Happiness is YOUR choice.
The Keys to Happiness, and Why We Don't Use Them - Yahoo! News
It totally perplexes me why some people choose to be unhappy. I just don't get it. Sure there are some days when being happy is a challenge. In fact, that's the gist of this article. It's easier to be unhappy than happy. It takes less energy. But seriously! If you know that it's a choice you're making, why the hell would anyone choose to be gloomy? Maybe you get more attention that way? I don't know... Please fill me in if you fit into this category. I just find when I'm super happy, most times it spreads to people around me. If ever I'm gloomy, I notice that spreads too. Happy people don't want to be around cranky, gloomy people. It sucks energy out of them. That's why I try damn hard to hold onto a sunny disposition. It's been one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn, but the difference is amazing! Oh, and by the way... I am not talking about unhappiness like when tragedy strikes. Shit happens. You deal with it, but then you have to move on. So those of you who suspect or know you're typically unhappy - turning things around does take a lot of energy. But mark my words - if you put the energy into making yourself happy, then you will get it back.
posted by Sonya Buyting @ 7:03 PM
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"If you know that it's a choice you're making, why the hell would anyone choose to be gloomy?"
That's the problem. People who are chronically depressed just don't KNOW they're choosing to be unhappy. And even if in their finer moments, they know it intellectually, it's another thing entirely to know it with your whole being, instinctively, when the time comes to play the happines card...
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"If it was possible to become free of negative emotions by a riskless
implementation of an electrode - without impairing intelligence and
the critical mind - I would be the first patient."
Dalai Lama (Society for Neuroscience Congress, Nov. 2005)
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