Inspirational Living: Life Lessons For Success & Happiness

Listen to episode 665 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Finding the Way to Happiness | Inspiring Podcasts. Edited and adapted from Character and Happiness by Alvin Edwin Magary.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: The failure of many people to make a success of life is due to their blindness to the fact that living is an art, to be learned like any other art, adding skill to natural endowment until a masterful competency is attained. Most of us make meaningless daubs of our lives because we have not taught ourselves to live. -----------Transform your life in 30 days with our MAJESTY meditation program: https://livinghour.org/majesty. Get 30% off with the coupon code: INSPIRATIONGet our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Listen to episode 662 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Courage to Change Your Life | Motivational Podcasts. Edited and adapted from Ready Money by George H. Knox.Motivational Podcast Transcript: There are two kinds of food: the kind that gives the body strength and beauty, and the kind that simply enables it to eke out a mere existence. And so there are two kinds of reading matter: the kind that makes people grow (the kind that gives a person ideas that help them to discover themselves and opens their eyes to a great and glorious world of prosperity and happiness), and the other kind of reading, which is only trash. Yes, it may not be so very bad, it may not be bad at all in one sense, but there is nothing uplifting in it. It doesn't build you up. Like trashy food, it simply keeps you alive; that's all. It doesn't inspire you with hope or enthusiasm or any desire to pick yourself up and do a little better. It is the kind that makes us fail.-----------Transform your life in 30 days with our

Listen to episode 658 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How Being Cheerful Will Change Your Life. Edited and adapted from Everyday Efficiency: A Practical Guide to Efficient Living by C.H. Forbes-Lindsay.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: There is a tremendous amount of satisfaction and pleasure to be got out of the hardest journey through life. The secret of finding it is to make Cheerfulness a constant daily habit. I have traveled a great deal around the world and off the beaten tracks with different companions. Some of them found the hardships and discomforts of the journey sources of genuine interest and amusement, while others were driven to despondency and irritability by the same conditions.Cheerfulness is, as a matter of fact, one of the most easily acquired characteristics. Unlike most cultivable traits, it carries its reward in immediate effects, thus there is constant encouragement to persevere. Cheerfulness is infectious. Every ray of brightness that you throw out is reflected back upon you.-------

Listen to episode 657 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Choosing Your Life’s Road. Edited and adapted from The Call of the Upper Road by Kathrine Ross Logan.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt:All roads start from where you are. They run in all directions, and you may wonder which is the best road to take. All have a way of their own of inviting you, and each has its own particular enticements. Roads seem to know you and expect you. They keep open for you both day and night. But there is a big difference in the roads, and it is most important that you choose the best. At the beginning, the roads may look so very much alike that you may not hesitate much in your choice. You will find, however, as you journey on that the difference in the end is tremendous. --------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-livin

Listen to episode 656 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Cure for Unhappiness. Edited and adapted from Character and Happiness by Alvin Edwin Magary.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: There is no cure for the unhappiness of regret, or the sorrow of bereavement, that is so effective as a well-defined purpose. Misery cannot live with resolution. As soon as we “make up our minds,” relief comes. A course of action is better for most cases of unhappiness than a course of medicine. People talk of “divine discontent” and of “ambition’s holy fire,” but these things are neither divine nor holy. Discontent no more incites to action than indigestion does to appetite. In both cases there is a gnawing hunger that can never be satisfied. Ambition is thus often a torture, a tempter, a whip without a bridle.--------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport this podcast at —

Listen to episode 654 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Be Happy & Get Things Done. Adapted from Essays on the Meaning of Life by Carl Hilty.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: “I HAVE no time,” that is not only the most familiar and convenient excuse for not doing something; it is also, one must confess, the excuse which has in it the greatest appearance of truth. Is it a good excuse? I must admit that within certain limits the excuse is reasonable. But I shall try to show how it is that this lack of time occurs, and how one may, at least in some degree, find the time you need. --------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Listen to episode 653 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Overcoming Self-Doubt | Motivational Podcasts. Edited and adapted from The Miracle of Right Thought by Orison Swett Marden.Motivational Podcast Excerpt: It is a superb faith (greater than any obstacle) that has made the great discoveries, that has been the great inventor, the great engineer, the great achiever in every line of human endeavor. There is little fear for the future of the young person who has a deep-seated faith in themselves. Self-faith has ever been more than a match for difficulties. It has been the poor person’s friend, their best capital.People with no assets but colossal faith in themselves have accomplished wonders, when capital without self-faith has failed. If you believe in yourself, you will be much more likely to do the larger things you are capable of than if you were to hold a lack-of-confidence attitude.--------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with ful

