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Learning, Laughing, Linking: Three Keys to Successful Living

© Richard Kent Matthews

"Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance." Louis L'Amour

The Purpose: To be your best so you can share your best with the world.

You've been searching for the easy road to successful living. You've read the books, taken the classes, attended the workshops, even prayed for the answer. And those are great avenues. Well, today is your lucky day. Here are the three main (and succinct) ways to keep your life on track--or get it back on track--to any destination you choose:

Learning continually...

Think you're too old to learn new things? Guess again. You have enough brain cells that, barring major trauma, you can afford to lose a lot of them and still have plenty for new learning. In fact, learning continually has benefits you may not have considered: rewires the brain, helps stretch your comfort zone, makes you a true asset and resource. Here's a tip: start each day with a beginner's mind. "In time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future." Eric Hoffer "When you're through learning, you're through." Vernon Law

Laughing heartily...

Mark Twain said, "The only effective weapon we really have is laughter." Laughter is healing. Here's a suggestion: make the decision to laugh at least 10 times a day. Why? Well, here are just some of laughter's benefits: non-fattening, increases blood flow and circulation, faster oxygen delivery, aids digestion and elimination, amplifies respiration, helps body ventilation, activates and exercises internal muscles and organs. One hundred laughs = 10 minutes on rowing machine. Releases endorphins, connects both hemispheres of the brain. Boosts components of the immune system, might decrease certain stress hormones. Cathartic--can vanquish emotional and physical tension. Releases hostility, helps ease and curb cardiac problems (a bit controversial). Makes you feel good and helps others feel less threatened. "A merry heart doeth good like medicine but a broken spirit drieth the bone." Prov. 17:22

Linking consciously...

You have more to offer the world than you know. Dig deep and find some of it and when you do, share your unique gifts; see yourself as mission-oriented; remember that giving and receiving are one principle. And here's a powerful little bit of good news: become a powerful receiver as well as a giver. Expect a return. When you receive well, you are, in fact, giving a wonderful gift to the one giving to you. And, a little piece of friendly advice: to link well, remember peoples' names! It's one of the best gifts you can give. "He who seeks to secure the good of others has already secured his own." Confucius

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