Barbara Brooks created Flamingo Strategies LLC to help clients stand up and stand out, through telling and sharing their stories of impact and purpose.
Hacking Away at Happiness is her blog.
All tagged happiness
So here I am again. Thinking things through and putting words on the page. Maybe love is not a project. And I’ve been going about this all wrong.
Conflicting desires make peace of mind seem impossible, especially as we age. But longing is what makes us human. And without our longings, we’d be numb.
Maybe we all need to do things that make our heart pound. Dive deep enough—or climb high enough—that we have to truly focus in order to stay alive.
A trickle charger maintains the perfect balance of power. It puts energy in at the same rate it’s draining out. It’s slow going, but it’s better in the long run for battery health.
Going on so many dates may seem like torture. But it also creates compassion. For myself, and for the other guy.
This Independence Day I won’t lie on my back in the sand behind the Surfside Community Center—yes that Surfside—as I did as a child. But I’m learning to be free.
Why wait until a doctor tells us our time is limited? Our time already is limited! We can do these things now.
Life can be hard. But every difficulty or setback also brings the potential for beneficent outcome.
Swimming is refreshing. It’s meditative. It’s an act of total immersion. But landlocked is a state of mind.
When learning new tricks, remember this: The simpler the task, the bigger the R.O.I. And there are few things more timeless or cool than the ukulele.
We go about our lives completely unaware of our moment-to-moment absorption of nature's power.
Having left full-time employment to consult and write, I get to bake the time pie. And I get to slice it up.
I toggled back and forth, between the moment and the meta. Am I living? Or am I already writing a story in my head? But I also felt glorious moments of calm.
The Buddha said that we all are basically good. But we probably won’t believe that until we sit still and make friends with ourselves.
"Whatever love you can get and give, whatever happiness you can filch or provide, every temporary measure of grace, whatever works.”
A self-identified Former Misfit said it best: “The seemingly unbreakable cliques from 40 years ago were shattered and replaced with mutual respect and willingness to reach out to others.”
