Sunday Night Outlook - State of Grace

Just saw the Tree of Life. A strange but interesting movie.

Grace is a state of mind.

It is about letting go and enjoying letting go. When all worries are behind us, we live in a state of grace.

Live in a state of grace is the ultimate form of happiness. We can learn it by practicing love, service and gratitude.

Love is about having this thought for the beloved. At any moment. There is no reason not to love, because love is choice, a decision without conditions. Love is about loving. Without forgetting to love yourself first. When you love yourself, you don't need to receive love. You give love.

Service is to give all your talents without holding back. Expressing your potential. And enjoying doing so. Cause the results of service is a smile.

Gratitude is celebration of life. We in our fast paced society tend to be too busy to enjoy expressing our blessings for the wonderful moments of life.

Let's slowdown once in a while, just before sleeping to remind ourself we live in a dream larger than life!

Sunday Night Outlook - My ToBeHappy List

Lastly I was trying to understand what makes people happy. Did not turn 40 for nothing... :))))

What makes me happy? Is it money? A fulfilling mission? Vacation? Great relationships?

Not really. In fact all these are part of one simple equation.

My happiness = Freedom to do what I like x the pace I most enjoy doing these things

I want a bit of everything we like in the right proportions. And what I like, desire and when is as different as we are different people.

So as of today I replaced my todo list with a tobehappy list.

Nothing is more fun than creating a daily or weekly tobehappy list. Starting from the basics and moving into more personalized pleasures. . Fresh air. Clean water. Some money. A great fruit salad. A smoothie. A steak. A walk outside. A chat. Playtime with the dog. A sailing race.Encounters with dear people. Time for a good conversation. Or a cup of coffee. A massage. Or best of all, a surprise for a friend, child or a total stranger.

And the most exciting is actually to keep free timeslots for improvisation.

My tobehappiness list almost empty this week!

Sunday night outlook

Changing country can be a daunting experience. And in Europe England is the most exotic place to go to. But I am simply loving it!

They speak this strange language called English. They eat roastbeef, or fish and chips with mushy peas, a green version of mashed potatoes, have bacon and beans in red tomato sauce and hashbrowns for breakfast. They go to pubs to drink beer with almost no alcohol and believe they will get drunk with water. And most strange they adore their royal family as if these were movie stars... Charles, Diana, Andrew,... gear up your acting talent! Please...

Cars drive on the wrong side of the road over there and it rains every day.

Let's move to England fast. Can't wait. Like a fish I need to acclimatize!

Sunday night outlook

Writing an article is like a therapy. Suddenly all the dreams and experiences accumulate into an idea. And what do you do with this data overload? Will you let this idea live on paper and share its power with others?

Kill the idea or kill some trees? That is the question.

Personally I then grab my iPad and start pushing on the screen with various fingers pretending there is a keyboard there. :)

Then from blog, I copy on both social media I use, Facebook and Linkedin, pretending someone will find it interesting. Somewhere in the world, there must be someone waiting for this message or not? :)

My message to the universe this week is very simple. If you ever had a dream worth pursuing, start with a first little step. Write it down before the idea dies.

All books ever written started with a blank page and motivation.

Deep inside we men know that all we ever wrote, invented or did is because there was a woman that cared.

To me knowing that made all the difference. Thanks for keeping my ideas alive. I honor all your beautiful memories too.