Live Life Fully While You Can

by Merci Gracia | Jul 15, 2012 | Appreciation, Authenticity, Happiness

Not acknowledging your own mortality can give you an unrealistic sense of limitless time. That could be a good thing unless it makes you put off indefinitely the important business of being happy. To avoid that, figure out what you want in your life, give it your best...

Authenticity Is Freedom

by Merci Gracia | Jul 13, 2012 | Authenticity, Freedom, Happiness

Suppressing your authentic desires in order to maintain a particular self-image is not a recipe for happiness. Spending the maximum amount of time doing what you love is. When you feel good, you treat others well, you perceive opportunities that might not otherwise be...

Self-Acceptance Guarantees Happiness

by Merci Gracia | May 26, 2012 | Authenticity, Conscious, Discernment, Happiness, Perception, Success

Don’t confuse fame, money or even a great career, with happiness. Those are just what society designates as markers of well-lived lives. But the truth is, these things won’t make you feel fulfilled. They might make you proud or satisfied for a brief moment...

Take Care of Your Own Life First

by Merci Gracia | Apr 12, 2012 | Attention, Authenticity, Discernment, Focus, Habits, interpretation, Perception, Self-Awareness

If you’re in the habit of stewing over the injustice in the world, it might be useful to take a look at what’s going on in your own life. You may be distracting yourself from what needs fixing a little closer to home. Getting worked up over events that you...

Your Inner Presence

by Merci Gracia | Mar 31, 2012 | Authenticity, Awareness, Conditioning, Inner Presence

You were born with an essential nature. It’s been hidden by layers of conditioning that you absorbed from family, friends and society. This process is normal and necessary for your personal evolution. So is uncovering it. To access this inner presence that knows...

Be Honest with Yourself

by Merci Gracia | Mar 21, 2012 | Authenticity, Flow, Honesty, Joy, Trust

Your life flows when you live in alignment with your beliefs and values. Pretending to be who (you think) others want you to be, only makes you resentful and impedes your happiness. Follow your heart and express yourself honestly. Others will trust you and enjoy your...