Five Simple Rules for Happiness III

Seeds XI, 18

Seed: Five Simple Rules for Happiness III

I read the germs for the next five Seeds in a catalogue.

Five Simple Rules for Happiness. The third is . . . Live simply.

So now, you start this path toward happiness with a free heart and a free mind. Those two are cause for happiness all by themselves. Now, a third prescription: live simply.

You’ve seen that bumpersticker: Lively simply so that others may simply live. How many winter coats do you wear at a time? How many do you own? How many dishes do you really use? How many do you own? How many cars can you drive at a time? How many do you own?

Simplicity makes daily life easier. Four outfits to choose from rather than ten makes getting dressed simpler. Four coffee mugs instead of twenty makes choosing one simpler.

Live simply is a good prescriptive for happiness. Here’s how to start: look at what you own with kind, quiet eyes. Do you love it? Do you use it? Does it have meaning for you? Good. Keep it. If it doesn’t, begin to simplify your living by giving your excess away. What happiness comes of living simply.

Be joy,

Susan Corso

Dr. Susan Corso

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Five Simple Rules for Happiness II

Seeds XI, 17

Seed: Five Simple Rules for Happiness II

I read the germs for the next five Seeds in a catalogue.

Five Simple Rules for Happiness. The second is . . . Free your mind from worries.

So now, you start this path toward happiness with a free heart. What’s the next obstacle? In my case, and that of many others, it would have to be the mind. I don’t mean Mind, the consciousness that we all share on Earth. I mean my own small monkey mind, the mind that worries.

For some bizarre, heretofore unexplained reason, humans seem to think that worry acts as a sort of prophylaxis. Ever heard anyone say, well, if I worry about it, it might not happen? Ridiculous. Worry is no preventative. Instead it confuses what you want with what you don’t want.

Try this: One of the best cures for worry I know is to ask it a series of questions. Will this (whatever it is) matter in ten years? Ten months? Ten days? Ten hours? Ten minutes? Most of the time, the answers are all no. What happiness when one’s mind is worry-free—think of all the time you’ll have for imagination.

Be joy,

Susan Corso

Dr. Susan Corso

Seeds are remarkable gifts. Sown in consciousness, they bring you to the most important part of your being—your Divine Spark.

Check out the Seeds Archive for past messages of inspiration.

When you have friends you would like added to the Seeds e-mail list, send their addresses to me at susan@susancorso.com.

For spiritual nourishment, please visit my website www.susancorso.com

and my blogs Seeds for Sanctuary, God’s Dictionary,

Ode Magazine, and The Huffington Post.