Carnival of Life, Happiness & Meaning #4
Sunday, April 29th, 2007–By Sagar Satapathy
Greetings! Welcome to the fourth edition of the Carnival of Life, Happiness & Meaning. This time, competition was tough and 11 posts have been finally selected for this carnival edition. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.
Albert Foong presents Little Secrets of the Power of Expressing Gratitude - Even for the bad posted at Urban Monk. Is gratitude masochistic? The power of gratitude is often misunderstood and criticized - especially when it comes to being grateful the bad things that have come into our lives. If used properly, gratitude is a powerful force for healing AND getting what we want.
Dr. Hal presents North Star Mental Fitness Blog: April 2007 posted at North Star Mental Fitness Blog. Performance of physical fitness exercises for increasing muscle mass, flexibility and improving health is unquestionably believed and has been experienced by most people.
Conan Stevens presents How To Succeed In Life posted at Tall Muscle Actor Blog. A collection of quotes organized into a simple but meaningful read.
Aaron Potts presents 5 Simple Methods for Banishing Negative people from your Life posted at Today is that Day. It doesn’t matter how justified you think you are in talking about other people’s perceived shortcomings, doing so will never serve to bring about positive results.
Ririan presents 9 Great Ways to Live a More Positive Life posted at Ririan Project. Self-education can be a great help to live a more positive life. Read great books on the areas of your life you want to improve. Maybe it’s it your financial situation. Or your health. Or your relationships.
Alan Torres presents Just blew the chance of a Lifetime? - Dont worry, be happy 
posted at Made to Be Great. Many people stay in feelings of guilt and regret, because they think they didn’t act on an opportunity and now it will never return, and they wont be able to achieve what they wanted, because the means to it is gone.
Abdulla Yasir presents The secret of happiness posted at Abdulla Yasir’s Blog. Read the secrets of happiness.
Shaheen Lakhan presents Is war a psychosis? posted at GNIF Brain Blogger. “Why war? Of all the personality theorists, Freud came closest to explaining the psychological roots of war. He speculated that war is an outlet for the thanatos libido, the “death instinct,” a basic instinctive drive that is the polar opposite to eros libido, prosocial and life supportive.
Praveen presents Garbage In, Quality Out posted at Tao of Simplicity. The better approach would be to take the kick without complaint and simply discard it. Then, don’t kick others, complain to them, or even brag about how you discarded the kick. That is simply fluffing the ego. Instead, pat someone on the back.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Mind & Life Institute posted at Brain Fitness. On the Mind & Life Institute and a “novel” method for mental training.
Talia Mana presents Gretchen’s Tips for Lasting Happiness posted at Centre for Emotional Well-Being. Talia Mana interviews Gretchen Rubin about her Happiness Projects and the top 5 tips for happiness.
That concludes the fourth edition of the Carnival of Life, Happiness & Meaning. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. A link back would be greatly appreciated.