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Being Right and be Happy at the same time?

2007-11-13T19:30:00.001+08:00

Good evening folks, it been ages since i updated this blog. I am so sorry. I was having dinner with my family and we were watching the television programmes at the same time. The show stuck me an enormous thought. Can you be doing the right things and be truly happy?

My answer is an BIG YES!

22 years have passed for me and how about yours? Throughout the past few years, how many things that you are unwilling to do but have to do it just because it is the right thing to do? I bet are must been a few of them. As we all know, we do not like to be force to do stuffs nor doing these things can make us happy. However, how importantly is being correct vs being happy? How much does each of them means to you?

I will say i will rank Happiness above begin right. However, as i mentioned before in earlier postings, committing crimes is not an excuse for gaining happiness. What i have say is simple but applying it to our life is a different situation. Our society(at least mine) has conformed our beliefs. Begin happy and begin right at the same time is not always happening.

Can you be happy with the work you are doing now but you hated the boss?Will you quit your job? Or you just don't like what you are doing now?
Can you let go the person you loved, knowing that he/she will be happier that way or even letting go a relationship that you know you are not happy at all and the another person is suffering as well.
Are you brave enough to make the "correct" decision?

The above questions are just some of my random thoughts. More importantly, have you tried to savage the situation at least on your part? If yes, we chinese say 死而无憾. Meaning, to die without regrets. So the analogy is that if you have put in 100% effort to change to situation, i guess you have the right to throw in the towel.

So are you capable of balancing what rights and be happy at the same thing in your life, work and love? I am still trying to...

Jackson

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My secret formula to Everyday Happiness

2007-07-12T16:36:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day People!

Everyone only has one chance to live. So live to the fullest and happiest. I will advise that we all work the hardest, played the hardest and be happy everyday. So, I am sharing with you my Secret Formula to Everyday Happiness. Is just few simple steps to keep yourself happy throughout the whole day.

Firstly, after you wake up, most of you go to the toilet and brush your teeth. While doing that, look into the mirror and smile to yourself. In your mind, says this, “I am going to have an enjoyable and most importantly, a HAPPY day!”

Next, we have the most important meal of the day. Breakfast! Breakfast can make or break your day. Having a good breakfast certainly keeps you energized and motivated for the rest of the day. With a delicious breakfast at your table, isn’t this one of the best way to start your happy day? I bet it is!

After a wonderful breakfast, is time for work/school. Maintain a positive mindset when at work/school and be optimistic. You will be able to find joy in midst of work or study. If your day happens to be really bad, don’t worry about your problem and think BIG instead. Do not let the problem ruins your day. You deserve to be happy as long as you choose to.

It is going to be the end of the day as you finish your work/school and heads out of your building. Is time to party! Actually, it is not really true unless you love to. Evening time is the best time to hang out with friends and also spend quality time with your family members. Having good companionship is essential in everyday happiness. Treasure your family and friends. However, do take note in choosing friends because they have a part in influencing your life as well. Make their day and they make yours too.

Jackson

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Laughter is still the trick for happiness!

2007-07-09T13:45:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Sorry for not updating the post for the past few days. But i having been enjoying myself and i hope you do too! Because the most important thing is to be HAPPY! That right!

For now, enjoy this skit, bought to you by ODIN.

So is it funny? I bet it is! I am so proud and HAPPY for these youngster to come up with the skit in a relatively short time. As their councilors for orientation camp, i would not have ask for more. They were fantastic!

In the end, we had fun together and the memories we had together were always separate us from the rest. Pursuit your happiness and learn to laugh too.

Jackson

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Will Thin Make You Happy?

2007-07-05T23:53:00.001+08:00

Will Thin Make You Happy?

Posted by Debbie Rocker

on Wed, Jun 27, 2007, 9:38 am PDT

Happiness Is Mostly Genetic (Part Two)

2007-07-03T06:04:00.000+08:00

Happiness Is Mostly Genetic
Matthew Herper

Clues to our behaviors can be found in the brain chemical dopamine, which is the key to the body's reward system. Strangely, in chimpanzees, dopamine levels peak not when they are going to get an award but when they realize the award is coming. That's very similar to our response to money.

For chimpanzees, this kind of brain chemistry can lead to strange behavior. In an essay, Stanford biologist Robert Sapolsky described a chimp that chased a prospective mate far beyond what would be reasonable, because the mate dropped occasional signals that she might be willing--maybe, someday. Sapolsky referred to this as the "pleasure and pain of maybe." The chimp was willing to go to great lengths for a hypothetical reward.

But humans also behave with a similar bizarreness. Take commuting--one of the strangest activities in modern life. Jobs turn out to be critically important to happiness--unemployed people are very unhappy, statistically speaking. But commuting takes some bloom off that rose. A study by researchers at the University of Zurich that was released this year found that commuters underwent more stress as a result of their daily travels than could possibly be paid for by any benefits they got by being willing to travel so far. The hypothetical reward--the good job--winds up outweighing the daily grind of commuting, even though it shouldn't.

