If you could make only one New Year's resolution, improving your attitude towards everything is the best one you can make. The rewards are immediate and the benefits long-lasting. So don't worry, be happy.
Happiness is an upward spiral.
A sunny outlook trumps physical health in keeping folks independent. Attitude is everything in old age.
A review of more than 225 epidemiological, longitudinal and experimental studies of more than 275,000 people suggest that happiness is its own reward. Success and achievement are encouraged by happiness. The Sweet Smell of...Happiness?
Happy people feel more confident, optimistic, energetic and sexier. Happy people are more sociable, have more satisfying marriages, do better in their jobs, are healthier and live longer.
Some people are born genetically equipped to be happier, but everyone can learn how to be happier. Is that good news or what.
That is the great and last legacy of Dr. Martin Seligman who founded positive psychology.
Of course, that's what the great wisdom teachers from Buddha to Jesus tell us too. Don't worry. Be happy.
Live your life from your deepest part and you will be happy. As Rumi said, "When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy."
Improving your attitude towards life is the key to finding that river of joy.
Posted by Jill Fallon at January 3, 2006 7:00 PM | Permalink