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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. - Confucius

Play with life, laugh with life, dance lightly with life, and smile at the riddles of life, knowing that life’s only true lessons are writ small in the margin.
      - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Happiness depends upon ourselves. - Aristotle

 

Simply An Inspired Life:
Consciously Choosing Unbounded Happiness in Good Times and Bad
by Jonathan Lockwood Huie and Mary Anne Radmacher

Are you unhappy, or worried about the future? Does it seem that the whole world is conspiring against you? Your boss? Your spouse? Your family? The government? The economy?

It is possible to enjoy a happy life, even in the face of life's most challenging circumstances. Let Simply An Inspired Life be your guide to a joyful life - your beacon of hope in a troubled and confusing world.

Take time out to pamper your mind and spirit. This is the perfect self-awareness book to help you to see and be grateful for what is good in life. Tips, techniques, feel-good stories, and uplifting quotes will make your days more joyful.

"Simply An Inspired Life comes to the rescue. It offers not just permission to slow down and get a life, but clear instructions on how to do just that."
- Victoria Moran, author of Living a Charmed Life: Your Guide to Finding Magic in Every Moment of Every Day

Jonathan and Mary Anne remind us that life is so much more than work, school, making money, paying bills -- there are rainbows after the rain, there is sunlight that lights our path, there is laughter and smiles, there are the first steps of a child, there are so many beautiful things to focus on.
- a reader

Life change comes about in two complementary ways - the "aha" moment, which occurs in a flash of insight, and the conscious redesigning of our habitual behaviors, which is a lifelong project. Simply An Inspired Life addresses both the flash of insight that suffering is optional, and the structural pillars that support living an inspired life.

Chapter two describes a powerful technique for personal transformation called "Breaking the Cycle of Self-Inflicted Suffering". The reader is gently guided through identifying the relationship of perceived scarcity to suffering, and then coached in breaking that painful cycle.

Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action.
When you can taste, smell, and touch your dream, you can enroll the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

This above all, to thine own self be true. - William Shakespeare

Today is Your Day to Dance Lightly with Life.  It Really Is.
      - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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You don’t have the power to make life “fair,” but you do have the power to make life joyful. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

**  Smile.  Today would be a wonderful day not to take life so seriously.  Today may end up the way you prefer - and it may not.  Happiness is not about being a winner - it's about being gentle with life - being gentle with yourself.  Let life be a dance, and choose the kind of dance you want for today - perhaps a gentle loving dance.

**  Welcome the Unexpected.  Mostly, it is human to dislike surprises - often with great intensity.  Be open to new ways; sometimes newness just knocks on our door; welcome it.

**  Life is NOT "Supposed to be Fair."  Know that there is no single way that life is "supposed" to be.  Demanding that life meet our expectations is a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence.  Life is a game with no rules.  Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.  Our only path to happiness lies in being open to receiving whatever life throws at us - with Gratitude.  Have NO Expectations of life.

** The greatest obstacle to a Joyful Life is your "story" about your life. Your story is filled with needs and obligations. You are sure that you "need" at least a certain income to live - and you likely feel that you "need" more money than you have. You "need" a "good" job. You "need" a big house. You feel obligated to do whatever your boss and your spouse ask of you. Perhaps you also feel obligated to serve your parents, children, friends, church, and more. STOP! Create a new kinder more loving story about your past and your current circumstances. Let your new story emphasize the best in yourself and in others.

There is nothing I ever need to have.
There is nothing I ever need to do.
I say NO to the demands of the world.
I say YES to the longings of my own heart. - jlh

**  Today is your day to Spread Wing and Soar.  Fly Life on Free Wings, and Sing to its Glory.  Don't wait.   Do it Today - and again tomorrow.

**  Time, like life itself, has no inherent meaning.  We give our own meaning to time as to life.  Resist allowing urgency to drive your life.

**  Forgiveness is not a reprieve that we give to someone else.  Forgiveness for another's act or omission is a gift that we give ourselves.  We are the one who suffers the upset and the anger when we feel that we have been wronged.  It is our own blood pressure that rises when we hold on to resentment.

**  Forgiving others is a gift to yourself, given not because they deserve pardon, but because you deserve the serenity and joy that comes from releasing resentment and anger, and from embracing universal forgiveness.