However, for all the importance of biology, better living through chemistry doesn't lead to happiness. A 1998 study by Brian Knutson, now a professor at Stanford, showed that antidepressants do reduce negative emotions, such as anxiety and fear. And they actually have a powerful effect on patients' personalities, making them more engaged and cooperative in completing a lab test--something that could lead to happiness in the long run. But Knutson's research also revealed that antidepressants such as Prozac or Paxil did not seem to boost optimism or extroversion.

There's an upside to the biological nature of glee. Around the world, about two-thirds of people say they are happy, according to Nancy Etcoff, a psychologist at Harvard Medical School who is writing a book about happiness. Optimism has shown to be a helpful trait that can help people survive traumatic experiences such as heart bypass surgery. Says Etcoff, "There may be some innate tendency to be happy."

That, at least, is something to smile about.

Jackson

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Happiness Is Mostly Genetic (Part One)

2007-07-02T17:58:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

This is something interesting i found on. Happiness is inherited? What do you think? Enjoy the article!

Happiness Is Mostly Genetic
Matthew Herper

NEW YORK - Unhappy? Blame biology. Then cheer yourself up by finding a job with a shorter commute.

As economists, psychologists and biologists try to determine what makes a person happy or unhappy, one factor stands out as especially powerful. To a large degree, it seems, happiness is inherited.

The strongest evidence comes from a study of identical twins conducted by David Lykken, now a professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. Some 60% of the likelihood that twins separated at birth will describe themselves as happy is accounted for by common genetic factors, not environmental differences in their lives.

This doesn't argue for a "happiness gene." Obesity also is heavily influenced by genetics, notes Carnegie Mellon economist George Loewenstein, but that doesn't negate environment's role--or explain why Americans are so much fatter than Europeans.

But biology may play a huge role in happiness, through an untold number of genes involved in forming personality. Which means that economists in this field may have much to learn from biologists. Tim Ketelaar, a psychologist at New Mexico State University, notes that economists discovered that losses loom much larger than gains in our decisions--and Ketelaar's own work has shown that the same holds true for students' grades. Those with high grades aren't happier than those with low ones, but both groups are upset when their grades drop. Economists were surprised by this, but ecologists studying birds discovered the same thing. A misstep costs an animal the future, while a success helps it only a little.

Another shocker that shouldn't have been: Wealth levels have a limited impact on happiness. Again, this is no surprise to biologists, Ketelaar says, because money is a relatively recent development in the history of human evolution. "Of course individuals aren't built to track wealth," he says. "Prior to agriculture, you couldn't have a society that could amass wealth."

Jackson

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Finding Joy! by Arne Klingenberg (Conclusion!)

2007-07-01T17:32:00.000+08:00

(.. finale)

Here I could only touch a few points about joy and happiness, but I hope that you will feel inspired to be happy now! It is really an easy and fun-filled journey; a trip very much worth taking. If you'd like a bit of friendly assistance, I've written "Yes I Am Happy Now!" for you. You really really deserve to be happy and feel so much joy - without limits. And you can do it if you really want! These few words are the key...

How do I know? I have searched for happiness all my life, made just about every possible mistake, gone through many real highs and (perhaps too;-) many more real lows. My only little 'claim to fame' is that I never gave up on my dream - no matter what. "Yes I Am Happy Now!" (respectively http://www.The-Happy-Side.com - the editor) is the result of my search; I know that the 99 realizations do work for all of us - no matter our race or culture, religion, lifestyle or circumstances - because we are simply not all that different from each other... :-)

The last of the 99 realizations is... yes, you guessed it right: "Yes I Am Happy Now!"

Love your life - Live your life - And be happy!

Copyright 2000 Arne Klingenberg & The-Happy-Side.com
First published as a July 2000 feature article in http://www.SoulfulLiving.com
It may be freely distributed if unchanged and including this message.

Jackson

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Finding Joy! by Arne Klingenberg (Part Four)

2007-06-30T07:51:00.000+08:00

(.. continuing)
What's the conclusion? Make your happiness your very first priority in life! Nobody else can or will do that for you... And nobody will ever come to you and say "Thank you" for leading an unfulfilled and unhappy life in sacrifice for this or that (however noble) purpose...

I've been asked in a radio interview: "You're saying that the road to perfect happiness starts with making happiness your first priority in life. Are you saying that we should become egotistic and not care anymore for our family and friends?"

You probably know the answer already. Happiness is contagious too! :-) Also, in order to experience happiness as discussed in the beginning, we have to experience love - in its active and passive forms and their different flavors...

So, make your happiness your first priority, not just once but all the time and especially in times of trouble. This little step will work wonders. Immediately. If you truly desire finding joy and being happy - you're almost there already. You will be able to enjoy life a lot more right away! Amazing things will start to happen within and without - more and more often. And this is just the beginning because there is no limits to joy and happiness.

