"It's not the honors and not the titles and not the power that is of
ultimate importance. It's what resides inside." - Fred Rogers
Happiness Empowerment to You!
PRACTICE HAPPINESS - LIVE RICHLY
"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand." - Woodrow T. Wilson
Happiness is one of the most important things in your life. Happiness does wonders for your soul. I want you to practice "Premeditated Happiness." You should know that reading this newsletter will not just make your life better; it will make the world a better place because you have decided to be happy!
"If your job is not making a difference in this world, by all means, get out there and find something else. But in many situations, you'll find a sense of making a difference through your work if you simply look for it." - John Maxwell
Reminding you to make the "Happiness Decision." Letting you know about our meeting dates, giving you happiness information, and the latest copy of the Be Happy Zone Article that is published every other Wednesday in the Fairfield Citizen-News. Read the latest article called: FEAR or FREEDOM?
Think Smart, Look Smart, Be Smart...Be Happy! - Lionel
Happ-E-Mail:) Lionel, I am a stutterer in the Tampa Bay area and am working to form a strong stuttering support group in the area. At a recent meeting, I spoke on Fear and Freedom and the presentation was well received. In the presentation, I reference your organization since I found it on the Internet during my research for the presentation and shared some of your thoughts on Fear and Happiness during the presentation.Specifically, in the presentation I mention your thoughts that the Opposite of Happiness is Fear, not unhappiness because unhappiness is the EFFECT of something. I found that philosophy so true for stutterers.
I have been asked to produce a short video of the presentation for use at the upcoming National Stuttering Association conference in July as well as other local events in Tampa Bay. I have a local production company that is donating all production costs for the production so things are moving along well.
I want to make sure it is OK with you from me to reference you and your web site as a research credit in the presentation. My calling, now that I have enjoyed so much success with my fluency improvements, is to reach out and touch as many lives as I can and share my story and my strategies. Please let me know if there are any problems with me sharing this information on the video. Thanks and God bless. - Mick Constantinou
Happ-E-Quote:) "To different minds, the same world is a hell and a heaven." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happ-E-Mail:) I just returned from VNA with my students and when I do home visits it reminds me of how blessed and lucky we are. I never forget to be happy and to try to bring happiness to my patients and students. Have a blessed day, Barbara
Happ-E-Quote:) "The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem." - Theodore Rubin
Happ-E-Mail:) I am happy to know there is another person around like me! Can you tell me if you are ever going to have meetings in the New Jersey area about 6 miles from Philadelphia? Please put me on the email news. And thanks for all the knowledge that is helping many. There is a lot to the phrase be happy don't worry! - Linda
Happ-E-Quote:) "An individual has a healthy personality to the exact degree to which they have the propensity to look for the good in every situation." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happ-E-Mail:) Hi, thanks for existing. Please sign me up for your email newsletters. Many things that I found Lionel saying in his Food for Thought are correct. Interesting to see it said in a different way. You can check out my current musings at: www.unconditionalhappiness.com. - Luv ya, Sandra
Happ-E-Web Site:) Again we must say THANK YOU and express our gratitude to our good friend Renee Filloramo. She has updated the Happiness Club web site. All the articles are on the site and she is doing a wonderful job. Renee, we are very grateful to you and we heartily appreciate everything you are doing to bring happiness into the world.
Happ-E-Quote:) "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857) Russian writer.
Happ-E-Mail:) This e-mail just in from Charlie Miller. The Music is Within US - In the 1800's Paganini was an emerging violinist and composer. His dream was to play to a packed opera house in which the audience would jump to its feet with an ovation. Then that evening came. It was time for his solo. But as the musician began to draw his bow, he felt this terror and sickness in his stomach because he realized that he had grabbed the wrong violin, a far inferior one.
And then deep inside himself he heard: "Play with what you've got." So he drew back his bow and he began to play. And he asked that even in this instrument, something might happen that would make a difference for the gift of music. As Paganini maximized what he had, the audience rose to ovation after ovation after ovation. He said: "Before tonight, I always thought the music came from my violin. Tonight I realized the music comes from me."
Often we have thought our miracle comes from the world, when the truth is, the only miracle that's real must come through us, from that place in us where the spirit of God truly resides. The music is within us. - Author Mary Manin Morrissey.
Happ-E-Quote:) "Loss creates a vacuum into which something greater always flows." - Rick Beneteau
Happ-E-Mail:) My daily calendar had the following message. I thought it was wonderful and wanted to share it with you. The simple fact remains...that the stronger and more radiant we are, the more we can serve as a positive influence in the world. The more happiness we bring into the world, the better it is for everyone. Happiness (or love) serves as a master key to open every doorway to social progress. Happy people create happiness; it's the most contagious energy on earth. - Dan Millman 1946, American world champion athlete and author. Have a great day :) Light, peace and happiness, xoxo Lynette
Happ-E-Quote:) "Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend." - Albert Camus
HAPPINESS CLUB MEETING:) Join us for our next Happiness Club meeting Thursday, March 20, from 7:00-8:45 p.m. The topic is "EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ANGER" Lionel Ketchian and Alice Katz. Ms. Katz is the author of the book, "It's Not Personal! A Guide to Anger Management." We will have a panel discussion and present: The principals of anger merit and management. Don't abuse anger, learn to use anger. We will entertain comments and questions for the group. Don't miss this valuable meeting, and meet some wonderful people using happiness in their lives.
