RECIPE FOR JOY: A Prescription for Human Happiness a little less dogma a little more open heart a little less fear of failure & willingness to make fresh starts a little less worry about outcomes & more dedication to live like art a little less obsession with perfection & more realization that things fall apart a little less intellectual arrogance a little more childlike discovery our planet needs a revolution of values & willingness to shift priorities joy is not unattainable or complex once your beliefs & actions intersect Will: As long as we focus on recipes for joy, we'll never find it. Kasim: Indeed – by definition recipes reduce spontaneity. And spontaneity is a component of joy. Nadia: Perhaps humans need recipes to be spontaneous? Going through a few preliminary formulas gives most people permission to relax at the end – and relaxation is necessary for joy. ===================================================================================== from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields Summary: Some wisdom about inner joy, a conversation about happiness, and an abstract image. Keywords: formulas for happiness, paths to jouissance, finding joie de vivre, discovering fulfillment Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 2004 in Ladakh, India ☆ Finished: 2016 in New Taipei, Taiwan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/aperture.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/source.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH: http://www.tnewfields.info/de/rezept.htm ESPAÑOL: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/receta.htm FRANÇAIS: http://www.tnewfields.info/fr/recette.htm NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/yorokobi.htm ZHŌNGWÉN: http://www.tnewfields.info/zh/shipu.htm