A Happiness Tip From Aristotle | Psychology Today - StumbleUpon. According to Aristotle - the answer should be NO. My favorite philosopher buddy Aristotle says true happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you’re having is immediate gratification pleasure - which is fleeting and doesnt grow you as a person. In a way the above scenario is a description of someone who does crack or drinks into oblivion. At the time it feels like you’re avoiding pain and seeking bliss - but in longterm you’re NOT really enjoying real life — with life’s inevitable ebbs and flows which give you needed insights and exciting experiences which grow you and let you know more about who you are and what you love and who you truly love! Aristotle has a wonderful quote related to this topic: : I intuit what Aristotle was saying is that life has ebbs and flows.
For this reason, Aristotle believed that the reason why so many people are unhappy is that they keep foolishly confusing "pleasure" for "happiness. " {*style:<b> </b>*} The art of balancing a rock | MNN - Mother Nature Network - StumbleUpon. I'm a big fan of rock balancing, the art of positioning rocks, both large and small, in such a way that they bend the perception of what's possible. A well-balanced stack of stones is as unique as any snowflake and requires an almost-mystical understanding of placement and weight on the part of the artist. Boing Boing writer Mark Frauenfelder found this video of stone artist Mike Grab at work balancing stones in Boulder, Colo.'s Boulder Creek after he saw Grab's work while picnicking nearby. Check out the artist at work. Another artist, Scott Hocking, also works in stone but at a different angle.
Hocking likes to meld his work with both the Detroit landscape, often of the bleak and abandoned variety. This work was done on the sixth floor of Michigan Central Station, now being renovated, and was found by Reddit user DrGonzo927. Click over and check out his work. The Seven Best Gratitude Quotes | Psychology Today - StumbleUpon. {*style:<b><i> Gratitude is an integral part of a spiriual practice </i></b>*} Experiencing and expressing gratitude is an important part of any spiritual practice. It opens the heart and activates positive emotion centers in the brain . Regular practice of gratitude can change the way our brain neurons fire into more positive automatic patterns. The positive emotions we evoke can soothe distress and broaden our thinking patterns so we develop a larger and more expansive view of our lives. "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
" - Marcel Proust "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. " - Thornton Wilder As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.