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#364| What Makes You Happy

December 30, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

In 2016, how bout we follow this command:

Do more of what makes you happy!

Caveat: More of the good, positive, non-destructive things, of course!

The Swirl World Team is committed to sharing 365 days of inspiration in 2015. Our goal is to help you stay motivated and inspired by bringing you positive, uplifting images and corresponding thoughts.

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#355| Practice Compassion

December 21, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

Well, we are in the thick of the holiday season.

Many shoppers are running to and fro in an attempt to make last-minute Christmas purchases.

As a result, stress levels are high, tempers are short and patience is in short supply.

In addition to experiencing an increase in feelings of frustration, many are also contending with a sense of gloominess, and even the onset of depression.

As you are out and about in these remaining days of 2015 you will encounter people who are in different states of mind.

I encourage considering not only your own well-being, but also the well-being of others.

Instead of flaring up, responding angrily, criticizing and judging, try extending compassion.

Go ahead; practice compassion.

A little compassion will go a long, long way. And who knows? You just may make someone’s holiday.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

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#209| Love Is Costly

July 28, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway 20 Comments

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

~Robert A. Heinlein

So, who fits that category for you?

Most, if not all of us have people in our lives we dearly love.

When they’re happy, we’re happy, and conversely, a sad circumstance for them ensures sadness for us.

Love makes us vulnerable, because our feelings and sense of well-being is so closely intertwined with the persons we love.

Love is costly, because true love is pretty much an “all or nothing” proposition.

Regardless of the cost and despite the risk, I’d rather live with love than without it.

How about you?

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#203| Spot Check!

July 22, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

Hey Beautiful, here’s a spot check:

Are you smiling?

I certainly hope you are, because happiness looks good on you!

Woot!

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#167| Dance With Me

June 16, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

Together, let’s dance lightly with life.

Life is short – so let’s make the most of it.

Dance with me.

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#74| Bring The Sunshine!

March 15, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.”

Bring the sunshine – every day!

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#60| A True Picture

March 1, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

So . . . if someone snapped a photo of you right now, what would it reflect?

What a snapshot is to your life, your life is to eternity, so wouldn’t it be nice if eternity captured you smiling?

Go ahead and smile . . . just because.

Make that smile a true picture of your life!

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#40| Choose Happiness

February 9, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

It’s Monday, but it doesn’t have to be blue.

Happiness is a choice, and we make that choice within.

Today, I choose happiness.

How about you?

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#16 – Happy!

January 16, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway 1 Comment

We dare you to make this affirmation, and live it out throughout the day:

“Today, I choose to be happy!”

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Sibling Revelry

January 18, 2013 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

I had a pretty weighty post all set to go today, yet I decided to forgo it because of all the heaviness resulting from my Aunt Bert’s demise. (There’s plenty of time to be melancholy and morose; today is just not going to be that day).

Instead, I realized that yesterday’s post included a photo of my older brother and me at ages 3 1/2 and 2, respectively. My baby brother had either just been born or was about to come on the scene.

Either way, no post about my siblings and me is complete without including a photo of the three of us:

Keith, Michelle, and Tony – Christmas morning, 19??

I remember this photo; it was taken in Germany. We were happy and bursting at the seams because it was Christmas morning and we were about to open our presents.

I look at this photo, and thankfully, I’m still happy. My siblings are yet with me, and I recognize that I am profoundly blessed.

(Am I rocking that hair roller, or what???)

Join in the Fray: What childhood or sibling memory still makes you happy?

I’m blogging every day in the month of January in Blogher’s NaBloPoMo Challenge. Thanks for reading, and feel free to comment!

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