they dream about. They never take action! The acquisition of knowledge doesn’t mean you’re growing. 3. In his book, The 4-Hour Workweek The solution: Slow down. 20 Things to Start Doing in Your Relationships. 12 Things You Should Be Able to Say About Yourself. 15 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist. 30 Things to Start Doing for Yourself.