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“BlogCatalog Member Darin L Hammond”

Last night Darin L Hammond, a member at BlogCatalog, wrote a post on his blog and then posed this question in BC Discussions:

Happiness requires kindness, not religion. What do you say?

My response:

Darin,

I really enjoyed this post today. It goes well with the mood music playing in the background (harps and strings) and the coffee to wake my foggy mind.

Kindness is paramount to my life. I concur with both Zig and Dali Lama (I saw him a few years ago … twice). But I also know when I enter a house of meditation, contemplative thinking and prayer, there is a hushed silence and reverence I immediately connect to.

Happiness is different from joy and even laughter. It is a method of living and showing empathy or compassion toward others. It is ingrained into my very fabric. Circumstances prevent this feeling of contentment too many times throughout the day-to-day realities, especially when a person is trying to balance life, but it is one of the most treasured of things … to be content, peaceful, happy, deep inside.

Happiness be yours. Spread Love.

Please visit the Discussion and share your opinion.

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Discussion: Did you know the more you allow yourself to be interrupted, the more you actually develop a brain that can’t focus?

This was one of my replies:

“Yes. I can see why you might believe this, but the truth of the matter is that we’re moving so quickly, in our thinking, that when we find we have to stop abruptly and focus on a particular thing that we were not even thinking about … there is what I refer to as a brain blip. It’s those few seconds that seem like delayed minutes, when we have to apply the brakes and focus. Once done, we may resume at normal zoom, zoom, zoom speed.”

“I drain my brain … get quiet … become centered. I tune the world out. I’m in the zone. I release, let go and immediately I am calmed. I was told by Carol, a medium from California, “Be serene in the midst of turmoil”. I have relied on this ever since. It’s Zen. Once I am refreshed I resume my almost breakneck speed of getting things done. A little here … a little there … everything gets attention and I really accomplish things. I call it living spherically.”

This brings me to the point, that at BlogCatalog, members have open discussions, round the clock, and not only are they fun they are meaningful connections on topics we want to chat about and talk through. We learn from each other and we build relationships, which is very important in cyberspace. BlogCatalog offers a beautiful platform to display your blog and we really get to know each other. We explore one another’s work, share our days and feel comfortable. “BlogCatalog is my home away from home … without ever having to leave home.” I’ve been somewhere extraordinary and I didn’t have to travel far. Add your blog today and join in our discussions. If you don’t have a blog, drop by anyway and make some of our bloggers many of your favorites.

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