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Catching Up and Sharing Out

These past few weeks have been wonderful, as I managed to catch up with friends to bring memories out of the mind, to refresh those moments. Now, several of them have decided to retire from the corporate world to concentrate on what they have always wanted to do or to reduce the stress level that has affected their health. Whatever the reasons might be, the key point is still doing what brings happiness to our existence.
Living a good life is a simple philosophy that one can develop for oneself. There is no magic, no necessity for a guru to tell you nor the requirement of big wealth, as the "poor" bankers will want to tell you. After the sub-prime crisis emanating out of the USA, many are now more realistic about growth and investment returns. It is exactly the desire to live within our means and the reality of impermanence that brings us back to the fundamental of wanting to live a good life.
In the sharing of information, I found these two websites as being really useful to me. One is about the sharing of experiences by various people in short videos. The site URL is http://www.ted.com. The other one is http://www.watercure.com which attempts to make us believe that water is a lot less than ordinary, and can help us in our health, as we age.
Enjoy the information and be happy.
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