Don't Worry Be Happy!

Then why are so many of us unhappy?

Of course we are unhappy, what do we have to be happy about? We go to work, because we need to be able to support ourselves, and what does that net us? Taxes! I'm not happy about the amount of tax we pay why should I be? Well, maybe because without those taxes we wouldn't have the "social services" our government provides, you know, the government who can't seem to put our tax money to proper use. Ya, I'm not happy about that either. Oh, but "Don't worry be happy". That seems to be a bit of a stretch right? Or is it?

Happiness is an emotion, right? Do we have control of our emotions? Hopefully. If we choose to be unhappy then sure enough, we're going to be unhappy. The flip side is if we choose to be happy then, well what do you know, we're going to be happy. Simple right? Kinda. We still have to make the effort. Ah yes, effort, sounds like work, sounds like what we already do all day just to pay taxes, um, no thanks, I'm happy being unhappy far more effortless.

Well what if the effort is nothing more than sticking a label on ourselves whether it be real or imagined that simply says "I'm Happy" imagine it in reverse across your forehead, and every time you look in a mirror, read it. If it works for water, and the human body is made up of 65% water, and the brain alone is 80% water, this concept should work for us too. Below is a link to a remarkable website where photographer Masaru Emoto documented the effects of positive and negative affirmations or prayers on water at the molecular level. Take a look the difference is amazing. If we can affect our bodies on a molecular level with these same positive affirmations then where is the effort? It's really as simple as deciding to change how you think.

I tell myself even when I'm feeling miserable that "I'm happy." and in a short while, I get past the misery and am feeling better about whatever I was choosing to be unhappy about. Just yesterday I was feeling like crap, I felt the start of a head cold, my sinuses were hurting, I felt tired and well, miserable. I was dwelling on this and realised, I'm my own worst enemy because I was so focused on feeling bad I was getting worse. So like the light bulb I switched
on a positive affirmation and simply decided, "I'm healthy, and I feel great!" you know what? Today I feel way better than I did yesterday, any sign of the cold I was sure I was coming down with is gone, and ya I truly feel great! Mind over matter. We all know the mind is a very powerful thing, why not use it to our advantage?

Don't get me wrong though, it has taken years to perfect this ability. We always doubt the unknown, and I was a huge skeptic right up until I decided (because I can) that I wasn't going to be skeptical anymore. It was the first step to were I am today. Once we open our minds and stop putting limits, conditions and boundaries on our thoughts, we can pretty much control what we "set our minds to" Of course there are exceptions, sometimes you need outside help to achieve what you are needing, but if you truly believe you are able to affect the outcome then you are more than halfway there.

So what about those of us who suffer with illness? Did we do this to ourselves with our negative thinking, maybe. What about the person who is so positive and happy yet still gets hit with a terrible illness, or a child for that matter? What did they do to manifest this? Is it Karma? Or is their happiness a mask to hide from the rest of us their true misery? Or is it just fate? Fate sucks though because it implies that we don't have any say or control, it is however a convenient excuse so we don't have to take responsibility for our actions. Then there is the just because. Because this is what we are having to deal with. It is my belief that we are all here for a reason, and while we are here we need to make the absolute most of it in however short a period of time we may have.

So why not be happy while you're here? You can still be angry about situations, that's human nature we can still be unimpressed with the bad driver that cuts us off, or the crappy hand we are delt because circumstances change, or because of someone else deliberatly trying to undermind or hurt us, we still need all our emotions to function properly. All I suggest is make happiness your primary emotion and you will find tolerance and understanding for those individuals or situations that make you miserable. Think about it, if the whole world functioned in this way, every last living soul, do you think we would have half the problems we have? Of course everyone would have to buy in, if not there will be individuals taking advantage of our good nature, and defeats the purpose.

I don't want to sound like I'm preaching world peace, in my opinion, with the way the world is today, world peace is impossible. I just want inner peace, I want to know that maybe my efforts to be happy and laugh easily (even at myself) will make a difference in my world and for those who share it. So I'm not going to worry and I am going to be happy, scratch that, I AM HAPPY!

Be sure to check out the link below, and if you want to see positive affirmation in action watch or read "What The Bleep Do We Know". The water photos are featured there too.

With much love, light and laughter.
Tammy.

http://www.life-enthusiast.com/twilight/research_emoto.htm