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For the people who come up with policies and run countries, the lessons of the report are not shocking: People are more satisfied with their lives when they have a comfortable standard of living, a supportive social network, good health, the latitude to choose their course in life, and a government they trust. The highest echelon of happy countries also tends to have universal health care, ample paid vacation time, and affordable child care.
Denmark, Finland, and the ‘Secrets’ of the Happiest Countries - The Atlantic
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We imagine that we are living a life—our life—as if life and who we are exist as two separate entities. But in fact, there is only one thing: we are inseparable from this thing we call life; we ourselves are life, part of its river. Consider for a moment: What if you are part of life rather than the one living it? What if there’s no separate you and it? What if what you consider you, that is, all your thoughts and sensations, is also something arising in the larger consciousness? Feel what this contemplation stirs in your body. Walk with it, live with it.
Can't Stop Thinking
Nancy Colier and Stephan Bodian
TRY THIS: Counting Self-JudgmentsMark out 15 minutes in the course of an ordinary day for this exercise. Choose a time when your mind might wander, maybe while you're driving a car or eating a meal alone. Say to yourself, "Over the next 15 minutes, I'll check every minute or so to see if I'm having a self-critical thought." If you have an electronic device that beeps, you can program it to ring every minute. Don't worry about remembering the content of your thoughts. Make a mental tally, perhaps counting on your fingers, of how many times you criticize yourself.
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion
Christopher K. Germer and Sharon Salzberg
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