'Check out' of all that holds you back from being really happy and feeling the joy that is yours already. Let the sun dissipate all the clouds and darkness. Become aware of all your dimensions - integrate your body, mind and spirit (or soul) to the whole and happy self you really are! Many people are so involved in their daily stress and struggles - they only identify with the physical and mental aspects of their being - and they limit their enjoyment to these dimensions. They may or may not believe that they 'have' a spirit or soul. People who don't 'believe' in a soul are limiting themselves to enjoying what this world has to offer them through their physical senses - all controlled by a more or less 'superior' brain. People who identify themselves as body and mind but believe to 'have' a soul are limiting themselves too - in a different way. They have a certain advantage but haven't realized their full potential of being happy yet - for all kinds of reasons.

Please note here the difference between 'believing' and knowing? Know and fully realize all your dimensions! You don't 'have' a soul but you *are* the soul or spirit. It is you - and not something external, other than you... You are the eternal you - full of joy and happiness - and yes, you have a body and mind too! So enjoy yourself to the fullest - throughout all dimensions - not just now, but all the time. And remember, it is always now...

( tomorrow is conclusion ...)

Copyright 2000 Arne Klingenberg & The-Happy-Side.com
First published as a July 2000 feature article in http://www.SoulfulLiving.com
It may be freely distributed if unchanged and including this message.

Jackson

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Finding Joy! by Arne Klingenberg (Part Three)

2007-06-29T19:48:00.000+08:00

(.. continued from below)

Why is possible to get rid of negative conditions? Through positive thinking or affirmations? No, not at all! Positive thinking and affirmations only work for what is really real in the first place. Otherwise there's a real danger of actually ensuring more miserable experiences. The reason why it works is very simple: Feelings are totally different from emotions. They are real. Feelings are not just positive and desirable but natural to all of us! The feeling of happiness is an integral part of our innermost being. So is true love and friendship. Passion and joy. Being relaxed, calm and confident. Happiness and joy are already a part of us in the same way as water in its liquid state is wet. You don't really need techniques of any kind and you don't have to struggle to find joy, peace and happiness. All you need to do is claiming your birthright. How? The road to happiness starts with the simple but very conscious choice: "I want to be happy now!"

You may say that of course, everybody wants to be happy. This is true for most people - when they were younger... But suddenly we have become so immersed in our daily competing and fighting for our place in the sun - all of a sudden we have forgotten our goal. Then there are people who - often unconsciously - believe that life is not meant to be enjoyed, that having miserable experiences are good for 'building character' or even worse, sent by a revengeful God to be feared. Is it a surprise that these people often do have miserable experiences?

From an early age we become conditioned to all kinds of thoughts and belief systems that prevent us from being happy now. We learn that following our instincts - or intuition - is bad... instead we have to follow external

Be happy now! Don't postpone your happiness to later because tomorrow you might not be living in this dimension anymore. Plenty of hard working people suddenly collapsed in the middle of their stressful lives. The universal law of Actio=Reactio or Karma is quite clear on this too: every action is followed by a reaction; as you sow so shall you reap or, what goes around will come around. So, by leading an unhappy life now, we plant the seeds for our future unhappiness. And the logical conclusion follows, that if we are happy now, we will also be happy in the future! This is much more than just a happy and inspirational thought!

authority figures, starting with parents, teachers, politicians, priests, etc... And how many times have you heard something like: "You have to work hard to make it in life"... So many people and organizations use fear and guilt - some more, some less consciously - to manipulate others... Phew; this is all tough stuff if you want to be happy and are not aware of it. (to be continued ..)
Copyright 2000 Arne Klingenberg & The-Happy-Side.com
First published as a July 2000 feature article in http://www.SoulfulLiving.com
It may be freely distributed if unchanged and including this message.

Jackson

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Finding Joy! by Arne Klingenberg (Part Two)

2007-06-28T07:45:00.000+08:00

(From yesterday ...)

Many established experts would not agree with this; they say that expressing emotions like anger is important for a healthy balance. But anger always attracts more anger... Whenever we vent our anger we may feel relieved for a moment, but in reality, more anger has been added to all the past anger accumulated and stored deep within. And our latent anger potential can become more easily activated. The solution must be permanent and not just temporary if we want to be very happy all the time.

Of course, it is important to be assertive and have the confidence to confront people if necessary, but being emotionally involved to the point where we become all jacked up - accompanied by high blood pressure and all that - is very counter-productive. We can calmly make our points, stay centered and calm - and happy! So many people are constantly pushing and shoving around anger, guilt and blame. I call the sum total of negativity swirling around 'emotional smog'. Some people can feel it consciously and others unconsciously - nevertheless, it always produces unwanted effects. In order to stop participating actively or being affected by the anger of others, we have to first clean up all the past and stored anger within ourselves. That is not a hard thing to do although it may sound like.

