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The Beauty of Loving

Wednesday, December 31st, 2014

I wanted to share something that warmed my heart.

Twin Soul Poets, Hamilton and Ingrid, performing their poem “Loving”

I got an email from a gorgeous soul named Ingrid who said she read Meeting Your Half-Orange when she was in a difficult place emotionally and it shifted how she felt about herself and her dating future. As Ingrid put it:

“I had what I considered a breakthrough and an epiphany: ‘The man I’m waiting for already exists, he isn’t going to appear when I meet him. He’s already here, living his life. I don’t need to crane my neck looking for him at a bar or the grocery store. When it’s the right time for us to meet, he’ll show up!'” He did show up. And now the pair are making beautiful poetry together, literally. Ingrid and Hamilton call themselves the “Twin Soul Poets.” And here they are performing their moving poem Loving.

You never know where a partner will appear. You don’t know what he or she will look like, how they’ll sound, what they’ll say. But if you know how you want it to feel when you meet, you will draw your other half — your half-orange, your own twin soul — closer every day.

I hope this inspires you the way it did me. And I wish you all LOVING like this in your Beautiful New Year.

Big love,

Tags: half-orange, Love, Meeting Your Half-Orange, soul mates, twin soul poets, twin souls
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Find Your “Moment Awesome”

Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

I just watched my own video again for kicks. I can’t help it, it makes me happy! Maybe because it’s the one I made for the release of my latest book, about how making a “happy life checklist” can affect your life in the smallest, coolest way. Maybe because I feel such a sense of accomplishment that I pulled it off, with a video that I think is as cute in real life as I imagined in my head. Anyway, when it directed me to YouTube to watch it, I noticed how many people had viewed it, and it made me smile again. Look:

Can you see? It says that at the time I was watching it, 7,777 people had viewed it. That’s a lot of 7’s! Hello, lucky. I got such a kick out of that. Moment = awesome. It was a sudden reminder for the day that we need to direct ourselves to more of those seconds more often. Because they’re happening all the time, everywhere, no matter what.

Sitting at my desk right now, for instance, I notice there is a pretty shadow of tree leaves on the floor from the window light. And as the leaves move, the shadow dances. Moment = awesome.

So I ask you this: What’s around you? Right now. Maybe…

You’re in a long line for a coffee and it’s not moving very quickly. But when you look up from checking Instagram, you notice there is a framed poem on the wall. You read it. It’s beautiful. Moment = awesome.

You’re waiting for a client who is running late, so you’re stuck in that weird limbo between stopping your last project and starting your next one. But in that limbo, there is rest. It’s quiet. And you can close your eyes for ten seconds and take a big, deep breath. Moment = awesome.

You see a comment on your Facebook post from an old high school friend. Instead of skipping past it, you picture yourself back in those echoing halls, where you’d chat by your lockers, wondering where the mad merry-go-round of life would take you. You were good friends then. And look at that, you’re still in touch. Stopping by to support each other in the comment section now and then. Moment = awesome.

If you could use a push to find your own small little moments throughout the day, you can always watch the video I made, too. In fact…I’ll imagine that you do watch it. And that you will smile at some point while you do. And that it will inspire you in just the right way, so that today or tomorrow, you will see or hear something that makes you feel sweet as jam for even a minute. And the thought that this will happen? Me, picturing that moment for you? It’s awesome.

Big love,

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The Happiest Video About Happiness Ever

Monday, January 27th, 2014

Want to know the real secret to happiness?

This 2-minute video will reveal it to you—and may make you want to jump up and hug someone when you’re done.

A happy life checklist can change your life. So watch this and find out how.

And if you’re inspired by the video and want more ideas on how to savor the small moments of happiness every day, grab the brand new book that inspired it today! Buy The Happy Life Checklist: 654 Ways To Find Your Bliss on Amazon.com.

—Amy

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You Were Not Built to Break

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

This is from an earlier post I did on Whitney Houston. With this great loss of such a talented woman, I’m glad her words and her voice can live on for us all in this way.

Sometimes things hurt so bad you think you’ll never get over it. Sometimes bad things happen that you have no control over, or you can’t explain. And sometimes we all feel “broken,” like we can’t get anything right and we’re doomed to failure and feeling alone.

But please know that if you ever feel this way: Tears and fear are part of the path of life—and proof that you’re healthy and emotionally advanced. You can’t feel great happiness unless you’re able to feel great pain. And the way I see it, if you’re feeling pain now, it means the happiness is on the other end of the seesaw just waiting to take its turn.

Whitney Houston says it best in her song “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength”:

“Survived the darkest hour, my faith kept me alive, I picked myself back up, hold my head up high,

I was not built to break. I didn’t know my own strength.“

Whether you’re facing a heartwrenching, life-altering time or just having a really, really, really sad or bad day, when it feels like your half-orange in love will never come your way or you’ll never get out of the hole you’re in, it’s part of life’s path for you. If you can feel this deeply in sadness, you can feel this deeply in love. And Whitney’s right: You were not built to break. None of us were.

Big love,

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Watch My New Book Trailer!!

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Okay you guys…I’m excited.

Coming soon: Bright Side Up!

Those of you who receive my happy weekly Vitamin Optimism email have already gotten a sneak peek of this, but for those of you who haven’t seen it yet, I could not be more thrilled to say that my brand new book comes out in just three weeks!

The book is called BRIGHT SIDE UP: 100 Ways to Be Happier Right Now (Perigee, out Feb. 7), and it takes my concept of dating optimism to an even bigger place, to life optimism.

The way I see it, happiness isn’t about what happens to us, it’s about how we see and feel about what happens to us. So if you can see your home, job, relationship or single life from a brighter perspective, you can feel happier about your life right now.

Here’s the one-minute book trailer for Bright Side Up to give you a taste of what it’s all about:

You can pre-order the book on Amazon.com right now. And if you liked the video, please share it! Inspire your friends and family to be happier today.