CULTIVATING CONTENTMENT: Engineering Inner Joy

	Keep your core operating system simple.
	Maintain constant curiosity.

	Accept emotions as they are each moment:
	don't take any emotion too seriously.

	Remember you're dead already &
	by some miracle happen to be breathing now.

	Relish the unexpected:
	it's happening constantly.

	Take the time to notice sunsets.
	Closely observe sky and clouds.

	If no friends are nearby,
	speak to trees, animals, or plants –
	consciousness extends from galaxies to ants.

	If hardships fill your heart
	focus on making others happy –
	observe how they define joy.

	Imagine you're loved more deeply than you can imagine:
	strange as it seems, you actually are.

	Be certain part of you is already awakened –
	& don't fret about the rest.


Noel: 	Is happiness a set of clear instructions?

Gwen: 	For computer programmers, perhaps . . .

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from Celebrations ah Song: Rejoicing Through Art, Poetry & Narratives with T Newfields
SUMMARY: Some simple guidelines for living with joy.
KEYWORDS: inner contentment, guidelines for living, finding happiness, thoughts on living 

Author:  T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) 
Begun:   2006 in Tokyo, Japan ✶ Finished: 2017 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted


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NIHONGO   https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/kurashi.htm
ESPAÑOL   https://www.tnewfields.info/es/cultivar.htm
THịY      https://www.tnewfields.info/Translations/Orathip1.htm