Once we've succeeded, we have literally departed from - or 'checked out' of - this particular frequency or wave length of energy. Angry vibes have nothing left to resonate with... You may not reach that point right from the start but then again - why not? You can do it if your really want! This may or may not sound too 'esoteric' for you and yet, that's how it works. I've tried to cover the theoretical parts of energy matters and all its practical applications in "Yes I Am Happy Now!" (respectively http://www.The-Happy-Side.com - the editor) in an easy and fun way. But you can be the judge on that... :-)

Once you have checked out of all lower vibrating energy frequencies that disturb your joy and happiness, you will freely decide how you react to people and events, in other words, you're in charge of your life and your happiness!

(to be continued ..)

Jackson

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Finding Joy! by Arne Klingenberg (Part One)

2007-06-27T19:42:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

I found a very good article on Happiness! Enjoying reading!

How do we find joy and happiness? Can we be happy all the time?

Yes, you can be happy - now - and all the time! And it is a lot easier than you might think it is... Let's start with defining happiness. Just think back to a very happy moment in your life. How did you feel? Yes, you were joyful and playful - you were laughing and smiling. You felt relaxed and confident - totally at ease with yourself - completely satisfied.

These are all common characteristics of happy people. Of course we all have different tastes and preferences in life - these are individual choices and we should respect each person's right to choose for themselves. Based upon such 'happy characteristics', I've developed a Happy Quiz that will let you find out your HQ - or Happiness Quotient. It also serves as the prologue to my book "Yes I Am Happy Now!" and can be accessed, free of charge, at http://www.The-Happy-Side.com.

Probably you already feel what's coming next: In the same way as we can define a happy person, we can identify the common mistakes that prevent us from being happy and joyful. When you feel truly happy, you can't be angry at the same time - or sad and depressed. You can't be joyful and stressed out at the same time. In your happy moment you didn't worry about the future...

In "Yes I Am Happy Now!" I defined emotions as a re-active feeling. They are based upon a fact or an event from the past, or something anticipated in the future. For example, anger or fear. In a sense, they are not real although they certainly appear to be at times. Emotions like regrets, self pity, sadness, worries, anxiety and guilt are negative in the sense that they disrupt our goal of being a happier person. We can't be really happy when we are thrown around constantly by emotions.

As mentioned before, emotions appear to be real, but once we have learned to deal with them, they won't be anymore. I don't suggest to just suppress these emotions, to put them in a little corner of our mind and lock them up. No, on the contrary. How does it work? Let's take anger as an example because it is a primetime killer of joy and happiness. The less time we spend being annoyed or outright angry, the happier we will be!

(to be continued)

Copyright 2000 Arne Klingenberg & The-Happy-Side.com
First published as a July 2000 feature article in http://www.SoulfulLiving.com
It may be freely distributed if unchanged and including this message.

Jackson

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Take some time to enjoy!

2007-06-26T21:16:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Do you enjoy reading this blog? I hope you do.

Life is hectic as technology advances. Sometime, I can’t help but wonder how has technology really improve our life. As the pace of life increases, our emotions gradually become hidden in the mist of time. We lose the ability to smile, to have fun and to enjoy.

However, I know that we can always relearn these skills. They are essential in making our life more enjoyable and happier as well. Besides coping with our everyday work, I feel that we should always allocate a time slot for enjoyment. YES, a designated time to have fun and enjoy.

Working 24/7 will not help you to be really happy unless you are workaholic. But, it is also true that, we should find joy in your work so that we will not dread working. That another skill we need to learn. But, let’s focus on enjoying today.

Take some time out and delicate the time to your favorite hobby or sports. I personally love to play soccer and watch animations. I find that when I am engross in the things I love, my mind sort of forget everything about the reality. Problems are gone! My heart becomes as light as a feather and I would laugh at myself at times. I was really enjoying and having fun! The most important thing is that I am HAPPY.

It may be short term happiness but please gives your mind and heart time to relax and enjoy too. In the long run, your heart and mind are also healthier. In addition, you will look forward in enjoying your favorite pastime and life becomes easier as well as happier.

The pursuit of happiness is not just about having everything you ever wanted, but also personal space that you can distress and enjoy at times. Now, spare some time for your hobby, I am sure they miss you as well.

Jackson

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Seeing the smile on others and having fun together

2007-06-25T14:01:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

How are you guys!

I just came back from a Freshmen Orientation Camp which lasted 4 days. It was for the new freshmen who are entering into the NUS School of Business. My orientation group was named after ODIN, God of Wisdom and Battle in the legend of the Norse. We had lots of fun and were really very HAPPY.

The main thing was that we were enjoying ourselves throughout the camp and the group was well bonded. During the last day, we sacrificed our sleep in bid to give the best skit performance to the camp. Indeed, we won the best skit award and everyone was overjoyed.