Topic:) "EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ANGER" The principals of anger merit and management Don't abuse anger, learn to use anger.
Date:) Thursday, March 20, 2002
Time:) 7:00 - 8:45 P.M.
Place:) Fairfield Public Library
In the:) Rotary Room
Address:) 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT
Open to the public and admission is free. www.happinessclub.com.
Call Lionel Ketchian (203) 258-7777 or E-mail: PrintLRK@aol.com
Directions:
From New York - I- 95, Exit 21, Mill Plain Road. Right at bottom of ramp. Under railroad overpass make a left at light (Post Rd.), 1/2 mile on right at the corner.
From New Haven - I- 95, Exit 22, North Benson Road. Left at bottom of ramp. Under railroad overpass make a right at light (Post Rd.), 1/2 mile on left at the corner.
Happ-E-Quote:) "Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you." - Carl Sandburg
BE HAPPY ZONE
Fairfield Citizen-News
February 26, 2003
FEAR or FREEDOM?
By Lionel Ketchian
I want to tell you about some wonderful things that are going on. Yes, there are things that are happening that we are not pleased about, but that will always happen throughout your life and mine as well. You're never going to be happy if you don't want to have any problems in life. It is not about having problems; it is about finding the best ways to deal with your problems.
The really good news is that more people than ever before are finding out about the benefits of happiness. I am getting more mail than I have ever received from people that are making happiness a very real part of their lives. This mail has been coming from some very exceptional people that are practicing happiness and it's working!
The other day I received a note from Mickey Constantinou. Mickey is a stutterer in the Tampa Bay area of Florida and he is working on forming a strong stuttering support group in his area. He told me that his presentation at a recent meeting on Fear and Freedom was well received. In the presentation, he referenced our Happiness Club organization because of the research he did for his presentation and shared some of my thoughts on fear and happiness during the presentation.
Mickey has been asked to produce a short video of his presentation for use at the upcoming National Stuttering Association conference in July as well as other local events in Tampa Bay. He has a local production company that is handling the production for him and things are moving along well. He will be referencing the articles from this column and from other information on our happinessclub.com web site as research to utilize for his presentation. Mickey says that in the presentation he mentions one of my thoughts that, "The Opposite of Happiness is Fear, not unhappiness because unhappiness is the EFFECT of something." He says that he found this philosophy to be very true for stutters.
I think it is wonderful that our work on happiness is reaching so many people. The next great jump for humanity will be in the field of happiness, well being and emotional management. Let's face it folks we have everything else in the world. When are we going to experience the real deal? Happiness is the real deal. When are you going to start using the benefits of happiness? If not now…when? If not here…where? If not you…who? If not…why not? The time has come, this is the place, and you're the person.
More books have been published on happiness in the last five years than any other time in our history. The course is set for this new explosive direction. One good reason for that is the fact that we can find our power within ourselves. We look outside of us and hope for help. What we really need to do is look inside ourselves and learn to cope. To learn to do the best you can in this very moment. By using happiness you exercise your power to make the best choices by enabling yourself to see the best choices available to you. Happiness awakens you to the possibilities.
By learning all you can about happiness and it's befits to you and everyone else, you take control of your life by managing it. Unhappiness is helplessness and allowing yourself to become a victim. This is a devastating way to choose to live your life. Today I received a letter from a woman named Sandra who agreed with some of the happiness thoughts on our web site. Sandra has learned that being happy is the best way to live her life. She sent me the following message: "Thanks for existing." I think that is one of the most wonderful messages I have every heard.
One of the best quotes I have ever heard on happiness is by William George Jordan. He wrote: "Happiness can grow in any soil, live in any condition. It defies environment. It comes from within; it's the revelation of the depths of the inner life as light and heat proclaim the sun from which they radiate. Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with it's self... Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible... Happiness is paradoxical because it may coexist with trial, sorrow and poverty. It is the gladness of the heart, rising superior to all conditions..."
If you are not getting our complimentary Happ-E-Newsletter twice a month, than you are truly missing something good. Just send an e-mail to PrintLRK@aol.com and write newsletter in the subject section. The good news is that we are getting our happiness points across loud and clear, and we are happy about it.
Our next Happiness Club meeting will be held on March 20, from 7:00-8:45 p.m. The topic is "EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ANGER" by Lionel Ketchian and Alice Katz who is the author of the book, It's Not Personal! A Guide to Anger Management. We will have a panel discussion and present: The principals of anger merit and management. Don't abuse anger, learn to use anger. We will entertain comments and questions from the group. The meeting will be held at the Fairfield Public Library, located at 1080 Old Post Road, in the Rotary Room. There is no charge for the meeting or the happiness you will find.
As Walt Whitman said: "Afoot and lighthearted, I take to the open road; healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing"
Lionel Ketchian is the founder of the Happiness Club, a Happiness Coach, and can be reached at PrintLRK@aol.com. The Web site is www.HappinessClub.com.
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