How to Become a Master At Life

by Merci Gracia | Sep 17, 2012 | Create, Focus, Grateful, Gratitude

Being a master at life means being happy. Like mastering anything, there’s only one way to get there: practice. Life presents you with an infinite number of ways that hold the promise of making you happy, but you really don’t need any of them. You can take...

Gratitude Facilitates Wholeness

by Merci Gracia | Sep 12, 2012 | Appreciation, Attention, Focus, Grateful, Gratitude

If you’re not in some way employing strategies to gain approval from others, you probably feel good enough about yourself to just be. Feeling deeply satisfied simply because you exist is somewhat of a lost art amidst the constant barrage of messages that sell...

How to Avoid Emotional Landslides

by Merci Gracia | Sep 7, 2012 | Attention, Awareness, Focus, Perception, Self-Awareness, Thoughts

Next time you’re in a bit of a funk, be mindful of the tendency to interpret everything to fit your mood. When you’re not paying attention, your mind will often look for anything it can find to make you feel even more out of sorts. Consciously recognizing...

You Get to Choose

by Merci Gracia | Aug 29, 2012 | Appreciation, Conscious, Discernment, Fear, Happiness

When you approach every situation with an intention to understand how it’s for you, you’ll find it. Sometimes you have to look a little harder than others, but eventually it becomes a natural reflex. You get to choose: look for what you like – or...

The Power of Gratitude

by Merci Gracia | Aug 6, 2012 | Abundance, Appreciation, Grateful, Gratitude

You possess an internal source of inspiration and power. Your sustenance, happiness and fulfillment come through the material world but originate from your conscious awareness of this wellspring. If every person on the planet was given ample food, money and free time,...