Comments on: Appreciation: Why it Should Be Impossible to Be Unhappy

By: Ruby

Ruby — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:20:50 +0000

I actually had a similar experience with drinking fountains. I’m used to a desert climate, and when I went to college I was amazed that there were drinking fountains just sitting around everywhere. I think on my first day I stopped to take a drink from each one. ;D

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:36:22 +0000

Thanks for this post!

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:00:07 +0000

Reminds me of the book “Stumbling on Happiness” by Daniel Gilbert. zeFrank did a vlog on the book a few years ago, which is how I found it.

http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/09/092106.html

By: ashlee

ashlee — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:33:36 +0000

Gratitude is everything when it comes to happiness.

By: cheekysmile

cheekysmile — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:11:59 +0000

You are so right… people always want what we can’t/don’t have… so we never feel happy..
If we just simple appreciate what we have in hands, we feel happy easier..For example, I love my morning coffee… not that I like drinking coffee but I like that peaceful time while I am drinking and some cool breeze..

By: Tynan

Tynan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:03:25 +0000

Zach:

Yep… I watched the Blueprint and loved it. I’ll keep that in mind for future blog posts. Thanks for the suggestion!

Tynan

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:03:10 +0000

Tynan, since you’re good friends with Tyler D. I’m sure you’ve stumbled upon ‘The Blueprint’. In it, he talks about feeling good at the core. How to shift your thinking and concentration inwards so that you’re no longer thinking about what your needs and desires are, but just letting everything be and appreciating the moment. Even if the moment isn’t all that great, just the fact that we have such a wonderful world around us and that you’ll most likely get over what ever it is that is a hardship currently. I’m not sure if you’ve heard or read the Blueprint, but if you could expound on the idea of feeling good and being confident no matter the situation. Core confidence over situational. And un-conditional happiness. If you’re having trouble thinking of what to write, I always enjoy the philosophical lessons people get out of everyday events. =)

By: Brian Armstrong

Brian Armstrong — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:13:41 +0000

Awesome post!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:09:03 +0000

Anthony interesting fact about boiled water I didn’t know that.

I did a project for about a month during the weekdays where I listed 10 things I was thankful for and I was not allowed to repeat any ideas. It was an awesome experiment that increased my feeling of abundance.

By: Cassius

Cassius — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:49:35 +0000

I was in a car accident today. The other driver and I are fine, but both cars were totaled. It never really hit me until I went to my grandpa’s house this evening and saw his two motorcycles… one is his, and one will be mine whenever we get around to fixing it up. As I looked at it, I thought about how I could have just as easily died today. Then, I thought about how I can’t live my life in fear thinking about how I could have died each day.

Your last paragraph of this post said it all. Thanks, Ty.

-Cassius