It is a privilege to live. And we are obliged to be happy. That happiness is our duty becomes clear when we see how it affect others. The joyful heart makes the joyful countenance, the joyful countenance spreads joy to make other hearts glad. The sunny soul brings sunshine everywhere, adding to the happiness of the world. - Hugh Black The quotes featured in 30 Seconds to a Beautiful Life™ are lightly edited from the original quotations. This series is a production of the Inspirational Living podcast. Subscribe to my free podcast at the iTunes store or on any podcast listening platform. Support my work by becoming a patron at: https://livinghour.org/patron Make a one-time donation at: https://livinghour.org/donate ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0c8J5FWiss

Listen to episode 113 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Majesty of Calmness. Adapted from a book of the same title by William George Jordan. Podcast Excerpt: Calmness is the rarest quality in human life. It is the signpost of a great nature, in harmony with itself and its ideals. It is the moral atmosphere of the life self-reliant and the self- controlled. Calmness is singleness of purpose, absolute confidence, and conscious power — ready to be focused in an instant to meet any crisis. No person lives their life more fully, more intensely and more consciously than the one who is calm. Fatalists are not calm, but coward slaves of their environment, hopelessly surrendering to their present condition, recklessly indifferent to the future. Discover Our Book: Evergreen: 50 Inspirational Life Lessons: http://inspirationallifelessons.com/ Support our free education podcast at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/inspirationalpodcasts Subscribe to the Inspirational Living podcast at the iTunes Store, Stitcher.com, Google Play, or our website Podcast.LivingHour.org. We produce weekly motivational podcasts, adapted from the works of the most inspirational authors of the past. Transform Your Life in 30 Days with The Majesty Program: http://livinghour.org/majesty/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKslPzg2nCY