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I have now reigned about 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to fourteen. (Abd Er-Rahman III of Spain, 960 C.E.)
Defining Cheerfulness"Good-humored, bright and pleasant. "
Why Be Cheerful?
Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survived our captivity. (Philip Butler, Vietnam POW)
Metropolitan Life used the Seligman Attributional Style Questionnaire to identify the optimists and pessimists that they hired. They then tracked them and found that the optimists outsold the pessimists. The margin of difference was remarkable - 20 percent difference in sales the first year, 50 percent the second year. (Written by Steve Miller. Source: Speaker's Library of Business Stories, Griffith, Joe, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Copyright 1990.)
Keys to Happiness
1 - Laugh some every day!
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. (Grenville Kleiser)
"Extensive experiments have been conducted, working with a significant number of human beings, showing that laughter contributes to good health. Scientific evidence is accumulating to support the biblical axiom that ‘a merry heart doeth good like a medicine.’" (Norman Cousins)
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. (Grenville Kleiser)
2. See the Good Side of the Bad.
3. Serve Others
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
The essential difference between the unhappy, neurotic type person and him of great joy is the difference between get and give. (Erich Fromm, one of the most influential psychoanalysts in America)
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes real happiness. It is not obtained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. (Helen Keller)
''No one, I am convinced, can be happy who lives only for himself. The joy of living comes from immersion in something that we know to be bigger, better, more enduring and worthier than we are.'' (John Mason Brown)
4. Focus Down the Social Ladder and be Grateful, Rather Than Up the Social Ladder to be Envious. Compare Yourself With Those Who Have Less.
"I complained about having no shoes until I met someone who had no feet."
Next time you feel like complaining, remember that your garbage disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in the world. (Robert Orben)
5. Focus on the Good and be Grateful
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. (Helen Keller)
Assignment
#1 - Twenty-Four Hour Moratorium on Complaining
#2 - Think on positive things.