What do millions of decisions lead to?

December 18th, 2007 by Abe Kass

Happiness is not the result of good fortune. It comes with the accumulation of millions of good decisions. Happiness is achieved in two ways:

1. How we interact with the world. The three most important things in life are family, money, and health. None of these three blessings come without effort. “Family” is built with harmonious relationships with others. “Money” comes from earning and conserving. A failure in either will lead to poverty. “Health” can be enhanced or ruined by how we treat our body.

2. How we interpret what happens to us. Things happen. This is life. Sometimes they are anticipated and sometimes they come as a total surprise. How you interpret what happens creates “your story.” Give “it” a positive spin, and it will feel good. The opposite is also true.

Excluding major tragedy, we make or break our happiness. Isn’t it fortunate that we have so much control over our lives?

From times of old until today; soul searchers, mystics, and the spiritual have sought perpetual happiness. Those that have succeeded have mastered the above. In my next edition of Moment of Wisdom, I will tell you a bit about how to do it.

Until then, be well and love those close to you. No one is perfect. But he or she needs your love, and so too, you need theirs.

Get started now. With my “Enter Happiness — discover how to create happy feelings” program you will see how happiness can be yours. To truly be happy, you must choose so.
http://wisdomscientific.com/proddetail.php?prod=616

Wishing you and your family the best,
Abe

Posted in Family, Health, Money, Happiness, Change | Leave a Comment »

What’s predictable about life?

November 20th, 2007 by Abe Kass

I don’t know about you, but more than several times my head has spun. I thought something was going one way, and then it went the other way. And often within a few seconds.

Examples:

• Health to illness
• Illness to health
• Wealth to poverty
• Poverty to wealth
• Strength to weakness
• Weakness to strength
• Hope to fear
• Fear to hope

Be a winner. Recognize how life is, and fittingly adjust your expectations. Doing so allows you to minimize, eliminate, or even benefit from the very thing not wanted.

Margaret had strong signs she had cancer. She was a nervous wreck for three months taking test after test, until finally the doctor proclaimed her healthy. Margaret ruined three months of her life worrying needlessly.

Sheila and Mark had been fighting for years. Avoiding each other they fell into some serous vice. Sheila realized that her only hope for love was with her husband Mark. They went for marriage counseling and renewed their marriage, reclaiming the passion they once had.

Tom lost his job. He and his wife fought about money. Eventually they divorced. One month later Tom got a new and better job. Had he and his wife pulled together they could have used the time to strengthen their relationship. Instead they destroyed their family of four.

Collins was a mega businessman and mega billionaire. He had everything he wanted. One winter he slipped on a piece of ice. He broke his leg. Two years later he was still in a wheelchair. He became severely depressed.

Phyllis was in a serous car accident. She walked with a limp. She married another patient she met at a physiotherapy clinic. She has never been so happy in all her life.

Can you pick out the winners in the above stories?

We cannot choose what happens to us. But we do have the power to choose our response. Certainly, when in the midst of a crisis, realizing this is difficult, and no one can judge us other than ourselves. But the fact is, many have benefited by a crisis.

I pray all goes well for you . . . always. But if it is not to be, do your best to respond with intelligence, dignity, and a mind seeking a silver-lining.
One thing is predictable about “life,” it has ups-and-downs. Winners accept this reality.

Need a boost to your “life adjustments?” Try my easy to use audio program. Thousands have already benefited from it. Boost your immunity to life’s challenges. Optimism — the art of positive thinking.

http://wisdomscientific.com/proddetail.php?prod=618

Posted in Change | Leave a Comment »

Guess who’s coming for dinner?

October 22nd, 2007 by Abe Kass

Often we encounter the unexpected. We are headed in one way,
and in the next moment we find ourselves headed in another.
One of my teenage son was in a hurry and leaped down some
stairs only to knock himself in the head. Fortunately, after
spending a few hours in the emergency room, the doctor
pronounced that he was OK. But literally, he was “headed” in
one directed, and in a flash heading somewhere else (to the
hospital). All of us—and I mean all of us—get knocked in the
head from time to time. It can’t be avoided. We think we are
headed in one direction . . . suddenly we are headed in
another. We never really know who is coming for dinner!

Now, when this happens, what’s next? Some people resist.
They turn up the heat on themselves creating anxiety and
despair. But there is a better way. GO WITH THE FLOW. Here’s
how.

1. Acknowledge. Acknowledge something significant has
changed (health, finances, family, career, etc.).
2. Change. Recognize your need to respond intelligently to
the challenge. You must adapt.
3. What to do. Consider your options. This may include
consulting others.
4. Plan of action. Pick on option and design an action plan
(how to realistically carry out the selected option).
5. Take action. Implement your “action plan.”
6. Reassess. Occasionally reassess, and if your plan is not
working, modify it (or try another one).

Kind regards,
Abe

*******************

Need help successfully adjusting to necessary changes? Use my
one-of-a-kind Optimism — the art of positive thinking audio
program. In a few minutes a day you can learn to adjust with
a positive attitude.
http://www.wisdomscientific.com/proddetail.php?prod=618

Posted in Optimism, Change | Leave a Comment »