So I have this strange habit every night before I go to bed.   After I am done working and my inbox is empty and my dishes are all done and it seems I have nothing left to do but go to sleep.  I turn on my heart radio to rap [...]

Today is Easter and we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  And it got me thinking what can I resurrect in my life?  What old goal/dream/habit have I let die? I figure a lot people at least tried to give up something for Lent even the non-religious.  And now that [...]

Everyone at one point or another in their lives thinks “change is HARD".  Well, guess what it's NOT. Today I am going to share with you the way to quick, easy, and lasting change.  It really doesn't matter what you want to change about yourself.  It works for everything. First, [...]

When I am stressed my mind starts going a mile a minute looking for multiple solutions to multiple problems. Like attracts like. So when my mind gets like that and I feel overwhelmed! What I do is simply ask myself 1 question. "What is right in my life right now?" [...]

Good Sunday! Like a lot of people, I know Sundays are my cleaning day.  I love looking around my environment and seeing dust free clean and organized.  I personally don't work well in a cluttered environment.  I honestly don't believe anyone does. But this is not the simple tip today. [...]

This is going to be a short, simple and straight forward post. I should really be sleeping right now but I had to let my readers in on a secret. If you follow my blog you know I talk a lot about how the questions you ask yourself create the [...]

As I wrote the title to my post it occurred to me that I may offend people since the one book I recommend over all other books ever written is not the Bible.  I love the Bible and I recommend reading the Bible and not just the Christian Bible but [...]

Today I heard a question that really caught my attention. The question was is today going to be a Good Day, a Bad Day, or is today going to be a GREAT DAY!? That question has stuck with me all day. Of course today I thought "Today is going to [...]

So Last year I wrote a blog about saying YES to life.  You can view the first blog at :saying-yes-to-life/ But then today while I was meditating I realized I was actually saying no in my head over and over.  And since this morning I have noticed I am doing [...]

I just watched this video on youtube by Tony Robbins entitled "Create a new story".  ( I included it below)  It was so beneficial. It was awesome from the start.  I love how in the first minute he reminds us of what I personally have always thought of as the [...]

I was finishing cleaning my floors right now and it occurred to me all the work I had to do before I could even start cleaning my floors. I had to go through and clean all my counter tops, tables, the desk, and everything above the floors before I could [...]

Saying yes to life can be hard. I think it's one of the most difficult things for us to do. When things are going as we planned we find it easy -But when things don’t go exactly as we have planned we say NO to life. As if we know [...]

Today I wanted to write about my new way of thinking about goals. In the past I had tried so hard to accomplish to many BIG goals each and every day. It all started because I'm a bit of an over achiever. But If you have a busy life like [...]

It seems to me saying "I'm Sorry" (Apologizing) is a lot like forgiveness. You know how its good for you to forgive others for the shear fact that holding a grudge or hatred inside of you doesn't actually hurt the other person - just you. Well it seems to me [...]

A couple days ago I was having a conversation with a person I thought had a pretty standard level of intelligence. But in the conversation I said "Shouldn't a person go in the direction that makes them happy instead of suffering just to maintain the status quo?" And they replied [...]

At the beginning of the summer I planted my very first flower garden. Over the last couple months I have learned so many things from them as I’ve watched them grow. It is a different type of knowledge that comes from watching nature – a knowledge that seems to be [...]

I am a very curious person. My whole life I have wondered about the why and how of everything. I have a billion questions in my head and some I have received the answers to. But in the case of the really big subjects it appears the more I witness [...]

past-present-future "Out of sight, out of mind." The proverb has been around since at least the 1500s and is based on the idea that something is easily forgotten or dismissed as unimportant if it is not in our direct view. I believe no-matter how happy or successful we are in [...]

I get a lot of emails most being articles or blogs about the kind of stuff I’m interested in here at happyecho.com But Today I got an email from a website focused on manifesting, the law of attraction and enlightenment. I was surprised by their belief and focus on monitoring “every [...]

You maybe asking yourself “what is a counter intention?” So I have included this page on happyecho.com to answer just that. The fact is often when people haven’t created the life they say desire it is often one of two reasons. They do not fully understand the Law of Attraction and [...]

Based on the title you may think I’m religious but I am not. My father is Catholic, my Mother Mormon and my brother and I were sent to Baptist churches. I have been to Christian, Lutheran, Mormon, and Catholic churches and have had very interesting conversations with awesome Muslims, Buddhist, [...]

*I am unaware of the origins of this story.  I had it on my computer for years. If you know - please email me at contact@happyecho.com  - I would like to give credit where credit is due. Back in the days of old, there was a widow who worked as the town’s seamstress. [...]

You can create a gratitude journal for others.  Like your spouse, children, parents, or special friends.Start by buying a new journal with a specific person in mind.  Try to find a journal that matches their favorite color & interest.  You can always add decorations to the cover with colored markers [...]