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Welcome to Issue 183. If you did not receive a previous issue, you may use the archive link below to view it now. The mission of "Marvelous Mondays" is to offer an inspirational thought, a practical exercise, some humor, or a simple tip to jump-start your week and to enhance your life, business, outlook or relationships.
Please feel free to forward "Marvelous Mondays" to others who will enjoy it.
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ETHOLOGISTS PROVE OUR TRUE NATURE OF HAPPINESS & CONNECTEDNESS |
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In the past we've heard from some psychologists that babies are simply self-centered, sleeping and eating machines. Now, ethologists are disproving this. Here's what they say. Once babies have their environmental needs met, they smile and instinctively release their tender, loving, and happy nature. And when they do this, it brings great pleasure to us and then we return that pleasure with our smile and tenderness. And so a bond and connectedness is created.
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DALI LAMA |
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In subsequent Marvelous Mondays we will be learning the Dali Lama's beliefs and advice on happiness based upon this same principle of our innate happiness and gentleness.
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EXERCISE |
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I invite you this week to do the following:
1. If you have an opportunity to be with an infant or small child, look into their eyes.
2. Be aware of how you respond to that infant or small child.
3. Notice how the child responds to you and observe any connectedness.
4. If you don't have an opportunity to be with an infant or small child, then practice this exercise with someone else and take a deep breath as you tap into your own innate happiness and gentleness and observe the same of the other person.
I welcome hearing from you and learning with you.
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