“Is happiness a sort of blissful state of mind or just a kind of surreal propensity? It may be hard to recognize its very nature, if we remain guilelessly confined in a state of woeful unawareness or in a no-man’s-land of emotions. In their dogged and obstinate quest for the zenith of happiness, many forget to take pleasure in the small things of everyday and, thus, become disgruntled and depressed instead, which leads them to a mire of gloom. ("C’est quand le bonheur “)” HardHappinessForgetEmotionsEverydayState Of MindSmall ThingsSurrealConfinedGloomDepressedPropensityObstinateRecognizeUnawarenessRemainDisgruntledBlissfulLe BonheurMireDoggedTake Pleasure In LifeWoefulGuilelessNp Man S LandThe Very Nature Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When the time has come to confront the hard truth, we may have to rewire our brains to ensure the healing from subversive mental barbs of aching incidents. ("Lost dreams")” HealingMentalSubversiveBrainsHard TruthBarbsAchingLost DreamsEnsureRewire Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we treasure meditation and don’t mind being taken off guard at every bend of our life, we can experience all privileged moments like sparks springing from the intangible fairyland of our mind’s eye. (“The rabbit hole of Meditation”)” MeditationSparksIntangibleFairylandRabbit HoleMind S EyeAt Every BendPrivileged MomentsTaken Off Guard Book:The rabbit hole of Meditation: The author’s reflections selected and illustrated by his readers Source: The rabbit hole of Meditation: The author’s reflections selected and illustrated by his readers
“Let us not ponder over biting ripostes that are thought of just seconds too late on our way home. Rather than awkwardly stumbling on the flight of steps to verbal avenge and tormenting ourselves with the wit of the staircase and its pointless ruminations or self-righteous vanity, we better transcend the shallow waters of narcissism and find harmony by resourcing ourselves in humility. ("Wit of the staircase")” HumilityNarcissismWit Of The StaircasePointless RuminationsBiting RipostesFlight Of StepsResourcing OneselfVerbal Avenge Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Creating a breathing space- away from society's pressures and expectations- is not a sign of weakness or defeat but a recognition of the natural rhythms of life and our need for self-compassion. (“Finally unwind “)” SocietyWeaknessPressureDefeatRecognitionSelf CompassionBreathing SpaceFinally UnwindNatural Rhythms Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While we are standing under the sky, screaming in thunder and crying in floodwater, we realize we have become victims of environmental disarray, preventing us from relishing the bright star backdrop and hearing the seasons' enchanting rhythm or following the quiet birds' migration and experiencing the stillness of an ancient tree. (“Rain Man - With a sky out of control“)” WaterSkyFloodThunderStilnessAncient TreeBird MigrationNviromental DisarraySeasons Rhythm Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Between shortage and absolute poverty an ocean of shades and gradations do emerge on the scale of deficiency. Be that as it may, each stage must find a mode to leave a door ajar for the sun to peer in and human warmth to radiate. ( " Homeless down in the corner")” SunStageOceanHomelessDeficiencyShortageDoorScaleShadesCornerEmergeRadiateModeGradationHuman WarmthAbsolute PovertyBe That As It MayLeave AjarPeer In Author:Erik Pevernagie
“While we hear Carl Jung's jazzy humming and Nietzsche's dance steps intermittently during our musings, we can willingly tear down the spread of depression from all the gray zones around and allow the sun to shine and warm up the hearts' expectations. ("A handful of dust")” SunDepressionExpectationsNietzscheMusingsHummingCarl JungDance StepsHandful Of DustGray Zone Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we learn to reflect on a paramount strategy and recognize the proper tactics, we may come to find out how we can rule the stormy waves of our lives since action and reflection have to unite in braving the tortuous windings and turnings of the paths ahead. ("Ruling the waves »)” ActionReflectionStrategyTacticsReflectTortuousWinding RoadsRule The Waves Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Is our life not like a ship assembled for action? Strong in frame, flexible in sail. We ensure that it listens to the wind, reads the currents, and adjusts the sails. When we can blend rational compass and existential challenges, we hold the wisdom to steer us out of shipwrecks or chaos.