Cheerfulness is one of the most poetic expressions of love.

Date:   4/5/2016 8:02:00 AM ( 8 y ago)

November 4, 2022 -

"In general, we do not think about how vital it is to cultivate contentment. Human beings live in a perpetual state of criticism, dissatisfaction and revolt, without knowing that this dissatisfaction is actually the manifestation of a lack of love. However, contentment cannot be based on feelings, because the heart is happy only when it has everything it desires, which happens but once in a while, and for a brief moment. So, feelings are not a very stable foundation. Whereas if you take intelligence, reason and thought(i) as the basis for contentment, even if you are dissatisfied, you will know that you should be content, and your reasoning will quickly chase the clouds away. It is important to know that prolonged dissatisfaction, whether conscious or not, erodes and damages something in our being, and encourages negative actions. The best way to destroy the bad effects of dissatisfaction (which some people unconsciously maintain and nurture for years), is to give thanks repeatedly several times a day, even if there is no reason for it. Giving thanks is simply like an antidote to the poison engendered by discontent." - Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov -[3]
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(i) and this blog-writer would add: communion with the Divine, fellowship and even dialogue!
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April 5, 2016 -

I was once a scout. As scouts we declared "The Scout Law -
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent." I don't remember ever needing to work on being cheerful at that time. That could be because I hadn't amassed inner burdens.

"If we want cheerfulness to pay us a visit we have to be free, and to be free we must stop amassing inner burdens. Cheerfulness is linked to the idea of lightness. And what makes us light? Love. Love warms and expands our heart, and then we become light, like a balloon floating up into the atmosphere, and we rise joyfully into space."[1]

I am sorry to see a fellow gardener "amassing inner burdens". I think a miracle is needed in this "onion"!

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December 30, 2017 -

"If the ... leader is consistently upbeat and in good morale, the team will demonstrate the same. By contrast, if the leader is sullen, unresponsive, abrasive or hidden, that will suck the life out of the team."[2]

I have experienced the consequences of prolonged extensions of sullen, unresponsive, and hidden/unavailability of the "leader' (by whatever name) and that sucked!

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Notes:

[1] http://with-omraam.com/cheerfulness-expression-love/

[2] http://www.evancarmichael.com/library/tim-schneider/10-Commandments-of-LeadershipTone-Setting.html

[3] https://www.prosveta-usa.com/2022-11-05
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