How many magazine covers have you seen that look just like that one? Do a Google search for \u2018Flat Abs\u2019 or \u2018Amazing Sex<\/em>\u2018 and look at all the magazines that come up.<\/p>\n Apparently, those two subject lines have been done to death. But that doesn\u2019t seem to stop them from being recycled every month in one magazine or another. I wonder if we were able to translate cave drawings would we find something like \u201dGrog make flat tummy. Grog make girl Grog shriek with joy.\u201d<\/p>\n And people keep buying these magazines. Buying the lies. Lies we\u2019re told will make us happy, complete. I\u2019ve had six-pack abs (past tense) and been fortunate enough to experience some pretty incredible sex<\/strong>. But neither of those things helped to develop me as a person. And neither of them made me any happier (well, not long term anyway) or made my life more gratifying.<\/p>\n I talk a lot about health and wellness on this blog. Don\u2019t eat this, don\u2019t do that. But being healthy isn\u2019t just physical. It\u2019s also a state of mind. No, you can\u2019t will yourself to be healthy, but you CAN have a healthy mindset<\/a>. Believing flat abs or great sex will make you happy isn\u2019t a healthy mindset. It isn\u2019t even realistic.<\/p>\n We are constantly in pursuit of the notion that \u201cI will be happy when . . .\u201d<\/p>\n . . . I have a new car<\/p>\n . . . I have a new job<\/p>\n . . . I have more money<\/p>\n . . . I lose 5 pounds<\/p>\n Why can\u2019t we be happy now? Why can\u2019t we stop, look around, appreciate everything we have, all we have going for us, all the incredible people we have in our life and be happy now?!<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a head\u2019s up . . . if you\u2019re reading this, your life is already pretty amazing. It means you have electricity . . . a roof over your head . . . a computer . . . an internet connection . . . oh yeah, and the ability to read!<\/p>\n Yes, life has it\u2019s ups and downs. It can beat us up and even kick us around. Things don\u2019t always go the way we hope and we get hurt, angry, frustrated . . . but it\u2019s not healthy to focus on that. Remember this, you are alive. And a LOT of people have it far worse than you!!<\/p>\n And because you are alive, anything is possible!<\/p>\n All that stuff you tell yourself about how you are a commitment phobe or a coward or lazy or not creative or unlucky? Stop it. It\u2019s crap, and deep down you know it. We are all insecure 14 year olds at heart. We\u2019re all scared. We all have dreams inside of us that we\u2019ve tucked away because somewhere along the line we tacked on those ideas about who we are that buried that essential brilliant, childlike sense of wonder. The more we stick to these scripts about who we are, the longer we live a fraction of the life we could be living. Let it go. Be who you are beneath the bullshit.<\/p>\n Not because\u00a0The Secret\u00a0<\/em>says so. Not because of some shiny happy Oprah crap. But because we can choose to appreciate what is in our lives instead of being angry or regretful about what we lack. It\u2019s a small, significant shift in perspective. It\u2019s easier to look at what\u2019s wrong or missing in our lives and believe that is the big picture \u2014 but it isn\u2019t. We can choose to let the beautiful parts set the tone.<\/p>\n It won\u2019t fix the economy. It won\u2019t stop wars. It won\u2019t give you flat abs, or better sex or even help you figure out your relationship and what you want to do with your life. But it\u2019s important. It helps you remember that you and your problems are both infinitesimally small and conversely, that you are a piece of an amazing and vast universe. Do it often \u2014 it helps.<\/p>\n Truly. Tell people that you trust when you need help, or you\u2019re depressed \u2014 or you\u2019re happy and you want to share it with them. Acknowledge that you care about them and let yourself feel it. Instead of doing that other thing we sometimes do, which is to play it cool and pretend we only care as much as the other person has admitted to caring, and only open up half way. Go all in \u2014 it\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n Life is full of obstacles; we don\u2019t need to create extra ones. Don\u2019t take things personally. Most of the time, other people\u2019s choices and attitudes have absolutely nothing to do with you. Unless you\u2019ve been behaving like a jerk, in which case . . .