To be happy is not difficult, the task is to be able to enjoy whatever things you will be doing. During the camp, there were lots of games and we needed to get wet and dirty and even muddy at times. However, we were having fun and although sometime my group lost, we enjoyed ourselves and were HAPPY!

As I was one of the councilors, we had to prepared some gifts for the freshmen, I personally made key chains for each of them. Even though, I thought that the design would have been better, after seeing their grateful and positive reaction upon receiving their gifts and hearing lots of “Thank You!” My heart melted and I was truly over the moon!

You see, enjoying in a company of friends is a wonderful thing. You can have lots of fun together and share the joy with everyone. On the other hand, we need to be in the right company of friends. Seeing the smile on others will certainly make your day. It is one of the driving forces to make you happy.

So, take some time out today to go out with friends and do some ‘crazy’ things, I don’t mean anything legally or ethnically or socially wrong stuffs. Be yourself and be really HAPPY!

Jackson

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No happiness without patience ~ Part Three

2007-06-19T01:32:00.000+08:00

Remote control happiness

Remember the olden days when you had to extract your posterior from the couch to change channels? That took such a monumental effort that most people sat through whole television shows without changing channels. Of course, that might have been because the other channel was playing Lawrence Welk.

Back in the two-channel universe there was always something on. Now we flip through 472 channels, which keeps us busy while wishing for something worth watching.

Thanks to the remote control, affectionately known by its technical term – the doodadder – we can flip channels at a relaxed pace of 15 to 20 per minute without even breaking into a sweat. Imagine our body odor if we had to extract our posteriors from the couch each time we change channels!

"Ugh. No like show. Change channels."

"That thing rock."

"Rock need more channels. This play only test pattern."

Happiness should be like television. If I don't get instant gratification, I should be able to change channels with a zap.

The checkout clerk who doesn't care...ZAP!

The driver kissing my rear bumper...ZAP!

The loudmouth yakking in the cinema...ZAP!

The telemarketer who calls during dinner...ZAP!

Come to think of it, all those annoying people in my way at the grocery store, at the ticket booth, in the parking lot, in the waiting room...ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

"Miss Wooly no give me mammoth burger."

"What you do?"

"I zap her with club. Take mammoth burger."

"Ugh. You invent self-serve."

Sigh. Happiness is not like a microwave oven. Nor like the Internet. Not even like a doodadder. Happiness does not run on the instant gratification system. Happiness takes patience. Lord, please grant me the patience I lack...and I want it now!

Get a positive thinking humor column, like this one on the frugal instant gratification and hapiness, in your inbox every week. For more personal growth articles check the menu to the left.

David Leonhardt is author of a self-help happiness book. He also runs a Liquid Vitamins Store and serves as a SEO/SEM website marketing consultant

Jackson

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No happiness without patience ~ Part Two

2007-06-18T11:28:00.000+08:00

No patience for Google

Consider the Internet. You type 'electric toothpicks'. You hit 'enter'. Google responds: 'Search took 1.02 seconds.'

'Seems kinda slow,' you think. 'Google is ready for the geriatric ward.' You click on the first result – something about an electric eel eating a balanced breakfast – and a blank screen appears. You wait.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Did you know that Shakespeare once waited almost twenty seconds for a web site to appear, so he could find a word that rhymed with cardiologist? The web site finally appeared in 1997, but he had given up waiting by then.

Five seconds pass. Time's up and still not site. Your instant gratification cells have been offended. You surf to another site.

'Ugh. No get Mammoth Burger web site. This thing no work.'

'That thing rock.'

'Rock broken. Go to mammoth burger walk-through'

I don't want to walk to get happiness. I want it delivered now. Not twenty seconds later, even if it does rhyme with cardiologist. Not 1.02 seconds later. I want happiness now."

by David Leonhardt

Jackson

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No happiness without patience ~ Part One

2007-06-17T11:22:00.000+08:00

Instant gratification is not the recipe for happiness

by David Leonhardt

I'm searching for modern happiness. The old-fashioned kind takes just too long. That happiness requires patience and I don't want to wait. I want upgraded happiness. I want release 4.02, the "new and improved" version.

This is the 21st century and I demand instant gratification.

Once upon a time, you had to wait to eat your meal. Even when the Mammoth Burger walk-through was open, they offered only self-kill meals. And when you brought them home, you still had to get the fire started.

"What? Mammoth burger again? How you cook?"

"Ugh. Start fire for cave lady."

"Hah. You probably burn cave down."

"Hah you. No can burn cave down. Buy insurance policy."

"How you start fire?"

"Rub two fingers together. Make big flame. Cook mammoth burger."

"Last time you burn fingers."

"Yummy."

