Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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Gratitude brings happiness

We may be forgiven for thinking that there's not much to be happy about or positive about in today's environment of financial crisis and housing difficulties not to mention the problems at work or even finding a job. Then there's the cat that tore holes in the sofa, the children who kept waking us during the night so we're exhausted before we even go to work and, and, so many other things that plague us. It's pretty difficult to be positive and happy under such circumstances. Or is it?

For me, 'happiness' is a choice and so is 'being positive'. If we feel that our happiness is dependent on someone else, or buying the latest car, camera, cellnet phone, outfit, hairdo or holiday, we'll constantly be looking for more as the novelty wears off. But it is actually possible to be happy for no reason at all. Yes, I do mean that. It's possible to just Be Happy!

Happiness can be simply an attitude. We do not need Things to make us happy. Why on earth should we be reliant on things outside of ourselves to make us happy. Surely we can have more control over our lives and our life experiences than that? And the answer to that is Yes We Can! It can simply be our choice to be happy.

No matter what we're going through right now, at some time in our lives we've all experienced being happy. We know what it feels like. And no matter what situation we're in, we can turn on this feeling again, just by thinking it. One great way of inducing a sense of happiness is to give a few minutes to thinking of all the things we actually have that we can be grateful for. It's worth giving some time to this and write them all down. I wrote down over a hundred just the other day. Start with 'just being alive', I'm grateful for my two hands that let me play the violin, even badly! I'm grateful for the love of my family, my work as a teacher of the Alexander Technique where I help people with their poise and to overcome bad posture habits. I'm grateful for the house I live in, the comfy seat, the dinner I had last night, my clean shirt and a hundred more things besides. After ten minutes of writing a list and thinking of all the things we're grateful for, we can't help but feel better. It feels GOOD.

There is one sure way of helping us break out of the 'negative thinking' cycle. That is to think of all the things in your life for which you are grateful. A sense of GRATITUDE makes us feel good. Thinking of such wonderful things that we appreciate raises our energy levels, creates endorphins and puts a smile on our face. Despite the problems, (which we don't want to think of to ensure we don't attract more!) there are many fantastic things in our life, which we may well take for granted, but how would we be without them? Thinking of what we appreciate and for which we are grateful, makes us feel good. And as we feel good we attract more of what we want into our lives.

Give yourself a few moments to stop and think of some things in your life that are wonderful, and for which you are truly grateful. If you can't think of anything, start with some fundamentals.

When we feel happy, it's so much easier to feel positive about life. There is more out there to feel happy about and positive about. Say "Thank You" for all the things that you're grateful for. Do it every day and see how good you feel! Gratitude is the way!

Change your thinking and have a great time.

Posted by Noël on July 17, 2009 9:24 AM | Permalink