Weekend Be-Happier Tip — don’t be disagreeable
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A sign I saw outside a community church listed this week’s sermon or thought for passing drivers to consider: ”Disagree without being disagreeable.”
I like that! There’s so much stress spread by people who act in a disagreeable way. You don’t have to be one of them. In fact, let’s agree to stop that nasty virus right now.
When you are stressed out, it’s easy to lose track of the way you want to act, and simply “react” when your buttons are pushed. Somebody says something rude to you, or something you disagree with, and you snap back at them.
Instead of being disagreeable just because you disagree, here are 5 quick ways to be the nice guy/gal you know you want to be:
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You can help Gulf Oil Spill environment recovery
By · CommentsEmpower yourself by doing something good to help our beautiful planet… We build healthy self esteem by doing esteemable acts. I hope you will watch this video. Here’s a message from Scott Blum:
FRAGILE DAY by WILDERLAND
The unimaginable Gulf Oil Spill has left us all with an intense combination of emotions, from sadness to anger to helplessness. How could this happen? And now that the leak has been stopped, what can we do as individuals to help fix this horrific environmental disaster?
Musical duo Wilderland answers the call by releasing their new song “Fragile Day” with 100% of all proceeds benefiting the habitat affected by this tragedy. Watch the emotionally powerful music video below and then visit www.FragileDay.com to download the song to support this worthy cause.
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Running on empty?
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If you’re feeling exhausted lately, from doing too much, worrying all the time and running yourself ragged, don’t give up. Call on friends to help! Just like in the picture, it takes a village to push a stalled car, and it can take your own support village to help you over the rough spots.
When you try to be stoic, and handle everything alone, the result is a huge amount of stress! Plus often what happens is that we build a resentment that others didn’t magically know we needed assistance and come to our aid, unasked.
How often do you refuse help? A happy and stress-free life is not one led in isolation, but rather one where you realize you are part of this world and we are all on this journey together. We depart at various times, and there are always new arrivals. But while we are here, we are meant to share with each other.
Remember the old saying: troubles shared are halved… and joys shared are doubled.
your happiness guru,
Evelyn Brooks
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Virtual book reading of my new book
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Don’t bother to get dressed up.
Stay in your jeans or sweats.
Save your gas or bus tokens.
Enjoy the comfort of your own chair instead of a hard fold-up chair in a bookstore.
Listen at any time, at your convenience.
What’s going on? It’s a VIRTUAL BOOK READING!
I know that a live in-store book reading is a common, traditional way for an author to promote their new book. But hey, the internet helps us get past traditions while keeping to the spirit of it. So I’ve created an MP3 “author reading” of my new book, GET HAPPY TODAY: Your Path to Lifelong Happiness
If you’d like to hear me read “Chapter 2, Stumbling Blocks” PLUS get a powerful tip that isn’t in the book but that can help you to start feeling happier right now — run to (“click on”) my book site and enjoy the virtual book reading without having to go to a bookstore.. It’s at gethappytoday.com
Did I mention there is no charge? Bring your own beverage, though. I couldn’t figure a way to host snacks for a virtual event.
I’m celebrating the final day of the “ultimate” 31-day blog challenge I have just completed. Please join me at my book reading. But don’t buy the book yet — wait until Sat. 9/11 because 50% of author proceeds for all sales of “Get Happy Today” will be donated to The National September 11 Memorial & Museum Let’s make a difference together!
your happiness guru,
Evelyn Brooks
Where there’s a will, there’s a wall
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Where there’s a will, there’s a wall
I love that quote from Michael Beckwith, the spiritual teacher you may have seen in “The Secret.”
You may be more familiar with the old saying, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” because many of us grew up with that quote as a pep talk to remind us to keep trying when there was something we want to achieve. Find that “way” to make it work, to force things to turn out exactly how you want.
But the thing I believe Beckwith is teaching, which I agree with, is that when you get caught up in the whirlwind of self-will, and you focus completely on a specific goal, you will slam into a wall. You will be resisting the reality of things that come up around you, and instead keep on pushing and pushing, determined to get what you feel entitled to.
In the process, you can get totally stressed out, and wreck not only your life but relationships you’re involved in with others at home and work.
Solution? Instead, learn to take the path of least resistance and use your energy to go with the universal flow of good.
Wake yourself up to all the possibilities in your life, instead of staying stubbornly focused on a single goal that you feel you must achieve at all costs. Seek that window in the wall.
Learn more from Beckwith at http://budurl.com/livingawake
