Happy, pleased, content, well, … ?
If it took you seconds to say YES! . congrats we will be studying you in the next posts 🙂
If thoughts of fear, pain, loss, worry, problems took over then we’ve gotta do something.
CHANGE !
We need to change the way we think so we feel differently. We have to free more space to increase our capacity to receive happiness. we need to know that …
“Happy people do not experience one success after another and unhappy people, one failure after another. Instead, surveys show that happy and unhappy people tend to have had very similar life experiences. The difference is that the average unhappy person spends more than twice as much time thinking about unpleasant events in their lives, while happy people tend to seek and rely upon information that brightens their personal outlook. (Lyubomirsky 1994)
So now what, think happy thought like in Peter Pan’s story and we will fly ?
Actually yes, we have to replace the negative thoughts resulted from tough experiences with positive ones. Those who had to take anti-depressants know it’s all about the chemistry not only the external factors. Except that pills are not the answer, …
“When you think negative and limiting thoughts for a long time, you create a chemical imbalance in your brain, and you feel bad. When you think positive and unlimited thoughts for an extended period, you restore the normal chemical balance, and you feel good once again. What you think about matters, because it determines the chemistry of your brain
So the first step is change, willingness to change. (to be continued)
Take the tests : http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx
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