According to Eric Barker at the Business Insider, Lottery winners… but not by nearly as much as you might guess. Some time after winning their money, lottery winners weren’t all that much happier than people who hadn’t won — and accident victims weren’t anywhere as unhappy as the researchers had assumed.
COMMENTARY: Are Cynics Right? Is Lying Really Necessary? 752.3
What do you think? In today’s society, does a person have to lie or cheat at least occasionally to succeed? The question isn’t whether occasional liars and cheats sometimes get away with dishonesty; we all have to agree with this. The question is whether you believe people can succeed if they are not willing to lie or cheat. Those who …
WORTH READING: “Words That Hurt, Words That Heal” by Joseph Telushkin
This book truly influenced by thinking. Definitely worth reading.
WORTH READING: Strategies to Think Before You Speak
“Think Before You Speak” at MSDN magazine “How to Think Before Speaking” at WikiHow
WORTH WATCHING: Maya Angelou on the Power of Words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n9Pq1LNLwM
COMMENTARY: Unkind Words Are Weapons 752.2
With four teenage daughters, I frequently find myself correcting, disciplining, or simply protesting unnecessary and unkind comments certain to anger or wound a sister and evoke counterattacks that fill the air with nastiness. Hoping to get them to think before they speak in the future, I often ask, “What did you expect to accomplish by that remark?” and “Did it …
COMMENTARY: Birds on a Wire: Actions are More Important Than Intentions
Five birds are sitting on a telephone wire. Two of them decide to fly South. How many are left? Three, you say? No, it’s five. You see, deciding to fly South is not the same as doing it. If a bird really wants to go somewhere, it’s got to point itself in the right direction, jump off the wire and flap its …
OBSERVATION: When someone you love takes a different road.
People take different roads in pursuit of their happiness. They are not wrong, foolish or lost simply because it’s not the road you would have taken. Once a decision is made, your doubts and disapproval
CONGRATULATIONS! Announcing the Winners of the 2011 Commentary Essay Contest!
In the fall of 2011, the Josephson Institute of Ethics created a special contest to celebrate the end of Michael Josephson’s extraordinary run of more than 14 years on KNX-AM1070 radio in Los Angeles. Listeners and newsletter readers were invited to write short essays on how his radio commentaries had make a positive impact on their lives. The prize: the …
KINDNESS
See all the resources at Random Acts of Kindness website. Random Acts of Kindness
COMMENTARY: A Parent’s Love for the Family Treasure 751.4
There are all kinds of love. The passionate romantic love immortalized and often fantasized by poets and novelists; Platonic love among friends, the love of humanity preached by missionaries and ministers, the love of country, and even the love of our work. I’ve been fortunate to have experienced all of these forms but none has impressed me more than the deep, enduring …
WORTH WATCHING: I’m Moving On by Rascal Flatts music and lyrics
http://youtu.be/IiHhTdg8qrc
OBSERVATION: Moving on when love ends.
If someone walks away, let them go. If it’s over, let it be over. Don’t chase the shadow of what was. Don’t leave the key to your happiness
OBSERVATION: ‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.-Alfred Lord Tennyson
Some say that “love hurts.” That’s not so. Love feels good. What hurts is loneliness, rejection and envy. It’s losing love that hurts. hurts. Allowing ourselves to love makes us vulnerable, but those who avoid love to avoid
COMMENTARY: Moral Courage – The Engine of Integrity 751.3
Mignon McLaughlin tells us, “People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle fiber called courage.” Courage comes in two forms: physical courage and moral courage. Physical courage is demonstrated by acts of bravery where personal harm is risked to protect others or preserve cherished principles. It’s the kind of courage that wins medals and monuments.Moral courage may seem less …
Images and Words of Courage
Revised and supplemented February 21, 2012 See Michael Josephson’s 64 handpicked best quotes about courage https://whatwillmatter.com/2012/02/quotes-all-about-courage-64-great-quotes-on-the-nature-of-courage/
OBSERVATION: Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “I’ll try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
The Roman philosopher Seneca said, “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” Life rarely demands grand acts of valor where we put our lives on the line for a principle or person we love, but it often demands the strength and fortitude to do what we are afraid to do, to do what we don’t want