Sometimes you wonder what it is that makes you feel so good.Believe it or not but one of the things that makes a person feeling good, ismaking someone else happy – doing something that brings a smile or a shout ofpleasure to someone else’s lips.
There was the little girl who had been sitting listening tothe conversations of the mother’s bridge club and after they were gone, said toher mother, “Mother let us now talk happy”!
Did you ever realize how much of your conversation – andyour thinking – is taken up with harrowing tales about your annoyances, yourrelatives’ annoyances and tragedies, and all the annoyances that go with livingwith an average husband or wife, or having in a cleaning woman, or going to work, or doing your shopping, or what not?
Many persons get themselves more and more neurotic byconstantly indulging in what is often called “post –mortems”; long detaileddescriptions, many times retold, of unpleasantness, family rows, and sorrows. How much better itwould be for all of us if we would always “talk happy,” and so far as possibleavoid unpleasant topics. What good does it do to keep constantly going backover the stories of unhappiness?
Drain your mind of the worries, the resentments,irritations, guilt reactions, and annoyances that have collected during the dayjust as thoroughly as you pull the stopper in the sink.
Then you can refill it with refreshing thoughts of emotionalmaturity such as these:
- You are going to free yourself from fears, anxieties, andtensions.
- You find greater satisfaction in giving than in receiving.
- You will contribute to the improvement of your home, yourcommunity, your nation, and your world.
- You seek give-and-take relationships to form. You profitfrom your mistakes and successes.
- You use your leisure time creatively.
Recognize hate for the destructive emotional force that itis. Love is the constructive psychological force of a positive mind. Loveresurrects people who have lost life while they live. It is the force thatgives new hope, joy, vitality, and invincibility. Those of you who truly want apowerful new lease on life will find it possible through love and a positivemind.
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