<\/p>\n Not the ridiculous, self-deprecating apologizing for who you are and for existing that some people seem to do. The ability to sincerely apologize \u2014 without ever interjecting the word \u201cbut\u201d \u2014 is an essential skill for living around other human beings. If you are going to be around other people, eventually you will need to apologize. It\u2019s an important practice.<\/p>\n Practice it out loud to the people around you. Practice it silently. Practice it often. Gratitude is not a first world only virtue. Watch how a child\u2019s face completely lights up with joy and gratitude from something as simple as a hula hoop. Gratitude is what makes what we have enough. Gratitude is the most basic way to connect with that sense of being an integral part of the vastness of the universe; as I mentioned with looking up at the stars, it\u2019s that sense of wonder and humility, contrasted with celebrating our connection to all of life.<\/p>\n Kurt Vonnegut said it best: \u201cThere\u2019s only one rule that I know of, babies \u2014 \u2018God damn it, you\u2019ve got to be kind.\u2019\u201d Kindness costs us nothing and pays exponential dividends. I can\u2019t save the whole world. I can\u2019t bring peace to Syria. I can\u2019t fix the environment or the health care system.<\/p>\n But I can be kind. And so can you. If the biggest thing we do in life is to extend love and kindness to even one other human being, we have changed the world for the better.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a hell of a lot more important than sex or flat abs. Don\u2019t you agree? [ But sex is still fun ]<\/p>\n SOURCE:<\/strong> HuffingtonPost<\/p>\n The knee jerk answer might be YES, but that\u2019s really not true. I\u2019ve seen people with far less money and material things than me that are very happy and content in their life.<\/p>\n But the one thing that money does offer: choices. That\u2019s it. Money allows you more choices. Where to live, what to buy, where to vacation, where to send your kids to college. But as the old adage goes: \u201cmoney doesn\u2019t buy happiness\u201d. Just like flat abs or lots of sex. They\u2019re both fun to have, but in the end, they won\u2019t fulfill you as a person.<\/p>\n More money simply means you can do more of what you want when you want. But if you\u2019re a jerk, more money will only make you a rich jerk. If you\u2019re kind and generous, more money will only make you more generous. It amplifies what you already are.<\/p>\n But if you\u2019re in the market for some extra money<\/strong> . . .<\/p>\n . . . If you have strong opinions on stuff like this,\u00a0did you know<\/strong>\u00a0you can make extra money just by sharing them? It\u2019s true. You can share your opinion through blogs, articles, social media, videos, etc. and make money doing it. You can blog about whatever you want, much like the article you just read, and get paid for it!<\/p>\n Take a minute and click on the link below<\/strong>\u00a0to see why I chose Empower Network<\/a> as my preferred blogging<\/a> platform and how I\u2019m getting paid to blog! It\u2019s great to earn extra income online by simply sharing my opinions!<\/p>\n Learn More About Getting your own Viral Blogging System with Empower Network<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0Does Sex Burn Calories? A New Study Takes on Various Weight Claims<\/strong> Do Flat Abs and Sizzling Sex Equate to a Happy Life? How many magazine covers have you seen that look just like that one? 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But that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":998,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3],"tags":[114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-wellness","category-personal-development","tag-amazing-sex","tag-apologize","tag-attitude-of-gratitude","tag-be-grateful","tag-be-happy-now","tag-be-kind","tag-be-yourself","tag-fitness-lies","tag-fitness-magazine","tag-fitness-myths","tag-flat-abs","tag-happy-life","tag-have-more-sex","tag-having-sex","tag-health-benefits-of-sex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/threesgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}8 Ways to Improve Your Life without Flat Abs or Great Sex!<\/h3>\n
1) Stop believing your own crap.<\/h2>\n
2) Be happy . . . now.<\/h2>\n
3) Marvel at the stars.<\/h2>\n
4) Open up.<\/h2>\n
5) Enough with the crazy.<\/h2>\n
6) Learn to apologize.<\/h2>\n
7) Practice gratitude.<\/h2>\n
8) Be kind.<\/h2>\n
Does Being Happy Require Money?<\/h2>\n
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\n \u2013 Can Yelling at your Kids be Just as Bad as Hitting Them?<\/strong>
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