Hi everyone...
A lot of what I do in my work (which carries on into my non work life as well) is to listen to people... listen to the words they use, listen to the way they say their words, listen to the words that they don't use... I also pick up a lot from their body language and their energy field.
And what I am hearing and seeing and feeling from people is that many of them are not happy -- even if they don't actually say the words "I'm not happy"... you can tell from what they say, how they say it and how their body language is, that they are not happy.
Now a lot of people have many legitimate reasons not to be happy... they may be experiencing a major tragedy or crisis in their life, they may be very unwell, they may have just got the sack... or a truckload of other reasons why they are not happy.
And for many people... I hate to say... not being happy has become a habit. Sounds cruel, blunt, very uncaring and unsharing of me! But I stand by that and I can give you many examples of what I mean! Of course I am not going to name them! And I bet... you also know people who fit that category!
According to Michael Neill, who wrote "Feel Happy Now", no one is under any obligation to feel happy and if you don't feel happy it doesn't make you a bad person.
Neill goes on to say "but what I do want you to know is that it's possible for you to feel happy -- and that choice is yours to make at any moment."
I couldn't agree more! Even in the midst of tragedy... there is usually something that can spark a fleeting moment of feeling happy. Something someone says, something someone does, something in the natural environment e.g. a sunset... can bring a smile to your face and a warmth to your heart... and for a split second you can feel happy. But many people get caught in the sadness of the tragedy and refuse to let any happy feeling in...
But if you choose to stay in the moment, to stay present in the now, you open yourself to accept all that the experience brings to you... and strange as it may seem, there can be beautiful times no matter what you are experiencing. And I'm talking from personal experience having gone through quite a few tragedies in my life!
Neill outlines the benefits of making the choice to be happy:
- It feels good. And according to Neill, the body has a natural predisposition toward pleasure (good feelings) rather than pain (bad feelings).
- It makes you healthier -- being happy releases certain chemicals that help your physiological systems function a lot better.
- It makes you younger -- again due to the production of chemicals when you are happy.
- It makes you smarter -- when you have a problem and you are distracted from the problem by something beautiful for example a sunset, or someone's well timed sense of humour, often when you return to solve the problem the answer is there.
- It makes you more successful -- happiness leads to success a lot more often than success leads to happiness.
Now I'm not saying, and nor is Neill, that you can be happy all the time... in fact if you were, I would say there is something seriously wrong with you!
What I am saying, however, is that it is possible to let happy feelings into your life no matter what you are experiencing. It is your choice!
You can choose to close your heart and mind to happiness... or let it in. I know what I prefer to do... how about you?
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Best wishes
Jeanne
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