Nobody lights a fire these days. People don't even light ovens anymore. It takes just too long to heat up a meal. It takes just too much patience. I'm hungry now, not 40 minutes from now. That's why God gave us microwave ovens. Just pop the food in and whrrr –BEEP- out it comes, nicely warmed for immediate consumption. That's how I want my happiness – toasty warm and right now!

"Ooh. No more burn fingers."

Jackson

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Friends and Family

2007-06-16T15:58:00.000+08:00

Happy Day people,

First of all, sorry for not updating the blog for the past 5 days. Was serving the national and was only back yesterday. During the service, i discover a very important key in relating to creating Happiness.

For the past few days, my friends and i had a good time catching up. I am always Happy to see them living good. We get to talk about the good old times about us were getting punishments and the hard times going through though training. These are the memories we had together and in the process we found ourselves laughing or smiling away when talking about them together. We all feel HAPPY!

The key is having good relationship with friends and family members. Building a good relationship is a must in order to be Happy, but how can we really build relationship with our friends and family members? Caring for them is one of the ways. Show true care and concern to them and they will be grateful to you. Then, you be happy as well.

However, the choice of friends is a major factor in influencing your way of thinking and hence, it affects your Happiness. Finding yourself in a group of optimistic friends will make you optimistic as well and therefore, it is easier for you to be Happy as you do not worry much. Unfortunately, we can't choose our family members so we learn to love them. By doing so, we will have a great feeling.

So starting building a strong and good relationship with your friends and also love your family and friends. Happiness will follow you.

Jackson

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Happiness: The Quest (Part 2)

2007-06-11T01:57:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Here the Part 2! Enjoy and be HAPPY!

Gratitude:

Be grateful for what you have. This simple statement can make a giant difference in your life! Everyday think of everything you have. The enormous things, and the little things. Are you living in a cardboard box? No. Then be very grateful. Yes? Be grateful for the cardboard box.

Have gratitude for friends and family, the home you live in, the food you eat. Isn't it great having air to breath, freedom to go where you want. Don't take these for granted but have gratitude and give thanks.

Love:

Well Love can clearly bring happiness. Love for your spouse, friends, neighbors and strangers. Give Love and you will receive Love. Learn to Love Yourself. Let's all remember that when we interact with others.

Enjoyment:

Do what you enjoy. This could be a hobby or going for a walk in the park. If you do things that you like it's bound to bring happiness.

Forgiveness:

Try a bit harder to say kind words to others. Place yourself in the other's person place for a moment. Sure there are some people that act so mean and hateful. Remember you only hurt yourself when you return meanness or hold resentment and anger inside.

Help Others:

Find ways to make others happy. You may be surprised that by willingly helping others to find joy can have a positive impact on you as well. Help others to find meaning in life. Keep them company.

Build Self Confidence:

Do your work the best you can. Learn new skills. Find meaning in your career and life. Enjoy a new hobby or game. You can boost your self-confidence by learning new and enjoyable things. Raise your self-confidence and you raise your happiness.

Happiness can make you smarter! Is it really surprising that positive attracts positive? If you do these things you will increase your happiness.

What is the most important thing to you? Is it money, a fancy car or a mansion, maybe your health? What about happiness?

Well let's think a moment.... If you have happiness, all the happiness you want or need, would that be the most important thing to you?

What good is money or the rest without happiness? If you are truly happy you won't need to worry about the rest. If you require money to be happy then you will have it. Maybe the saying, "Money Can't Buy Happiness", should be "Happiness Can Produce Money".

Try to release all anger and negative emotions. You can accomplish this easier once you realize you are only hurting yourself and other loved ones around you. Sure it will take regular practice. You may struggle with this, but it can become second nature after awhile.

It's up to you. Do you want to be negative and unhappy or positive and learn to be happier? You can start now by adding positive attributes to your life. Be good, smile and put on a happy face!

Jackson

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Happiness: The Quest (Part 1)

2007-06-10T11:55:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Take a look at this article.

Happiness is something many of us strive for. Why is it so hard to achieve, especially at times when you need it the most? How do we change a gloomy mood into a lighter or happier one?

There are some things within our power that will help us accomplish these goals.

What are some benefits of happiness that could encourage you to work towards it even more?

-Health

-Self Confidence

-A sense of Purpose

-More Productivity

-Achieve Your Goals

-Weight Loss

Funny thing is that the above list also works in reverse. If you are healthy, self confident and all the rest listed, than you will most likely be happier. Sometimes happiness is staring us right in the face.

Here are some ways that you can create happiness in your life.

Exercise:

It appears that exercising comes up a lot when we are speaking about improving various things in our lives. It has been shown to improve mood by making us healthier and increasing endorphins.

Foods & Diet:

Eating chocolate is probably more of a pleasure than sustained happiness, even though it can provide us with a short-lived boost.

A healthy diet though is vital for our health and happiness. Too much sugar and junk foods are provisional emotional boosters. In the long run these problem foods will degrade us physically as well as emotionally.