Listen to episode 652 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Power of Self-Faith & Confidence. Edited and adapted from The Miracle of Right Thought by Orison Swett Marden.Self-Help Podcast Excerpt: Faith is an optimist because it sees the way out. Doubt is a pessimist because it cannot see the way ahead, and it’s afraid because it can’t cope with the uncertain. Faith opens the door of ability and develops superiority. The habit of expecting great things of ourselves calls out the best that is in us.--------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Listen to episode 651 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Getting Your Life in Tune | Success Podcasts. Edited and adapted from The Miracle of Right Thought by Orison Swett Marden.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Life is an orchestra, and your mind is the instrument. No matter how you use your mind, in whatever vocation you choose, you cannot afford to start your concert without getting it in tune. Whatever else you may do, do not play out of tune or work out of tune. Do not let your discordant instrument spoil your life. Because it will. Familiarity with discord will wreck your success perception.--------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Listen to episode 646 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Conquest of Fear and Anxiety (Pt. 2). Edited and adapted from A New Philosophy of Life by John Herman Randall.If you want to relieve stress & anxiety, sleep better, or improve your focus, visit today's sponsor Headspace. Go to https://headspace.com/happiness to get 1 month free access to their entire library of meditations.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: I remember once reading a short story where a young man worries himself into thinking that life is no longer worth living. A friend of the man says, "The trouble with you, my friend, is that you think things are worse than they are." Is not that the chief trouble with us all? We are all prone to "think things are worse than they are," and so we become addicted to the worry habit, forgetting that the worry is in the mind, and therefore can be controlled, whether we can control the object of our worry or not.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/

Listen to episode 645 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Conquest of Fear and Anxiety (Pt. 1). Edited and adapted from A New Philosophy of Life by John Herman Randall.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: We all come into life bringing with us a heritage of fears, many of which we outgrow, while others hold us in life-long bondage. It is always ignorance that is the mother of fear, and thus every advance into knowledge narrows the field in which fear operates. Freedom from fear does not necessarily mean blind recklessness. It may be the result of that wisdom which, while reverent and cautious, has nevertheless banished all fear thoughts forever.----------------If you want to relieve stress & anxiety, sleep better, or improve your focus, visit today's sponsor Headspace. Go to https://headspace.com/happiness to get 1 month free access to their entire library of meditations.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPriv

Listen to episode 644 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Awakening the Sleeping Power Within You (Pt. 2). Edited and adapted from A New Philosophy of Life by John Herman Randall.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: The problem with most of us is that we don’t have confidence in our own selves, in our own ability and powers. We belittle ourselves and constantly underrate our abilities. If we are given a task, we often say to ourselves, "Well, I am afraid I can't do that." Or, when we attempt to solve a problem, we begin with the thought that perhaps we will fail. We are failing a dozen times every week because we have not enough faith in our power to do the thing, and do it better than anybody else in the world.-----------Transform your life in 30 days with our MAJESTY meditation program: https://livinghour.org/majesty.Get our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donationsAdvertising

Listen to episode 643 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Awakening the Sleeping Power Within You (Pt. 1). Edited and adapted from A New Philosophy of Life by John Herman Randall.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: The task set before every individual is this: "Work out your own salvation," physically, mentally, morally, and spiritually. The assurance of ultimate victory is found in the truth, "For it is God who worketh in you." However, most of us would acknowledge that we aren’t living up to our highest mental capacity. In our daily work, we aren’t expressing our very best ability. When we undertake some enterprise, we often don’t see it through with the power we believe ourselves truly capable of. How many times we come to the end of the week with the regretful feeling that if we could only retrace our steps and try it over again, we should succeed much better. -----------Transform your life in 30 days with our MAJESTY meditation program: https://livinghour.org/majesty.Get our podcast with full

