Assets and Liabilities

by Merci Gracia | Aug 4, 2012 | Attention, Beliefs, Kindness

Beliefs that facilitate your expansion into greater happiness, kindness and love are assets. Those that make you unhappy, intolerant or unkind are liabilities. Any time you catch yourself with a bit of melancholy, ask yourself what underlying belief is making you feel...

The Best Habit to Develop

by Merci Gracia | Jul 29, 2012 | Abundance, Attention, Conscious, Gratitude, Happiness

The most positive thing you can do for yourself is learn to be happy. The easiest way to do it is to remind yourself of how fortunate you are right now. Happiness is created by consciously choosing where to place your focus. Gratitude is your best option… Expand...

What You See Is What You Choose

by Merci Gracia | Jul 28, 2012 | Attention, Beliefs, Conscious, Feelings, Focus, Happiness

You consistently look for and find information that confirms the opinions you already hold. Understanding this can help ease your judgment when you encounter others who are convinced of beliefs that differ from your own. You realize that they too, are constantly...

Success in Every Moment

by Merci Gracia | Jul 26, 2012 | Appreciation, Focus, Success

While approval from others feels good, basing how you feel on external affirmation is an unreliable approach to happiness. It postpones it until the future and puts the fate of your emotional condition in the hands of others. There’s a much more direct and...

You Know the Answer

by Merci Gracia | Jul 23, 2012 | Forgiveness, Grateful, Happiness, Now, Perception, Self-Awareness, Thoughts, Wisdom

When should you tell family and friends how much you appreciate them? When should you speak and act in alignment with what you know to be right? When should you eat and exercise in a way that supports your health? When should you drop a resentment or grudge? When...