Simple Pleasures, Everyday Joie de Vivre.

Everyone should understand what a balanced diet is, it consists of eating the five food groups in moderation. Fad diets where they cut out one of the food groups is not reccomended . The only 'true' diet you can go on is to lose and maintain weight that is safe and actually works is to eat a balanced diet, and smaller servings. Balanced diets are more filling. This blog endorses the mediterranean diet. Which is a five food group diet with some specifics added such as olive oil and beans. The peasant diet of the mediterranean is known to make people be healthier and live longer than other parts of the world. Remember, it is not all about your weight, it is also about nutrition. A mediterranean diet consists of, eating simple wholefoods. Including, fish; olive oil, dairy in moderation; large servings of fruit, veggies; legumes and nuts; protein from beans; no processed foods; wholegrains such as brown rice and wholemeal flour; skip the sugar; drink a little red wine; da...

Photo by  Chris Geirman  on  Unsplash "Joy, can be a joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do… And joie de vivre may be seen as a joy of everything, a comprehensive joy, a philosophy of life, a Weltanschauung (Worldview)  Robert's Dictionnaire says joie is sentiment exaltant ressenti par toute la conscience , that is, it involves one's whole being”. The foundations of the philosophy behind this blog are simplicity and joie de vivre, the French phrase that literally translates into English as the joy of living. The phrase is used to describe cheerfulness of life. This philosophy rests on the premise that having some simple basics in place in life such as eating healthily, exercising regularly and a joyful attitude is all you really need no matter what your particular walk in life is. More Joy Quotes 'Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls'. - Mother Theresa. 'One joy shatters a hundred griefs'. - ...

For this edition, we are going to look at some joy quotes. If you are happy, then may these make you happier. If you are unhappy, you will need to change. You have to change your attitude. You have to keep a positive attitude. So keep these quotes on hand, and approach life differently, so that you can enjoy the journey, and get the results you want. 'Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened'.  Dr Suess. 'I don't think of all the misery. But of all the beauty that remains'.  Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl.  'Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy'. Thicc Naht Hanh.  'Sorrow prepares you for joy, it sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the boughs of your heart. So that fresh green leaves can grow in their place, it pulls up the rotton roots. So that new roots that are...

Photo by  Alexei Scutari  on  Unsplash Our first step on our journey of joyousness  is making goals. Just one goal, not two or three or more. The hardest thing about this, is just fine-lining things down to one single thing. You might want to tie that one goal to your sense of purpose. There is a simple life purpose quiz, here: ‘ Soulhealingjournies.com/ blog/ I got the result of 'happiness' for my purpose. That is I'm interested in psychology, in information, research, psychoanalysis and writing, prose, poetry and music. But it's for a reason. So hopefully if you read my blog, I can impart some of that to you and perchance it will take off. Now Rome wasn't built in a day. So its time for some project management. Remember our journey begins with just one small step. Roughly work out how long your goal/project will take. How many hours a day you can devote to it. Work out some ballmarks such as I could write chapter one of my novel in a ...