Release Your Burdens

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Anonymous

Today is a perfect day to be happy.
Every day is a perfect day to be happy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
- Osho

The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous

Further reading: Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

Life is too important to be taken seriously

Today is Your Day (my complete poem)

Make Time For Yourself
     

Let Your Approach To Life Be Lighthearted Rather Than Somber

Today is a perfect day to be happy.
Every day is a perfect day to be happy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
- Osho

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Anonymous

Further reading: Life is too important to be taken seriously

Make Time For Yourself

Today is Your Day (my complete poem)

Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat
     

The Burden Disappears

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
- Osho

The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Anonymous

Today is a perfect day to be happy.
Every day is a perfect day to be happy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Life is too important to be taken seriously

Today is Your Day (my complete poem)

Make Time For Yourself

Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat
     

Halloween 2017

Grin your smile; giggle your laugh; unfurl your joy;
dash the last trace of your self-consciousness;
and cavort your most uninhibited play.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
- e. e. cummings

The burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself.
- Rabindranath Tagore

I will not play tug o' war.
I'd rather play hug o' war.
Where everyone hugs instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins,
and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.
- Shel Silverstein

Further reading: Lighten Up, Be Happy

Laughter

The Need for Humor

Not Too Serious
        

This Moment is Your Life

Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous
 
Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous

Life must be lived as play.
- Plato

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
- Osho

Let today be a day to take life less seriously.
Kick back, smile, laugh,
watch the busyness of the world from a quiet corner
and find joy in everything around you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Choose to Soar

The Wisdom of Patience

Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

Creating Happiness
        

Grin Your Smile

Grin your smile; giggle your laugh; unfurl your joy;
dash the last trace of your self-consciousness;
and cavort your most uninhibited play.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself.
- Rabindranath Tagore

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
- e. e. cummings

Laugh at yourself and at life.
Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity,
but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain,
cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective
that seemingly terrible defeat and worry
with laughter at your predicaments,
thus freeing your mind to think clearly
toward the solution that is certain to come.
Never take yourself too seriously.
- Og Mandino

Consciously adopt the mindset of a young child,
to whom all of life is a grand adventure.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Lighten Up, Be Happy

The Need for Humor

Laughter

Not Too Serious
    

Life as Play

Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
- Osho

Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous

Life must be lived as play.
- Plato

Let today be a day to take life less seriously.
Kick back, smile, laugh,
watch the busyness of the world from a quiet corner
and find joy in everything around you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Creating Happiness

Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

The Wisdom of Patience

Choose to Soar
   

Cherish the Whimsey

You're only given a little spark of madness.
You mustn't lose it.
- Robin Williams

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
- Osho

We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing.
- George Bernard Shaw

Wonder what opportunities you pass, unwittingly,
because your hands are so busy clasping what you think you have always known.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Today is your day to
smile broadly, sing loudly,
paint your rooms in bold colors,
search every rabbit hole
for a magical white bunny,
have caviar for breakfast
and oatmeal for dinner,
wear a purple coat with a red hat,
and dance lightly with life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

Do Something Crazy

Make Time For Yourself

Today is Your Day (my whole poem)

Life is too important to be taken seriously

Play Day

Some days are simply meant for playing.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- Proverb

Life must be lived as play.
- Plato

Grin your smile; giggle your laugh; unfurl your joy;
dash the last trace of your self-consciousness;
and cavort your most uninhibited play.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Let today be a day to take life less seriously.
Kick back, smile, laugh,
watch the busyness of the world from a quiet corner
and find joy in everything around you.

Further reading: Play with Life

12 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

Today is Your Day

Take Time to Play

Balance in All Things

we grow old because we stop playing

Life is too important to be taken seriously. Oscar Wilde

Play with life, laugh with life, dance lightly with life, and smile at the riddles of life, knowing that life’s only true lessons are writ small in the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is too important to be taken seriously.
- Oscar Wilde

Further reading: De-Stress Your Life - Reducing Stress

Dalai Lama: The purpose of our lives is to be happy

12 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

12 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

1. Pounce on opportunity. He who hesitates, misses catching the passing lizard.

2. Patience. Infinite patience...

3. Concentration. A cat studying an opportunity just beyond his grasp is the epitome of focused attention. He doesn't even blink as he tunes out all distractions. His body is completely still except for his wildly twitching tail releasing his nervous energy.

4. Nothing is worth disturbing your beauty sleep.

5. Catnap. Even a few moments of shut-eye is refreshing.

6. If you're happy, purr. Show your appreciation by letting people know that you like what they do.

7. Do cat stretches - and other yoga poses, and try Qigong. Especially as we age, gentle stretching is one of the best things we can do for our bodies.

8. Wrestle with your best friend. She likes it when you're playful.

9. Eat when you're hungry and not by the clock.

10. Ask for what you want. If you are lovable and patient, you will probably get it.

11. You can't have everything you want. If you put your claws where they don't belong, you're going to get spanked.

12. Revel in life's simple pleasures. A ball of string is magic. Catnip is heavenly.

Further reading: It is never too late to begin.

How to Stop Anxiety and Get Back Your Life

Francesco Garri Garripoli: The Dance of the Cosmos

Resources and Recommendations - Get Started with Qigong