Your Journey to Happiness

S1: E24 That Long Awaited Conversation. We are about one week away from the New Year and this a perfect time to have that long awaited conversation with yourself. You need to ask yourself Who, What, Where, When & Why.

S1: E23 Spitting in the Wind. When people attack you by spewing hate, anger, negativity and drama etc., it eventually comes back in their ugly faces. Initially, the audacity that makes them think they have the right to do this to someone. Secondly, what do they think is going to happen in response.

S1: E22 Do You See Me. Do people see you for who you are. If they don’t, then they can’t appreciate you and they will not value you. We need to feel valued to be happier and to be valued is a must have to experience intimacy.

S1: E21 Intimacy. When you meet that special woman that you make amazing love to and after you hold her tight and you feel her come closer to you because she feels protected and safe in your arms while you whisper in her ear that you adore her, you would move mountains for her and you would die for her. That is intimacy and that is where the magic happens.

S1: E20 See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya. We need to not only adopt this philosophy but to actually implement it and make it our daily practice. When you are in a toxic relationship whether it be a long term friendship, marriage, merely dating, or with a co-worker or boss, the second it goes south and starts affecting your life….. SEE YA.

S1: E60 The Big 60. Yesterday was my 60th birthday and I want to share with you the great day I had along with some other updates.

Listen to the story of my birth in regards to Roe v. Wade and form your own opinion. But please think twice.

S1:E17 King of My Castle. I am officially the king of my castle. I have recently reclaimed my log cabin in Virginia and could not be happier. I finally got my son to move out and me and Snuggles are back. Here about this exciting update as I am finally living my life the way I want.

S1:E16 Sideways: When someone or some situation has you going sideways, this is God’s way of telling you to move on. Take two steps back, one step to the side (“scootchadootch”) and then you can move forward on your new path.

I just celebrated my 59th birthday and it was happy. But I am more excited about preparing for my next birthday.

What challenges are in front of you that provide opportunities for you to be resourceful?

This is an update of my first 60 days of log cabin living in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This was a lifelong dream that I actively pursued for the past 3 years. You can’t just dream. If you want more out of life, you have to actively pursue what you want and put it out to the universe so the stars will align at the right time.

S1: E12 Regret and the Rocking Chair Test. What are you going to say that you wish you did when you are 70, 80, 90 years old and you are sitting in your rocking chair. I am going to smile and thank God for giving me the strength to live my life to the fullest.

Hopefully you are doing things on a daily basis that bring you joy but to attain true inner happiness, these daily activities, hobbies, etc. are merely extrinsic. To be truly happy for the long term, the goal is to feel intrinsic happiness. The biggest challenge or threat to intrinsic happiness is regret and continual dwelling on you personal and/or professional failures. You have to forgive yours...

When life presents you with a roadblock whether it be emotional, financial or literally physical, there is always a better road to take.

I started a new leg to my journey to happiness. I call it my Financial Education leg. I also nay have found my dream log cabin.

Continue to do the little things that make you happy and try to figure out how to avoid those that make you unhappy.

The biggest threat to our daily happiness is the relationships we have with the people who are close to us. If we are not making the necessary changes in 2021, how can we expect what we experienced in 2020 to be any different.

2020 was a tough year for most of us so let’s jump start 2021 with a new perspective. Goal setting is great but for me, I am going to keep it simple this year. I decided to just focus on health & happiness.

When you look in the mirror, are you happy with what you see? I believe that our behavior on social media is a reflection of who we really are and that our negative behavior, if any, is very telling of what is currently going on in our lives. I believe that our personal issues manifest themselves in how we engage with others on social media. Be the “Man in the Mirror” and make that change.

My father always said “money can’t buy you happiness....... but it’s a great down payment”. Maybe money can’t buy happiness but a little extra money makes me a lot less sad.

Are you a true practitioner of your craft or merely a participant? When you learn new skills, put the time in and face your fear of failure, you will become better and happier at whatever it is you are doing.

Your journey to happiness does not have to be some overwhelming lifelong endeavor. It can just be as simple as creating a moments of joy throughout the day. What’s the alternative? Depression or paralysis of fear and anxiety. If you are for even just a brief moment, it is a moment that you are not consumed with depression, fear, anxiety, negativity etc. So please find and do the little things that...

I have to address the Elephant in the room which is “Why did I change the name of my podcast”.