{"quotes":[{"text":"How do you think your body and mind would respond if you were surrounded by psychologists, psychiatrists, or drug and alcohol counselors who subscribed to the belief that 'once an alcoholic or addict, always an alcoholic or addict' and who believed that your current stay in rehab would be one of many?","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["addiction","chris-prentiss","holistic","holistic-health","non-12-step","passages-malibu","passages-rehab","passages-treatment-center","passages-ventura","pax-prentiss","therapy","treatment","wellbeing","wellness","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":25838,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"The answers are never 'out there.' All the answers are 'in there,' inside you, waiting to be discovered.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["happiness","philosophy","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":28992,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"A strong personal philosophy does more than sustain us through the tragedies of life. It also stains us daily in everything we think and do. It gives us optimism and hope.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["happiness","philosophy","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":51973,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"You can be happy if you are willing to let go of your past and leave yourself unencumbered so you can fly freely.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["forgiveness","happiness","life","philosophy","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":52318,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"The zenith of the peak of mountains has to be balanced by the nadir of the depth of the seas.","author":"Ackshat Deoli","tags":["inspirational","life-coach","life","motivation","motivational","motivational","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":57607,"author_id":"Ackshat+Deoli"},{"text":"Your life today is the result of a series of decisions you made that have caused you to arrive where you are.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["decisions","inspirational","life","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":72605,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"Although you may have never sat down and defined what your philosophy is, it is fully operative and working in your life at all times. It deals with what you believe about the world in which you live, about its people and events, about how you affect them.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["happiness","life","life-and-living","philosophy","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":96989,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"If you are surrounded by people who not only don't believe in your goals and your positive outlook on life, but who also continually try to tear you down, it will be extremely challenging for you to hold firmly in mind that you will succeed and that you can be happy.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["happiness","life","philosophy","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":107018,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"Your actions create an 'energy vortex' that draws in the necessary ingredients for your venture.","author":"Chris Prentiss","tags":["chris-prentiss","happiness","inspirational","life","philosophy","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":158104,"author_id":"Chris+Prentiss"},{"text":"Happiness lies even in little tiny butterflies. You just have to cpen up your eyes and see where beauty flies to beautify your world lenghtwise.","author":"Ana Claudia Antunes","tags":["beauty","believing","butterflie","contemplation","enduring","enlightenment","everlasting","happiness","happiness","lenghtwise","meditation","nature","open-minded-life","open-mindedness","open-up-your-eyes","openness","seeing-the-world","seeing-things-in-a-different-way","state-of-mind","tiny-beautiful-things","zen","zen-and-the-art-of-happiness"],"id":170870,"author_id":"Ana+Claudia+Antunes"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":29,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}