Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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Adaptive mechanism
Sue Cluett writes interestingly on the Science of Happiness about our adaptive mechanism. This system helps us become immune to infections, but also affects how we feel about things in general. We adapt and adjust to new surrounds and change our behavior to fit with changing social situations. Our senses also quickly adapt so unpleasant odours become less obvious to us after a few minutes and we become unaware of our clothing once we're dressed. If we didn't adapt, some things in life could become very irritating!
When we eat or experience something pleasurable, we instantly want a bit more, but the experience is rarely as good as the first. The initial pleasurable sensation wears off. This is the same with many things in life including the salary increase that no longer satisfies us after a month, or new toys for children; they soon want something different!
So to really benefit and enjoy something to the same degree as our initial experience, we should wait some time before continuing. By waiting, we help ensure that the next time is a new experience and not just an extension of the first or initial experience. If it's chocolate, the longer we wait between bites will make the exerience better for each. It could take an awful long time to eat an Easter Egg this way! But we'll enjoy every mouthful. Thanks Sue.
