What Makes You Happy?
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is a state of mind. Happiness includes many aspects in life. You should keep a “Happy List” of things, places and people that can bring a smile to your face. When you’re feeling down, you can turn to your Happy List and you’ll bounce right back!
We like to look at the bottle as half-empty but overlook it as half-full! Is grass always greener on the other side? Maybe…Maybe not…it all comes down to perspectives.
When you think about what’s wrong in your life and things you don’t have, boy, you can easily get depressed. Every time I start to go thru everything that’s going wrong in my life, I try to balance it with the good things happening to me. Sure, life is never going to be perfect. It is not healthy to concentrate on the negative energy.
Positive Reinforcement
I have a quick temper. Most of my boyfriends choose not to deal with my pissy mood except for one guy, Robert. Despite it comes fast and goes away quickly, it’s still not a pretty site. Robert. It would have worked out if we lived in the same city. That’s beside the point. Anyway, he has a way with me when I’m ready to explode and bitch slap someone.
Robert would look at me with his beautiful eyes and say, “Think Positive Reinforcement.” He would tell me to take a few deep breaths, “Breathe in, breathe out…one more time…” Just like that, I could let things go and calm down from my almost erupting anger. It's simply amazing. Next time when you feel like you're about to go crazy try this method. It might work for you too!
