Shards of Consciousness

In this part of the world, spring is springing. Daffodils are blooming, the apples are budding, the roses have begun to put out leaves. Temperatures have a desert-like range, very cold at night and shirtsleeve warm during the day.

Today's reading has no overall theme, but each is worth reading and thinking about.

Debbie Call of Spirit in Gear led me to Bill McKibben/s article Reversal of Fortune, in which he talks about some research related to happiness levels and material abundance. One interesting point data point - move a Calcutta homeless person into a slum and their happiness level reaches that of the average of a selection of college students from 47 nations.

Carolyn Manning at Thoughts & Philosophies is pondering what her goals are. In the midst of her thought, she's given us some tips on how to Let Success Be Your Mindset.

Emotions happen. They are as necessary to live as breathing, and serve as great an evaluative function as rationality in the realm of meaning. Anger, too, serves a purpose, but like any other emotion, when carried to extremes is self-defeating. In Do you have good anger or bad anger Dave Schoof of The Disquiet shows how to tell the difference between the two, and some of the things we can do to convert the bad to the good.

Enjoy!