tell me why!

In light of countries being at war, threats of terror, the constant quickening rat race of society today and the ever increasing synacism about life, love and relationships I hear has left me wanting to hear some positive insights.

If you think that you are a genuinenly happy person do you have a particular source for that happiness? If you are not a happy person, is there something in particular you think would make you happy?

Share religious beliefs, stories of your loved ones, your anti-depressant prescription, your happy cocktail recipe or simply how you choose to remain happy. I have often believed that happiness is simply a mental choice, I wake up and tell myself I am going to feel happiness today, it is going to be a good day. However, with the bombarding negative energy in the world, I find that choice using up the little energy I have left.

Help me feel the joy......

I had corned beef hash for breakfast and my friend Stuart came into town last night as a *surprise* yesterday. He's coming back in two weeks again to play an acoustic show and two weeks after that to play with his band! I have awesome, sweet, real and honest friends... and I am happier than ever!!

I just focus on the things worth appreciating... and let the rest not get me down so much. I concentrate on others, how to make them happy and find happiness in that and choosing to feel love and appreciate over any kind of stress or problem... There's always good people out there, good friends, and the smallest of joys that -- if you take the time to carefully look for them, and think a little deeper to understand how to make yourself happy... then you'll ultimately achieve it.

Trust Love and Honesty... it's there. You just have to perceive that you are experiencing the best days of your life and that even if you feel stuck...you're gonna make it. You have to stay positive and optimistic about anything, no matter what... and let the Love and Happiness in. Sounds cheesy, but it WORKS.

Trust me, I know.

Ive been doing some transcendental meditation for the past couple weeks and I think learning the skill of mindfullness and being able to see the world in a more objective way and makes you feel alot more rejuvanated and have higher brain coherence. Meditation makes it easier to live in the present moment without getting wrapped up about your worries,wants and desires and makes you a smarter person. When I meditate I feel like Im floating and the feeling is probably more euphoric than other than recreational/antidepressant drug out there and I see the world in a more peaceful way and I cope with things in a constructive manner rather than a reactive way....

It really makes your mind more fresh and its almost like the spiritual yoga of the mind which is a good alternative for people who arent very religious but want to do something thats spiritual. I like to meditate right after I come home from my Muy Thai Kickboxing classes and its really cool.

When i feel a little down, i like to dance like i dont care...


SHake Shake Shake, Shake Shake Shake, Shake Your Booty, Shake Your Booty

I too feel lucky that i have my family and friends for support

At the end of the day, i try not let small things bring me down...i have better things to fight about, than who left the top on the ground! For example.

Also, sometimes you can get caught up with the "why me", but sometimes if you put things into perspective, you may not fare is badly. For example, you may be having a bad hair day, but someone out there has lost it due to cancer etc. Its good to reflect on a grander scale.

Thank you guys, those are EXCELLENT posts and are exactly what I am looking for. Some inspiration, reminders of what is good about the world still. Below is the e-mail that motivated me to start this thread....it is a sad and true description of much of what I observe.

"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.

Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

^ you just had to kill the mood didn't you? i was all sappy and sentimental after reading the email that started this thread and then you had to go and make me laugh!!!!

i'm happy because my priorities are in the order that makes me feel good. i could be all pissed off because i'm at work, i have several calls waiting, my pay got f*cked up again, i get paid too little, i'm cold, i have to pee, i'm in debt, the woman accross from me has the most annoying voice i've ever heard but i have to listen to her 10-6 monday to friday, my dinner plans for tonight got screwed up, and i shrunk my favourite new shirt in the wash two days ago. but i'm not because all that's just stuff. it doesn't really matter. what really matters is that when i'm released from this hell hole in about 4 hours i get to go home to someone who loves me more than i can possibly describe and who treats me like a queen. i get to go home to someone who will undoubtedly make me laugh and hug me and relax me all at once. all the rest of this crap is just a game i play to make money to pay the rent so i can go home and cuddle in bed with my fiance and so i can afford to do the pleasant little things that distract me from the annoying little things. i reward myself along the way you see. in return for managing to sit here all day having people yell at me i fill the inbetween time with amusing threads on this forum so the work day as a whole doesn't seem so bad because it's divided between the good and the crappy. i think all people really have to do is choose to create some good in their day to balance out the other crap.

k, I dropped my pants. now what?!?!?!?

I self-medicate

Oooh! It's friday, It's gorgeous outside, my first sea fair experience is in a week, I'm going to vegas in less than a month and then my birthday is two weeks after that!

I'm happy right now

^ROTFLMAO... that is soooooo wrong!

Maybe they sound rename that the "Dirty Santorum"...
*reference: Dan Savage*

well, u all were talkin bout droppin yo pants!!!