Peter Wainberg, a heart and health specialist, discusses strategies for achieving happiness by focusing on personal desires rather than annoyances. He advises identifying unspoken wishes and taking concrete steps towards them, such as making plans and setting goals. The article emphasizes the importance of recognizing what truly brings joy and acting upon it to prevent regret.
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Peter Wainberg, a heart and health specialist, suggests in his advice that true happiness comes from identifying and pursuing one's deepest desires rather than getting bogged down by annoyances. He encourages people to focus on what they really want—whether it be losing weight, gaining weight, finding love, or even just securing a restaurant table by the window—and take actionable steps towards achieving these goals. The key message is to stop procrastinating and start making plans and changes in life today, rather than waiting for an unspecified "emergency" to prompt action.
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I don’t know Peter Wainberg.
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I → know → Wainberg
I only know that his PR elf Jesse Nash sends out elevators full of stuff hourly.
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elf → know → stuff
But this is interesting so I share it.
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I → share → it
Wainberg’s asking: What do you really want?
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you → ask → What
Everybody wants something.
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Everybody → want → something
So, Lesson One: Forget what annoys you.
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what → forget → you
Like to know what really really creeps under your hairpiece.
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what → like → hairpiece
Yeah, we know would be nice if your pesty neighbor could move.
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neighbor → know → ?
We got it.
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We → get → it
But basically what would make you happy happy really happy to do?
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you → make → ?
He asks: What is your unspoken desire?
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desire → ask → ?
The down deep kind that survives inconvenience.
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that → survive → inconvenience
We’re talking “Focus.”
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We → talk → Focus
If it’s just a restaurant table by the window — shove it.
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it → ’ → it
Understand we’re now talking about your life.
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we → understand → life
Something you ignored yesterday — consider today.
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you → ignore → ?
Everyone wants something.
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Everyone → want → something
Decide what you want.
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you → decide → what
Walk where you choose.
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you → walk → ?
(No, this I personally added.)
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I → add → this
He says to sit by a window, think, write it down.
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He → say → it
Don’t know what you want — don’t be surprised by what you get.
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you → know → what
Can be what annoys you, disappoints you, wants your cousin to shut up.
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cousin → annoy → you
“I want to be happy,” they might say.
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they → want → ?
Yeah, we all do.
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we → do → ?
But beside your current desire to lie on a couch and dream, what would you really like?
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If you sleep through all this — it’s your life going by.
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it → sleep → this
Life has a way of choosing you.
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Life → have → you
Don’t wait for a hospital to tell you.
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hospital → wait → you
Write it down — might be something only you can recognize.
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Take the first step.
And stop cluttering up my inbox.
Latin loses Mass appeal in NJ
Newark’s Archbishop Cardinal Tobin has suspended a large traditional Latin Mass in his diocese.
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Holy Trinity of Hackensack hosted a weekly Tridentine Mass — according to the 1962 missal — with a traditionalist choir that sang all parts of the Mass.
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Father John Perricone, a Catholic theologian who appears on podcasts and YouTube channels, was the officiant.
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Cardinal Tobin, who suspended it leaving about 150 families in spiritual limbo, once said: “I understand why people feel banished from the church.”
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people → suspend → church
But, says one theologian: “It’s the cardinal doing the banishing.”
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God bless us, every one!
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Note: Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” wouldn’t work today.
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Tiny Tim would have major medical coverage and Scrooge would be a candidate for the Conservative Party.
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Scrooge → have → Party
Forget the government having a deficit.
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It’s called Being On The Take.
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