**  Our "Rainbows & Butterflies" are the small miracles of our life - the little things that are so easy to overlook, yet so awe inspiring when we take a moment to notice and to pay attention.  Give thanks for the rainbows, for the butterflies, for all God's creatures - large and small, for the bright blue sky and the soft fog and the gentle rain, for the tree veiled in the season's first frost, for the baby's laugh, for the touch of a hand and the whispered "I love you."

Reasons to subscribe to Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote...

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Whatever your belief system, you probably want a happier life - in this lifetime. Our messages combine practical techniques for increasing your happiness with reminders of our connection with the Eternal.

I don't promote any particular belief system...

The mix of beliefs of Daily Inspiration subscribers closely matches those of the population as a whole. Our readers are Fundamentalist Christian, mainstream Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Spiritual, New Thought, New Age, Atheist, and more. Everyone is welcome, and it is my intention to be fully inclusive of all traditions and personal beliefs.

My approach combines ancient wisdom with modern personal growth methods...

What I do has been described as Personal Transformation, Personal Growth Work, and Motivational, as well as Inspirational.

Benefits of a free subscription to Daily Inspiration email...

Readers have reported feeling happier and having a greater sense of inner peace, comfort, and joy, and satisfaction with their lives.

My messages builds upon, clarifies, and enhances the wisdom of other teachers...

There is an ancient timeless wisdom which has been revealed again and again for millennia. This is the message of Lao Tzu in the Tao Te Ching, of the Buddha, of Jesus, and of many other wise teachers - inspirational men and women who retell the inspiring stories of people learning for themselves the important life lessons. Please understand that Buddhist Philosophy and Taoist Philosophy are quite unlike the religions that share their names. Nothing in my writing is intended to promote any particular religion. In our times, I believe that Byron Katie, don Miguel Ruiz, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, and Eckhart Tolle are a few of those who offer a meaningful perspective on this timeless wisdom.

Daily Inspiration also provides access to a library of my articles on happiness, relationships and other topics, as well as links to inspirational articles, inspiring speeches by people such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stories of inspired lives, and inspirational movies and video clips.

Change Stories of Suffering into Stories of Inspiration

Daily Inspiration supports you in re-casting your stories of suffering into inspiring stories of acceptance and love...

For everything that has ever occurred in our lives, we have told ourselves a story, usually a story of suffering and disappointment. In our stories, we see ourselves as having been injured and wronged. The path to emotional freedom lies in re-telling the stories of our past as happier stories - inspiring stories in which everyone did the best they could, in which important lessons were learned at an acceptable cost.

Daily Inspiration supports you if you are working on breaking bad habits...

Our habits define our lives - for better or for worse. Conscious awareness of what we do, and our reasons for taking those actions, is the beginning of taking control of our lives. Yes, each of us can change our habitual patterns and choose new habits that bring greater happiness and satisfaction, as well as a healthier lifestyle. While positive thinking plays a part, consciously designing one's future and living into that future is even more key to creating healthy habits than positivity.

Daily Inspiration helps you balance all aspects of your life...

I don't offer the secret of how to win the lottery or teach you how to master multi-level marketing, but affluence and prosperity are measured in more than money. Focused intention will bring you the greatest riches of all, happiness, satisfaction, self-esteem, and the confident feeling of affluence, whether your bank account grows wildly or not. There is absolutely nothing wrong with financial success, but it is, at best, a minor goal of a truly meaningful life.

The messages of Daily Inspiration are highly compatible with recovery programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous or other 12-step programs...

A number of our subscribers are managing their sobriety. The Serenity Prayer well describes our fundamental precepts.

God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.

We offer free resources for those having relationship trouble - marriage, dating, divorce, family, friends...

There are a number of articles on relationship issues in our free archives. In addition, know that most relationship problems are caused by two people projecting their individual issues on each other. Thus the breakthroughs you have in your personal life improve the quality of all your relationships.

Daily Inspiration is NOT a substitute for medical advice!

Depression can be a serious medical condition. Seek professional help if you think you may suffer from depression or any other physical or emotional ailment. I am not a doctor or psychologist. Everything I write is my personal opinion based on my life experiences.

A little bit about me...

My own practices include Qigong, a little yoga, and mindful breathing, as well as walking and paddling my kayak. I have been called a spiritual healer, intuitive, and shaman, as well as "The Philosopher of Happiness." My wife Suze and I enjoy Florida in the Winter and Whidbey Island in Washington State in the Summer.

Thank you for sharing with me this journey we call Life,
      Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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