A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.
Bren BrownRead
It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.
Interpretation
We should value non-material aspects of life over material wealth.
This quote highlights the importance of recognizing that while financial success and material possessions can enhance our lives, we must not overlook the intrinsic values that bring true happiness and fulfillment, such as love, relationships, and personal integrity. It's a reminder to periodically reflect on what truly matters beyond material wealth.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a motivational speech about work-life balance.
A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.
More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.
I'm from New Orleans, which is all about direct engagement out in the street with all the parades and Mardi Gras Indians and jazz funerals. I'm trying to take that and put it into my generation, a group that doesn't have enough joy and celebration in their lives.
The constant happiness is curiosity.
We have to recognize that we can help increase happiness of other people by reaching out, and building connections. People have done that for me in my life. There have been many times that my family and friends have reached out to help support me and contributed to my emotional wellbeing, and ultimately to my health.
So long as one is happy one can endure any discipline: it was unhappiness that broke down the habits of work.
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