03/25/2006: "Cheesy, I know but....."

.... "The joy you send out never leaves you. Instead, it carries you along.
Be generous with the joy you express to others. For the more of it you give, the more of it you'll have.

There is no end to the joy that is within you. To know and experience the value of that joy in your life, set it free and let it flow into your world.

You have everything you need to make a joyful day today. For all you need is to let the joy be.

Spread joy, and you rise to a more enlightened perspective. Spread joy, and you build a more positive world.

When you find yourself longing for more joy in life, remind yourself to let it be. Spread joy, and you will surely know it."

Ralph Marston

OK, so let me know if you have managed to spread some joy today. I have - just gave SYD money to go shopping. Well, who said joy had to be morally pc!
LOL

Replies: 3 people said

on Tuesday, March 28th, Elise said

I wonder if being "happy" is the right goal? I think experiencing sadness is vitally necessary. I had a friend who was happy ALL the time and she drove me nuts. I don't think being happy all the time would...make me very happy!
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I'm glad that things are going well for you!

on Sunday, March 26th, RR said

That sounds good Elise. I do believe that we are in control of our own ability to make our lives happy (or sad)... and just occassionally, unfortunately, some inner demon takes over and thinks sad is the way to go for me. I suppose it's just a question of watching out for that and putting strategies in place so that I don't get sucked in and down. Generally, I manage to kick start the better feelings eventually (when ego and pride won't allow self-pity to get too bad!!). Wouldn't it be good if there was some sort of alarm which rang when the feelings were at risk of a downward slide and it made you go off and do something 'happy'. There is a general feeling in today's culture that happiness is the norm, when in reality it's not the case. It's hard work being happy, some people are great at it, or showing outwardly that they are and some people sadly never achieve true happiness. I think I am lucky most of the time and can feel happy - but in the balance of things, I only know that because at times I feel low and can appreciate happiness. To save you all from a long and philosophical debate with myself, I should stop now....but today seems good rolls eyes

on Sunday, March 26th, Elise said

I *just* listened to a radio news program where they were talking to a professor, Tal Ben-Shahar, who teaches a class at Harvard called "Positive Psychology".

The class teaches students, basically, how to be happy. Research has shown that being nice to others, smiling etc. makes people happier than wealth...and it's free!

I want to look into "positive psychology" a bit more because the talk was facinating. I think we do have the power to be joyful, and to spread joy to others.