Eat a healthy diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables, including raw veggies. Cut back on unhealthy foods and don't "Super Size" it.

Supplements:

If you are not receiving all of your nutrients in your diet then you may want to supplement by taking vitamins.

There are some specific supplements that target your mood. You could discuss these with your health practitioner.

Music:

Music can bring miracles to your mood. Go ahead and listen to something upbeat and happy.

Rewards:

Happiness comes from rewards as well. They can be simple things. You find a great bargain on something you been wanting. Maybe someone offers you a simple item of interest. You do a task and are complimented on it by someone else or yourself. Even finding a coin on the sidewalk can give you a "Reward" feeling that can bring happiness to you.

The greatest reward can come from giving a compliment to someone or saying a kind word.

Jackson

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Happiness story

2007-06-09T02:52:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

More reasons for you to be happy. I loves this story!

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another.

Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are.

After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with.

We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.

The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now.

If not now, when?

Your life will always be filled with challenges.

It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.

One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza. He said,

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life.

But there was always some obstacle in the way, Something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid.

Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my "life".

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness.

Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time...and remember that time waits for no one.

So, stop waiting until you finish school,

until you go back to school,

until you lose ten pounds,

until you gain ten pounds,

until you have kids,

until your kids leave the house,

until you start work,

until you retire,

until you get married,

until you get divorced,

until Friday night, until Sunday morning,

until you get a new car or home,

until your car or home is paid off,

until spring,

until summer,

until fall,

until winter,

until you are off welfare,

until the first or fifteenth,

until your song comes on,

until you've had a drink,

until you've sobered up,

until you die,

until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

Author Unknown

Jackson

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What Can Make You Happy? by JULIUS BABARINSA

2007-06-08T02:48:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day People!

The a poem for you!

Are you happy right now or sad?
Are you bitter about your present condition?
You wonder what is wrong with your life
You wonder why others are happy
And question why some are so sad
Are happy people born that way?
Or happiness is a state of mind
What can make you happy?
Will having more money make you happy?
How much money do you need to make you happy?
If you are single and not happy!
Will having a new lover make you happy?
Will getting married make you happy?
If you are married, and not happy!
Will having more children make you happy?
Will sleeping with other people make you happy?
If you are a professional and not happy!
Will changing your profession make you happy?
What can make you happy?
Will getting drunk everyday make you happy?
Will taking a new drug make you happy?
Will buying a new car make you happy?
What can make you happy?
Will moving to a bigger house make you happy?
Will been promoted at work make you happy?
Will been the head of your organization
Make you happy
What can make you happy?
Always remember that what makes
You happy can make the others sad

JULIUS BABARINSA

Jackson

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--Top 7 happiness tips for times of crisis--

2007-06-07T00:45:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Have u submitted your very own Happiness quotes? I am sure you have some, do kindly share with us, i am sure after the sharing you be HAPPIER!

Today, i picked out 7 tips from the HAPPYGUY and i want to share with you all! Enjoy!

1. Count your blessings. We have so much to be grateful for. Iraq's dime store missiles cannot hit anywhere too important (defined more specifically as "where I live"). Then, of course, there is all the "stuff" we have, like the flush toilet (I would not want to have lived 500 years ago!) and the remote control. We can be grateful for all the variety, such as 32 flavors of ice cream on every corner and at least a dozen flavors of tooth floss. We can count our education, our knowledge and our opportunities. And we have soooo much more freedom than our ancestors. Geez, with all these blessings to count, it gets hard to enjoy living in terror of the big, bad world.

2. Smile at a stranger. If the world shows us a threatening face, why not paint that face with smiles to make it less threatening. Let's face it, if I smile at you, you'll smile back. The more I smile, the more people will smile at me. The more you smile, the more people will smile at you. If everybody follows my advice, at least dentists will be too busy to fear world events.

3. Learn a new skill. Imagine the sense of accomplishment and the power of mastering a new skill. Like mesquite cooking. Like whittling. Like pterodactyl breeding. Oh well, two out of three. And if you learn that skill in a classroom setting, full of other energized new-skill-masterers, you get the bonus of seeing that positive face of the world, complete with smiles and busy dentists.

4. Study history. Bad things happen. Good things happen. That's history. Today will one day be history that somebody reads about. So don't sweat it. (Editor's note: If nobody is left to read about it, scratch this tip.)

5. Volunteer. One of the scariest things about the world today is not just that it seems to be going downhill, but that we feel powerless to stop it. Worse still, politicians and diplomats are in charge. But we CAN take control and send the world uphill right in our own neighborhood. We can help the local animal shelter. We can work at the food bank. (That's my personal favorite, and NO you do NOT get free samples.) We can help little old ladies across the street. We can make a difference right in our own communities where the politicians and diplomats won't interrupt.

