“Practice smiling for five minutes. Stop trying to meditate. Just smile. Let your smile get bigger and bigger. Oh, you're unhappy, you're miserable, nothing is working in life, it doesn't matter. Smile anyway.” TryingMatterHappinessPracticeFiveMinutesBuddhismBiggerUnhappyMiserableFive MinutesStop TryingYour SmileJust Smile Author:Frederick Lenz
“Everything you do in meditation is amplified. If you meditate for five minutes with your complete mind focused on happiness, that is like focusing on happiness for several hours as you are walking around.” IfsMindHappinessHoursFiveMeditationMinutesBuddhismWalkingFocusedFive Minutes Author:Frederick Lenz
“When I was in grade school and we had to write papers about what we wanted to be when we grew up, I wanted to be a social worker or a missionary or a teacher... Then I got involved with tennis, and everything was just me, me, me. I was totally selfish and thought about myself and nobody else, because if you let up for one minute, someone was going to come along and beat you. I really wouldn't let anyone or any slice of happiness enter... I didn't like the characteristics that it took to become a champion.” IfsWritingWantedSchoolHappinessSocialTeacherMinutesGrewInvolvedPaperGrew UpBeatsWorkersSelfishSelfishnessChampionCharacteristicsTennisGradesMissionaryPapersSocial WorkerOne MinuteGrades In School Author:Chris Evert
“Whether you are aware of them or not, whether you recognize them as spiritual or not, you probably have had the experiences of silence, or transcendence, or the Divine-a few seconds, a few minutes that seem out of time; a moment when the ordinary looks beautiful, glowing; a deep sense of being at peace, feeling happy for no reason. When these experiences come...believe in them. They reflect your true nature.” BelieveLooksReasonMomentsFeelingsSeemsBeautifulHappinessSpiritualSilenceMinutesDivineOrdinaryExperienceNo ReasonSecondsTranscendenceGlowingTrue NatureBeing At PeaceFeeling Happy Author:Ravi Shankar
“Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.” IfsThinkingHappinessRealizingMinutesPursuitJust BeingBeing HappyScrewsScrew Ups Author:James Hillman