The Power of a Joyful Heart | Happiness Podcasts
Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness
The Living Hour
4.0 • 805 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Listen to episode 860 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Power of a Joyful Heart | Happiness Podcasts. Edited and adapted from A Book of Friendly Thoughts by Nixon Waterman.
Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Many centuries ago that wise and admirable philosopher, Epictetus, discovered that "happiness is not in strength, or wealth, or power; or all three. It lies in ourselves, in true freedom, in the conquest of every ignoble fear, in perfect self-government, in a power of contentment and peace, and the even flow of life — even in poverty, exile, disease and the very valley of the shadow."
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| 0:02.0 | What comes to mind when you hear the word gratitude? |
| 0:05.0 | Maybe it's a daily practice, or maybe it feels hard to be grateful right now. |
| 0:09.0 | Don't forget to give yourself some thanks by investing in your well-being. |
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| 0:21.7 | Let the gratitude flow. |
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| 0:45.5 | Today's reading was edited and adapted from A Book of Friendly Thoughts by Nixon Waterman, published in 1913. |
| 1:03.0 | Who among us can presume to estimate the value of a joyful heart? |
| 1:09.1 | What a perpetual blessing it is to its possessor, and to all who |
| 1:14.6 | must come into close relationship with the owner of it. There is nothing more pleasantly catching |
| 1:21.8 | than happiness. The happy person serves to make all who are about them the more happy. |
| 1:29.3 | What the bright, inspiring sunshine adds to the beauty of the fields, a happy disposition |
| 1:36.3 | adds to the charm of all the incidents and experiences of one's daily life. |
| 1:42.3 | Do not you who listens to me now, love to associate with a friend possessing a |
| 1:48.3 | cheerful disposition, and do you not intuitively refrain from meeting with the unfortunate one |
| 1:55.3 | whose looks and words are heavy with complaining, or whose eyes fail to see the beauty of the world lying |
| 2:03.6 | all about. |
| 2:06.1 | If we are given to wise thinking, we must reach the conclusion that as we regard these attributes |
| 2:13.0 | in others, so others must regard them in us. |
| 2:18.3 | Nothing is more eloquent than a joyful face. |
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