Happiness - A Timeless Secret
You function best as a human being when you are happy. When you are in a happy mood, psychologists have found that your thought patterns change dramatically. You think pleasant thoughts. You feel your role in life is more meaningful. You feel much more satisfied and you find your life more fulfilling. You worry less and you don't fuss about what you don't have - you focus more on the enjoyment of what you do have. When you are happy, your uplifted mood helps you to view life as mostly good and mainly perfect. You know you have things to work on, but you also know you'll get to them eventually in the process of life itself.
Happy moods and happy thoughts will help you to:
- Perform much better in your job
- Use your mentality more easily
- Achieve your goals better
- Use time more efficiently
If you find yourself in an unhappy mood, you can use these tools to help you return to happiness, which is your norm:
- Stay living in the present and forget the past.
- Be responsible for everything in your life
- Think only happy thoughts
- Look for ways to change things for the better
- Revel in being who you are
- Foster stronger ties in your relationships
- Listen to happy music
- Dance as if you're all alone in an auditorium
- Spend time alone at a spiritual retreat
- Exercise your body
- Eat foods that please you and are good for you: chocolate, milk, chicken, bananas, and leafy green vegetables
- Be of service to others.
Aristotle said "Happiness depends upon ourselves." It's you who decide whether or not you are happy in life. I choose to be happy. What about you?
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. ~
Oscar Wilde
Happiness and Your Health
It's easy to get caught up in
the hustle and bustle of everyday life and lose sight of what makes you happy.
Really happy. But making sure your happiness meter is giving optimal readings
can provide many important health benefits.
Happy people have younger hearts, younger
arteries, and a younger body. Happy people recover more quickly from surgery,
cope better with pain, have lower blood pressure, and have longer life
expectancy than unhappy people
Studies suggest that happy people may have
stronger immune systems-they're less likely to get colds and flu viruses. And
when they do, their symptoms tend to be mild.
Not surprisingly, happy people are better at
looking after their health, too. When people's happiness levels improve, so do
their health behaviors. They exercise more, wear sunscreen, and go for regular
checkups.
Good To Know
Foods to Calm You Down Fast
Oranges. People
who take 1,000 milligrams of C before giving a speech have lower levels of
cortisol and lower blood pressures than those who don't. So lean back, take a
deep breath, and concentrate on peeling a large orange. The 5-minute
mindfulness break will ease your mind, and you'll get a bunch of C as well.
Berries for Your Blood Pressure
Berries. Don't think of them as a treat. Berries should get
daily play in your diet -- especially if you're at all concerned about your
blood pressure. People with high BP who ate berries daily as part of a study
saw a 7-point dip in their systolic blood pressure -- after just 8 weeks of
berry love!
Easy Way to Love Your Job
Next time you're feeling
uninspired at work, you can turn the tide around at lunchtime. Just use your
lunch break to work up a sweat. That's right. Research shows that exercising
during the work day can not only help you work better but also make you feel
more positive about your job.
Happiness is a perfume you
cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spill a lot of happiness this month!
Sincerely,
Maria
Soufra Daimeh
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Magazine here.
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