( "Ruling the waves" )” ActionSailRuling The WavesExistential ChallengesRational CompassShioWind Current Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Should happiness and success be hidden, in view of the misery and poverty around. Would it be a sign of selfishness and un-intellectual behavior, if we admit to a pursuit of happiness? Could it, on the contrary, not work out as a motivation and an incentive? When giving voice to our happiness, could it not be perceived as a positive challenge? Could happiness not be contagious and become a salutary infectious syndrome? A beneficial infection. ( "Happy days are back again" )” HappinessPovertyMiserySelfishnessBeneficial Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Happiness is good management of expectations and good management means making order and assembling the contingent elements of the "do's'" and the "don'ts", the "maybe yes'" and the "maybe not's". When we really want to live in agreement with ourselves and find peace with the surrounding world, good management is liberating. ( " Expectations " )” WorldHappinessOrderPeaceExpectationsManagementLiveAgreementLiberatingSurroundingContingentMaybe NotDo S And Don Ts Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Beauty is not a warrant for wellbeing and so does happiness not hinge on social success, but is only tangible via intricate, meandering discovery journeys in the mind. ("Absence of beauty was like hell")” MindHappinessBeautyHellDiscoveryAbsenceTangibleWellbeingIntricateJourneysMeanderingWarrantSocial SuccessHinge On Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us dare to dream and shoot for the moon. Even if we don’t fetch the moon, a million stars may fill us with wonder. ("Happiness blowing in the wind")” DreamHappinessStarsWonderWindBlowDareMillionFillShoot For The Moon Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Being happy is harder than being discontent. For happiness we have to roll up our sleeves and knock down houses of cards. Because of this exertion, many prefer to abide by ‘fake’ happiness.( " Happiness blowing in the wind. " )” HardHappinessHappyFakeDiscontentSleevesExertionPreferBlowing In The WindAbide ByHouses Of CardsKnock DownRoll Up Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We need not be afraid of expecting the unexpected, but let us wheedle each instant we enjoy and endear each happy moment we encounter; let us watch each step we take and each move we make, ever since happiness is a loving and appealing fairy, but utterly frail and vulnerable. ("Happy days are back again")” HappinessEnjoyVulnerableFairyLovingFrailAppealingThe UnexpectedEndearWheedle Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We only realize what happiness is about, after it has slammed the door to our inattention; and killing silence has deafened the tunefulness of our life. ("Happy days are back again")” LifeHappinessSilenceBack AgainSlamDoorRealizeInattentionHappy DaysDeafenKilling SilenceTunefulness Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Happiness is a flow between a playful construction and a painful deconstruction, undulating from a hampering past into a liberating 'now,' escorting a meandering flood of twists and turns, caressing the velvet sand of dreamy beaches or smashing sometimes into the rocks of reality. ("New York at arm's length of desire")” PastHappinessDesireNew YorkFlowConstructionLiberatingDeconstructionTwists And TurnsThe Now Book:Words of Wisdom: Selected and illustrated by his readers Source: Words of Wisdom: Selected and illustrated by his readers
“When a mood of "not belonging" is haunting our mind and tolling the bell for relief or happiness, life may be like a scar on the canvas of our dreams. Now is the time to wake up and slip back to the basics, in the vein of crawling back to mum's lap. ("The grass was greener over there")” HappinessDreamsMoodScarHauntingBasicsGreen GrassNot BelongingToll The BellMum S Lap Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The Smartphone has become a young divine embodying the ultimate desire and saving us from droopiness or lack of care and concern. It is the epitome of happiness, encompassing pleasure and contentment, but for sure does not allow woe and depression. ("Even if the world goes down, my mobile will save me" )” HappinessDesireDepressionMobileEpitomeSmartphoneCare And ConcernDroopiness Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let's soar on the wings of liberty and trace the perfect angle to tackle the vagaries of life. What can happiness be else than covering freedom, creating harmony, and finding peace with oneself? ('"Poste Restante")” HappinessFreedomLibertyHarmonyWingsAngleSoarPoste RestantePeace With YourselfVagaries Of Life Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Happiness is the potential of sharing destiny and letting loose. We may see it burgeoning in the curve of a sensitive vibe and growing into a swinging outline if we can listen to the rustling silence in the foliage of expectations. ("New York at arm's length of desire")” HappinessSilenceDestinyNew YorkFoliageVibeCurveLetting LooseRustlingBurgeon Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When a soothing wind blows gently love through