While watching the Oprah Show today on TV (....i was also studying - honest!) they were asking the audience "How happy are you?". They gave the audience a quiz. Go to:
www.oprah.com/survey/oprahshow/20070411_tows_happy
This is so that you can score your happiness! I scored 32/35. Which i'm really 'happy' with - tee-hee!
The British doctor on the show, Dr Holden (who has a new book out called 'Happiness Now') said a few interesting things:
1) We were all born happy & he says we've just forgotten this!
2) We all have joy within us, it's our perception that makes us think we are unhappy
3) It's not IF we die, it's WHEN we die - it IS going to happen - so make the most of marvelous Monday and terrific Tuesday etc...
4) Lots of people are 'destination addicted' which are those of us that say "I'll be so much happier when......... I get that house, when I get that job, when I fall in love, when I get those shoes, etc" and then when we get those things we are then onto the next destination of "I'll be so much happier when......... I get furniture in that house, when I get that pay rise, when he asks me to get married, when i get another pair of shoes, etc"
And my personal favourite comment he made:
"Everyone has had enough bad experiences by the time they are 30 to be miserable for the rest of their lives!" He tells the audience to "give up all hopes of a perfect past and appreciate the joy of today, every day"
The other thing he said was that we all live by our perceptions. Our perceptions are programmed to let us be always 'right!' so if we perceive that: our life is awful, tomorrow will be crap, the meeting won't go well with my boss, etc our perception will pick out and notice all the things that happen that makes us believe this to be true.
This is also the same if we perceive that our life is brilliant, tomorrow will be a great day, the meeting will be positive with my boss, etc - our perception will pick out and notice all the things that happen that makes us believe this to be true.
This is all because we are naturally programmed to be proved right! (everyone wants to be right, eh!). Which is why optimists are always right and pessimists are always right!
He says that starting with positive thinking will really improve your life - I don't doubt that he's right you know! I once heard someone say that the mind can only hold onto one thought at a time, so if you tell yourself today will be a good day then your day will be good and you will feel peachy. But if you tell yourself today is going to be a shit day - then it will be and you will feel miserable. Obviously it takes practice - like re-programming a computer - but it works, I've tried it!
Today i say - wake up tomorrow and tell yourself 'today will be a good day'. Every time a bad or negative thought comes your way, bat it back with 'today will be a good day'. Be persistent and I guarantee you WILL have a good day!
www.oprah.com/survey/oprahshow/20070411_tows_happy
This is so that you can score your happiness! I scored 32/35. Which i'm really 'happy' with - tee-hee!
The British doctor on the show, Dr Holden (who has a new book out called 'Happiness Now') said a few interesting things:
1) We were all born happy & he says we've just forgotten this!
2) We all have joy within us, it's our perception that makes us think we are unhappy
3) It's not IF we die, it's WHEN we die - it IS going to happen - so make the most of marvelous Monday and terrific Tuesday etc...
4) Lots of people are 'destination addicted' which are those of us that say "I'll be so much happier when......... I get that house, when I get that job, when I fall in love, when I get those shoes, etc" and then when we get those things we are then onto the next destination of "I'll be so much happier when......... I get furniture in that house, when I get that pay rise, when he asks me to get married, when i get another pair of shoes, etc"
And my personal favourite comment he made:
"Everyone has had enough bad experiences by the time they are 30 to be miserable for the rest of their lives!" He tells the audience to "give up all hopes of a perfect past and appreciate the joy of today, every day"
The other thing he said was that we all live by our perceptions. Our perceptions are programmed to let us be always 'right!' so if we perceive that: our life is awful, tomorrow will be crap, the meeting won't go well with my boss, etc our perception will pick out and notice all the things that happen that makes us believe this to be true.
This is also the same if we perceive that our life is brilliant, tomorrow will be a great day, the meeting will be positive with my boss, etc - our perception will pick out and notice all the things that happen that makes us believe this to be true.
This is all because we are naturally programmed to be proved right! (everyone wants to be right, eh!). Which is why optimists are always right and pessimists are always right!
He says that starting with positive thinking will really improve your life - I don't doubt that he's right you know! I once heard someone say that the mind can only hold onto one thought at a time, so if you tell yourself today will be a good day then your day will be good and you will feel peachy. But if you tell yourself today is going to be a shit day - then it will be and you will feel miserable. Obviously it takes practice - like re-programming a computer - but it works, I've tried it!
Today i say - wake up tomorrow and tell yourself 'today will be a good day'. Every time a bad or negative thought comes your way, bat it back with 'today will be a good day'. Be persistent and I guarantee you WILL have a good day!
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