happiness — blog — Anne Benvenuti

Too Big to Fail and Too Small to Matter: Don't Go Back to Sleep!

You’ve probably heard that your education will make you an efficient part of the economic system, more competitive, and of course, wealthier. If I thought that was the most important reason for getting an education, I would say to you, “Run away! Run away!” For we now have global research on happiness that tells us it is indeed important to have enough money to get food, clothing and shelter, and a little more for self-expression; but that after that, money doesn’t matter much to happiness—it can even take away from happiness when it brings with it excessive demands on time and energy and creates more stress, when it takes you away from your family and friends.

critical thinking, ecospiritualityAnne BenvenutiJune 2, 2015education, why education matters, happiness, creative thinking, Descartes, philosophy of life, Freud, unconscious, spirit unleashed, Wangari Maathai, RumiComment

Madame Anne's Predictions for 2012

First, an editorial comment. Time magazine’s 2011 person of the year is not Steve Jobs, as we might have expected, but The Protestor. I count myself a member of this corporate person because I finally took a big and necessary risk. There are seven billion human ways to join ranks. Do it your way for a change. I’m not joking when I say that you house all the creativity of the universe, so use it. Just be you and try doing something new and interesting because it feels good.

Madame Anne’s predictions: The year 2012 will be a year of great transformation, the end of an era. This is my first prediction.

Anne BenvenutiDecember 31, 2011protestor, transformation, human cooperation, service based economy, happiness, health, polar bears, Martin Niemoller, extinction of species, mystical attunements, do it your wayComment