Listen to episode 642 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Find Your Best Self (Pt. 2) | New Year’s Motivation. Edited and adapted from How to Get What You Want by Orison Swett Marden.Motivational Podcast Excerpt: Last time we talked about the importance of self-discovery. The great problem is how to get at the force in the great within of ourselves, and then to put it to work to the best advantage. For whether life shall be a success or a failure depends upon the call we make on our resources, the extent to which we develop all our possibilities. --------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Listen to episode 641 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Find Your Best Self (Pt. 1) | New Year’s Motivation. Edited and adapted from How to Get What You Want by Orison Swett Marden.Motivational Podcast Excerpt: There is a legend that when God was equipping man and woman for their life-journey of exploration, the attendant angel was about to add the gift of contentment and complete satisfaction. The Creator stayed the angel’s hand and said: "No, if we bestow that upon them, it will rob them forever of all joy of self-discovery." The greatest moment in any life is the moment of self-discovery, the moment that gives a human being the first illuminating glimpse of their divine powers, that moment which opens the door into the great within of themselves and shows them their godlike possibilities. --------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport t

Listen to episode 640 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Feast of St. Friend | Christmas Podcasts. Edited and adapted from Friendship & Happiness by Arnold Bennett.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Children divide their adult acquaintances into two categories—those who sympathize with them in this bizarre and trying adventure called life; and those who don't. The second category is the much larger of the two. Very many people belong to it who think that they belong to the first. They may deceive themselves, but they cannot deceive a child. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! This special Christmas Eve episode was edited and adapted from the famous Christmas editorial written by Francis Pharcellus Church, published in The New York Sun in 1897.Podcast Transcript: Dear Editor—I am 8 years old. Some of my friends say there is no Santa Claus. My daddy told me to write and ask you. Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?Sincerely Yours,Virginia O'HanlonDear Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible to their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be adult's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours, we can catch only but a glimpse of the boundless world around us, only grasp but a fragment of the whole of truth and knowledge.Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion, which,

Listen to episode 635 of the Inspirational Living podcast: What Affirmations Can Do & Can’t Do. Edited and adapted from The Life Power and How to Use it by Elizabeth Towne.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Merely repeating affirmations like "I Am Successful" will do little to help you. We must think the things we desire, and we must put our shoulder to the wheel. However, the person who is full of a sense of failure and defeat is likely to put their shoulder to the wrong side of the wheel. They are so discouraged, preoccupied, and worried that they think it doesn't matter much where they put their shoulder; the thing won't budge anyway. So they go along pressing their shoulder against the same old spot — the wrong spot. But let that person make up their mind that there is a way to budge that wheel, and they will find it; and they will see things move. --------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with full transcripts and wit

Listen to episode 630 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Attractive Power of Enthusiasm. Edited and adapted from The Secret of Success by William Walker Atkinson.Visit my new website, promoting the area where I have a home in Thailand: Sakon Nakhon.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: You often have heard the word "Enthusiasm" used. You have used it often yourself. But have you ever thought about what the word really means — from what source it originated — what is its essential spirit? Few people have. The word "Enthusiasm" is derived from the Greek term meaning "to be inspired; to be possessed by the gods," the term having originally been used to describe the mindset of an inspired person who seems under the influence of a greater power.A person filled with Enthusiasm indeed seems to be inspired by some power or being higher than themselves. They tap into a source of power of which they are not ordinarily conscious. And the result is that they become like a great magnet, radiating at

Listen to episode 629 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Greatest Opportunity Open for All. Edited and adapted from The Ideal Made Real by Christian D. Larson.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: The value of an individual life is not measured by the quantity of possessions, but by the quality of existence. The value of life comes not from having much, but from being much. And happiness is invariably a state of mind, coming not from what a person has, but from what they are. We must remember, however, that the person who is much will finally gain much, providing the powers in their possession are practically applied. And their gains will have high quality whether they be gains in the world of things, or in the world of mind, consciousness, and soul.--------Get the best of our podcast in book form by visiting: https://inspirationallifelessons.comGet our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patronSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/do