From the positivityblog:
1. Change yourself.
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.”
If you change yourself you will change your [...]

Reduce your negative impact on the earth and have an eco wedding (also called eco friendly weddings, green weddings, sustainable weddings). How? To start, here are some suggestions regarding eco-wedding dresses:

Forget White White Dresses
You might not know that many people die because of the toxic chemical process used to make wedding dresses that sparkly [...]

I know. That rhymes.Many of you live in climates where you’ll have a long spurt of very grey, cold, rainy or snowy weather during the winter time, and it leaves much to be desired in terms of staying active and keeping fit and happy. Unless you like using the weather as an excuse to not [...]

The mind’s capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odors with your nose, tasting flavors with your tongue, every movement or state is all your mind. At every moment, where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
All know the Way, but few actually walk [...]

People seeking to improve themselves tend to be voracious book readers so from time to time, I will have some relevant book recommendations. I hope you will be happy to include it in your library. Here’s today’s:
Mind Training, The Great Collection (Library of Tibetan Classics) is an English adaptation of the first anthology of techniques [...]

Don’t mean to nag but I wanted to mention gentlly that Christmas is in 9 DAYS! Here are some gift ideas for people who care about and are interested in mind, body and spirit. This short list is hugely far from being complete and it’s always hard to make a selection. I know I should’ve [...]

For the longest time, I couldn’t listen to The Goldberg Variations without thinking about Hannibal (The Cannibal) Lechter from Silence of the Lambs - let alone eat fava beans.
It made me sad because I love this recording by Glenn Gould. Luckily, I did overcome it and disassociated the two. Finally. Yay.
My baggage aside, one of [...]

If you’re in the the southern California area, check out the Eco Gift Expo being held in Santa Monica next weekend. It’s a large-scale eco-conscious gift show that provides people with an uplifting experience and a solution to the difficult emotions, inconveniences and terrible waste associated with the holidays and holiday shopping.
Eco Gift Expo
Eco Gift [...]

I’ve been hearing so many great things about the new book, Eat, Pray, Love and thought it would be a good opportunity to share it with you. It could make a nice gift for someone close to you or a gift for yourself! Yes, you deserve a gift, too, you know.
About Eat, Pray, Love:
At the [...]

People who can’t let go of grudges and who stay bitter FOREVER, really make me sad. My sister is one of them (luckily she doesn’t know about my blog otherwise she’d hate me. FOREVER.) Anyway. If people could simply forgive and let go of their negative feelings, there’d be so much LESS health problems, grumpiness, [...]

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I happen to be lucky enough to live in the countryside, it is absolutely amazing to simply sit on the deck (when it’s not butt cold outside) and just watch the wonderful nature surrounding me. I absolutely feel incredible just doing that simple thing. The other things I like doing, that are more on [...]

From Why Travel to France:

“It’s a long way from the instant smiles posing next to the Eiffel Tower, and it’s miles away from the diesel fog fumes that guarantee an all-day pounding headache. You won’t find it anywhere near bursting stores with people packed against each other in human sardine fashion to find the best [...]