The Art of Concentration

I love Emmet Fox (1886-1951), scientist, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, was a leader in the New Thought Movement, and an early contributor to Alcoholic's Anonymous. He is a author of many books and a readership in the million. Anyway, this is Emmet Fox's take on Concentration:


The only subject that matters is getting an understanding of Truth, developing our souls; but in order to develop our souls we must have some knowledge of the power of concentration. If you can learn and practice right concentration, there is no good thing in the universe that you cannot attain. Concentration means literally 'bringing to a common center." Until you can put your attention where you want it you have not become master of yourself. You will have be happy until you can determine what you are going to think about for the next hour.

First make your body comfortable, then tell it to be good until you come back for it. Concentration has nothing to do with the muscles, it has nothing to do with the blood vessels. Concentration means thought control. It is purely a mental thing and if you are rightly concentrating you will find you are actually relaxed.

People imagine that concentration means holding on to one thought. The human mind is so constituted that it is impossible to do that. True concentration is a movement of the mind along a predetermined path. Nineteen people out of twenty people who say they have failed in concentration have been trying to stand still mentally. All people do have good powers of concentration, but not when they want them. You always concentrate on what you are interested in.

Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
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Laughter is...

Laughter is wonderful
Laughter is joyful
Laughter is exercise
Laughter is playful
Laughter is powerful
Laughter is needed
Laughter is play
Laughter is children
Laughter is healing
Laughter is healthy
Laughter is easy
Laughter is contagious
Laughter is universal
Laughter is forgiving
Laughter is understanding
Laughter is communicating
Laughter is fun
Laughter is creative
Laughter is love
Laughter is me
Laughter is you
Laughter is us
Laughter is revolutionary
Laughter is music
Laughter is dance
Laughter is something I do as much as I can. What about you?

Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.onewomanslaughter.com

Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously!

Some people, no matter how old they get,Never lose their beauty- They merely move it from their faces Into their hearts.Martin Buxbaum (Writer)1912-1991

I love the above quote. Too many times as we age we start to take ourselves too seriously. We forget to laugh, and then are hearts turn cold. Through laughter life looks and is better. If you are miserable and want to stay there or aren't miserable and want to get there, this is the way:

15 Steps to Stay Miserable or How to Get There if You are Not!

1. Wait for others to make you happy.
2. Blame everyone else for your unhappiness
3. Use "if only" whenever you can regarding time, money, or friends.
4. Compare what you have with what others have.
5. Always be serious.
6. Take responsibility for everything bad in the world.
7. Try to please everyone all the time, except yourself, and never say "no."
8. Help others but don't let anyone help you.
9. Consider your own wants unimportant.
10. If anyone compliments you, discount it immediately.
11. Never laugh or play
12. Hide your own thoughts and feelings.
13. Resist change at all cost.
14. Strive for absolute perfection.
15. Always live in the past or in the future never in the present.

Jana Ruth www.janaruth.biz

www.onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com

Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life

Play with These Ideas

• * Jump on your bed.

* Make funny faces at yourself in the mirror

* Get a straw and put it in your mouth to force yourself to smile and wave at passing motorists.

* Dance and sing and play,

* Find a playground.

* Find your baby pictures.

* Play with children or pets.

* Hug and kiss someone

* Take a walk or dance in the rain.

* Watch Singing in the Rain, especially the scene with Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.

* Imitate a well-known comedian or politician, many times they are the same person.

Jana Ruth- Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life

http://www.janaruth.biz

http://onewomanslaughter.blogspot.com