Comments on: Well-Being is Better Than Happiness

By: Lalitha Brahma

Lalitha Brahma — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:24:43 +0000

Excellent article! I really liked the way you defined Well being as
“well-being is more a state of contentment and a sense of serenity and peacefulness that comes from knowing you are doing things and living in a way that is right for you.” We need to remind these over and over again, when things go wrong.
Thanks

By: Rose

Rose — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:42:15 +0000

I want you to know that I am one of your biggest fans Stephen. I have literally become addicted to reading all of your archives, etc that I have missed out on because I barely found your blog about a week ago. I really like your viewpoints & know that in reading your insights that you must have a great life! Well deserved. Oh & I would definitely pay for your site & actually have ideas of making you as known as Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, etc. Seriously, I think you are better but they are marketed at an angle that you aren’t.. Well I have oodles of archives to dive into today & just wanted to say that you are impacting my life & I am sharing that impact with others & so on….

Rose

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By: Felicity

Felicity — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:03:41 +0000

Sorry for my mistake on the term ‘prostrate’. I mean lie down on a reclining position.

By: Felicity

Felicity — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:01:04 +0000

I’m including the rest segment into my daily life appropriately. I shut down my mind while i remain prostrated for mins or an hour and let thoughts fly away to leave me unperturbed. (i might sound ‘high’ but this meditation expands the capacity of relaxing the tensed muscles). This is particularly helpful after work. It really flutters my insides because i envisionmyself displaced from my body. I made myself allow to feel ominous. It’s a wonderful feeling, and the reason it suffices our health encourages me to take things easily more… although risk-taking is on my mind too!

By: Kikolani

Kikolani — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:47:04 +0000

I think that when you overall well-being is taken care of, you are happy. Whereas things can be completely upside down, and you can have a happy moment in the middle of it, but that doesn’t mean your overall being is good. Those five things really sum it up as to what can lead to overall fulfillment.

~ Kristi

By: Robin Easton

Robin Easton — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:01:13 +0000

Hi dear Stephen, This is an important article because it distinguishes two things that people often assume are the same. I remember at one stage of my life my ex-husband said to me why aren’t you all excited. You love skiing and did it all your life, and here you are finally going skiing again after years of living in the tropics. You don’t seem very happy. And I turned to him and said, I am happy but it is much more. It is a deep sense of well-being that I am feeling today. I am at peace with myself and the world and that in more enduring and deeper for me than happiness.

Today in my life I live in a deep sense of well being and happiness is just an expression of that deeper well being. Happiness is no longer something I strive for through doing things, having things, a certain outcome, etc. It had nothing to do with what is outside me, but rather it has to do with what is inside me.

Thank you Stephen. Very insightful.
Robin
Robin Easton´s last blog ..Goofy, Wacky and Happy! …Are You?

By: Dragos Roua

Dragos Roua — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:22:12 +0000

Well, what you described here is happiness for me, that I can tell you. I do think happiness is a process, not a goal, and by that it really fits into your “well-being” paradigm. Great reading
Dragos Roua´s last blog ..The Morning Phrase

By: Stephen Mills

Stephen Mills — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:30:13 +0000

@Jonathan, Thank you for your support!

@Deb, I know the feeling! Thanks for stopping by to comment.

@Steve, I’m getting much better at the “serenity” thing. Thanks for your comments.

@Jay, that has to be the best comment I have ever had at my blog. Thank you so much!

@Positively Present, thank you for your support. Much appreciated!

@Matt, thanks again for your support!

@Ian, thank you! I’m glad it helped.

@Shamelle, thanks for checking in and commenting!

@Vin, fulfillment is definitely a key factor. Thanks for your continued support.

@Rosa, thank you! I’m guilty of forgetting to play and I agree we all need to play more!

@Alex, thank you so much for the support. Glad to see you here again!