Sacred Living the art of creating a joyful life 2008-08-10T08:45:44Z WordPress http://www.sacred-living.org/feed/atom/ Linda http://www.sacred-living.org <![CDATA[Pillar Articles to Write about the Art of Creating a Joyful Life]]> http://www.sacred-living.org/blog/2006/08/17/pillar-articles-to-write-about-the-art-of-creating-a-joyful-life/ 2008-08-10T08:45:44Z 2006-08-17T21:52:27Z I have been “working” on the blog for over two years—talk about procrastination! And although I’ve written bits and pieces and brainstormed ideas for a lot of posts, I tend to get side-tracked with fussing with the design and programming and reading “how to do it right.” But yesterday, inspired by an article and contest over at ProBlogger I determined to start with a baby-step and just get something up.

One of Darren’s articles for beginner bloggers recommended writing at least five major “pillar” article. So I started thinking about what are the main “pillars” for creating a joyful life. And the contest is a Group Writing Project with the task of “writing a list-post.” The deadline is today.

So here’s a list of a few ideas for the art of creating a joyful life:

  1. Balance: Most people are happier with a balance between work and play; the inner and out life; time alone and with others.
  2. Sense of Purpose: Happy people generally have a feeling of purpose which give meaning and enthusiasm to their lives.
  3. Relationships with others: Of course there are happy hermits ;-) but most people do better with satisfying relationships.
  4. Spiritual: Connection to something higher than ourselves.
  5. Don’t worry, be happy: the most important of all. A determination, choosing to be happy to matter what happens.
  6. Health & Vitality: In spite of #5, it’s just easier to choose happiness when I have more physical energy.
  7. . . . I actually listed 29 topics, but there isn’t time now to put them together.

Now to write the articles! ;-) Thanks, Darren for the push (and inspiration) to Do It NOW!

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