The Black Pearl

You can think of your thoughts as a conscious stream of mental judgments, evaluations and arguments. What’s important to remember is they are almost impossible to turn off. Except perhaps through meditation, and even then those pain-in-the-butt thoughts will do whatever they can to keep you from the peace and quiet you deserve.

happiness may be defined in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Happiness in this sense was used to translate the Greek eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics. There has been a transition over time from emphasis on the happiness of virtue to the virtue of happiness.

faith is seeing light with your heart,

when all your eyes see is darkness

“No longer shall we seek to place blame for our condition elsewhere or to look to others to take                           responsibility for our development. we are the masters of our own fate”

if you tell the truth, it becomes a part of your past.

if you tell a lie, it becomes a part of your future

do not exchange your dignity for popularity

remind yourself that its OK not to be perfect

 Be the master of your ship.

busy is a choice,

stress is a choice,

joy is a choice

 choose well.