the thistledown of expectations, hope may inveigle the future for timeless care and tenderness to be anchored in a bay of good luck. ("Happiness blowing in the wind" )” LoveCareHappinessHopeWindFutureExpectationsBlowTendernessTimelessGood LuckSoothingBayGentlyAnchoredBlowing In The WindInveigleThistledown Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If happiness is a hardwired obsession in our brains, one should first and foremost learn to foster an upright quest for unvarnished wellbeing and above all not give in to vain temptations of displaying counterfeit contentment and fake smiling. (Digging for white gold »)” HappinessObsessionContentmentWellbeingCounterfeitBrainsTemptationsHardwiredUnvarnishedFake Smiling Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When the sense of «not belonging» is tolling the bell for true happiness, it infuses people into accepting life as a failure, or a scar in the canvas of a vacant environment. The attachment to the little things, though, and the fleeting moments of every day can confer connection and expectation. ("The grass was greener over there")” HappinessFailureConnectionAttachmentScarExpectationVacantFleeting MomentsNot BelongingToll The Bell Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let them not be denied a few crumbs of attention or merely a 'twinkle of happiness' if, through the insidious intrusion of reality, the unattended cannot receive a 'lease of happiness.' ("Homeless, down in the corner" )” RealityHappinessAttentionHomelessInsidiousIntrusionCrumbsLeaseTwinkleUnattended Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Happiness is not an unexpected jackpot nor a monolithic cluster but a forbearing casting and a daily discovery process. ("Why has shé got stars in the sky?")” HappinessStarsProcessSkyDiscoveryUnexpectedCastingJackpotForbearingMonolithic Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Happiness is not a sin, so let’s spread our wings and prepare to be lucky. ("C’est quand le bonheur ?")” HappinessSinLuckyBonheurSpread The Wings Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Happiness is finding peace with ourselves and ensuring a sound haven for our dreams and, at the same time, acknowledging our nothingness in front of nature's splendor. ("When is Happiness?")” HappinessNatureDreamsNothingnessSplendorAcknowledgingPeace With YourselfSound Haven Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When exhilarating joy becomes soothing stillness, it can turn into inspiriting happiness after splintering the brilliance of its buoyancy and filling each pore of our being with bliss, freeing all the caged wishes of our dreams. ("New York at arm's length of desire")” HappinessJoyDreamsNew YorkStillnessWishesExhilaratingBuoyancyInspiriting Author:Erik Pevernagie
“In a world where happiness has become a social duty and sadness a public offense, life opens unrepentantly into a kaleidoscopic masquerade and a muddling carousel of faking. ("Even if the world goes down, my mobile will save me" )” HappinessSadnessSaveMasqueradeKaleidoscopeMobile PhoneFakingCarouselSocial DutiesPublic Offense Author:Erik Pevernagie
“If we cannot flap with the butterflies of “happiness,” we must bring to life the cascades of “joy,” conjuring up the spell of its enchantment and rolling cheerfully on the splashing waves of the future. ("Waiting for Mr. Out-placer")” HappinessJoyEnchantmentButterfliesSpellCascadeSplashingFlapConjure UpOut Placer Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Some don’t want to be happy, inasmuch as they undergo happiness merely as languor and yawning. They are dissatisfied with a bland and vacuous state of glee and, instead, prefer to keep on running like raging bulls through the whims and quirks of life. In reality, their dissatisfaction is their contentment. ("Happiness blowing in the wind" )” HappinessContentmentDissatisfiedQuirksYawningBullWhimsRagingLanguor Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Let us not hesitate to surrender to our desire and our passion for joy when we are willing to be reborn from the ashes of a lost past and feel ready to burn down desperation and boredom. (''Happiness is blowing in the wind'')” HappinessJoyDesirePassionSurrenderBoredomDesperationBlowing In The WindReborn From OurselvesAshes Of The Past Author:Erik Pevernagie
“We often fully sense and relish the radiance of happiness only after it is has escaped through the backstage door, stealthily and silently. ("Happy days are back again")” HappinessEscapeRelishSenseRadianceSilentlyStealthyBackstage Door Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The embroiling algorithm of happiness may leave many people bewildered or lost in translation while they snubbingly fall back on the smartphone, as a shield against intrusions from the outer world. ("Even if the world goes down, my mobile will save me")” HappinessBewilderedAlgorithmSmartphoneLost In TranslationOuter WorldIntrusionsFall Back OnEmbroilingSnubbingly Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Love becomes art, a playground of imagination, when insight allows us to see and accept each other's vulnerabilities and strengths without the urge to dominate or patronize. (Love, Happiness, and Insight)” LoveArtHappinessImaginationInsightDominatePatronizeVunerabality Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Before our life story crumbles down from our mind and reaches the dead level of our zest for life, let us dive into the depths of our being and uncover uncharted keystones precious for reawakening. (''Happiness is blowing in the wind'')” HappinessLife StoryUnchartedKeystonesDepthsZest For LifeReawakeningBlowing In The WindDead Level Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Pessimism is not a prescription to escape the hornets’ nests of our anguish but a wrong tool to construct reliable steppingstones for the future. (''Happiness is blowing in the wind'')” HappinessFuturePessimismAnguishStepping StonesReliablePrescriptionHornet S NestWrong Tool Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Love is a stage door to happiness. Happiness is a delicate dance between opposites: construction and deconstruction, peace and struggle, permanence and fleeting moments. (Love, Happiness, and Insight)” LoveHappinessConstructionDeconstructionFleeting MomentsStage Door Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Life can be brittle and generous. Love and happiness are not static but evolving experiences enhanced by insight, allowing us to transform our existence into a tapestry of vibrant colors and dazzling splendor. (Love, Happiness, and Insight)” LoveLifeHappinessTransformationInsight Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Mindful awareness lets us find peace amidst chaos and cultivate resilience that sparks happiness. Even in the barren fields of our emotions, the poppies of happiness can surprisingly grow bountifully. (Love, Happiness, and Insight)” LoveHappinessPeaceEmotionsResilienceAnd InsightMindful AwarenessPoppies Of Happiness Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Recognizing our littleness in nature's splendors instills humbleness, and finding joy in "the sparkle of a stray instant" transforms the ordinary into the unique, the mundane into the magical. (Love, Happiness, and Insight)” LoveHappinessJoyOrdinaryHumblenessAnd InsightLittlenessNature S SplendorStray Instant Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When perception and sensitivity do meet, we feel empowered to create a colorful world and share a breathtaking experience. If our view can awaken and enrapture our feeling, we can also enhance our insight. ("Disruption»)” SharePerceptionInsightFeelingSensitivityDisruptionEmpowerBreathtakingEnrapture Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Insight helps us embrace life’s shifting dynamics, grounding us in the "now" by making us aware of the transient beauty of life. (“Love, Happiness, and Insight”)” LoveHappinessThe NowAnd InsightTransient Beauty Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Insight allows us to understand ourselves, value others, and comprehend the world. It forms the foundation for love and happiness. (“Love, Happiness, and Insight”)” LoveHappinessInsightUnderstand Oneself Author:Erik Pevernagie
“When we are fairly observant and overly patient, a vibration of happiness might crop up unwittingly, as we capture the “timelessness” of a lucky moment and a sparkle of a stray instant, unexpectedly, enraptures our life in a blaze of color and splendor. ( "Happy days are back again" )” HappinessPatientSplendorSparkleTimelessnessVibrationObservantBlazeEnraptureLucky Moment Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Cultivating our "insight" and polishing up our "perception" gives us a free pass to understanding our place in the world, allowing us to earn heavenly sparkles of happiness and awareness on our life path. ("When is Happiness?" - "C’est quand le bonheur ?")” HappinessUnderstandingAwarenessPerceptionInsightBonheur Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Love is not a disease but a bridge between patience and expectation. It is a dynamic balancing power to navigate between enduring and aspiring, an interplay between the present and the time to come. The willingness to wait and hold on creates space for growth and transformation. ("When is Happiness?" - "C’est quand le bonheur ?")” LoveHappinessGrowthTransformationPatienceEndureWaitExpectationBonheurk Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Happiness is not a shame but an opportunity. Learning to enjoy life to the core without hindrance, suspicion, or culpability allows us to live in peace with ourselves and the world. ("When is Happiness?" - "C’est quand le bonheur ?")” HappinessShameSuspicionBonheurCulpabilityPeace Within Ourselves Author:Erik Pevernagie