6. Drop the play-by-play. In times of war and world crisis we have the opportunity to watch events as they unfold, just as if we were in the stands at the football game. Wait, they are about to strike. Come on, you can do it. Launch that missile. Hit that target. Hurry. Send it in. That's it. Yes! Yes! ... NOOOOOoooooo! You missed. So don't get too carried away. Sports is only sports, but war is real. Avoid getting caught up in the play-by-play.

7. Have faith. It goes without saying that God is a great comfort to many people in times of crisis, so leave it to me to say it anyway. If you are a believer who has been distracted by other things in life, allow yourself to seek comfort in God.

Jackson

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HAPPINESS QUOTES

2007-06-06T00:30:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

These are some of the Happiness quotes that i found in one of the websites. Enjoy reading! Feel free to add any of your own quotes in the comments i just blog them another time! Thanks in advances for SHARING your Happiness with us!

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature." ~ Marcus Aurelius

"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence." ~ Aristotle

"So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers." ~ John Sutherland Bonnell

"There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness." ~ Countess of Blessington

"Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response." ~ Mildred Barthel

"We all want to be happy, and we're all going to die. You might say those are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet." ~ William Boyd

"Joy has nothing to do with material things, or with man's outward circumstance...A man living in the lap of luxury can be wretched, and a man in the depths of poverty can overflow with joy." ~ William Barclay

"Happiness is a journey, not a destination; happiness is to be found along the way not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it's too late. The time for happiness is today not tomorrow." ~ Quoted by Paul H Dunn

"Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy." ~ Wayne Dyer

"Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying "Wow, this is it. I guess I'm happy. I got a home I love. A career that I love. I'm even feeling more and more at peace with myself." If there's something else to happiness, let me know. I'm ambitious for that, too." ~ Harrison Ford

Jackson

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Doing what you love

2007-06-05T14:48:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day People!

Getting better with the your 'Happiness' management? I am sure you are definitely getting better at it and Happier now right?

If not, read on, even if you are, i encourage you to read on as well! Today, we are dealing on one of the factors that can increase you Happiness level. That is doing what you love as shown in the title.

Ideal Vs Reality. I believe all of us have many things we love to do, be it reading comics, playing game or even having sex for some people. When we do things that we love, we usually put in more effort and is more willing to complete the task. In addition, we feel happy when we accomplish the objectives. But there is a limit to the amount of time we can spend in doing those things. Reality will set in. We are unable to play all day, weeks and years long without the basic survival necessities unless you are very, very, very wealthy.

However, if we can start to enjoy the things we do and begin to like them and eventually love them, would it be a better option? This means that we begin to take pride in our work and begin to enjoy the work. But, we need to choose our own attitude in regards to the work we are doing. The moment we decide to take charge and learn to love the work we do is already a BIG step towards our pursuit of Happiness. Learning is a process and expects that it will take time.

Finally, when we can enjoy almost everything around us, life will be much better of and we will be Happier!

Jackson

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Happiness Self-Statements

2007-06-04T14:56:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Happiness Self-Statements: "BECOMING HAPPIER BY FOCUSING ON HAPPINESS!!!

While this list is somewhat repetitive, reading through the statements occasionally will help you tune into and remember the kinds of thoughts that will make you happier. Don't be overly concerned if some of the statements do not ring true; the more you repeat them the truer they will feel. Creating your own personal list is also very helpful.

1. Thinking about happiness makes me very happy.

2 Not comparing myself with others keeps me very happy.

3. Realizing that I have everything I need keeps me very happy.

4. Getting better at feeling happiness makes me very happy.

5. Meditating on happiness makes me very happy.

6. Loving and caring for others makes me very happy.

7. Being happy about other people's happiness makes me very happy.

8. Stopping my unpleasant thoughts makes me very happy.

9. Being good makes me very happy.

10. Thinking about my friends makes me very happy."

There are more to come!

Jackson

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Why is Happiness important? Part Two

2007-06-03T23:01:00.000+08:00

Continue from previous post ...

Recent studies are revealing an important reason why happiness is so important to us all. A growing body of research is demonstrating that as we become happier, we become better people. As we become happier we become more compassionate, more creative, more energetic, more financially successful, more emotionally and physically healthy, etc. Thus for those of us who are more concerned with creating a "better" world than a happier world, becoming much happier and helping others become much happier may prove a very effective means to this end. Imagine for a moment the reduction in incidents of crime in the United States if we as a country were to raise of national average happiness level from its present marginal 69 percent to 85 percent or higher.

We share our lives with loved ones like our spouse, parents, children, and friends. Why is happiness so important? What better gift can we give a loved one than to help them become happy, remain happy, or become happier? What better gift than happiness could we receive from our loved ones? It is important to understand this essential point so that we and our loved ones do not become separated or distracted from our happiness. As parents, for example, it is wise to teach our children to be good for their sake and for the sake of others. If, however, we neglect to teach our children how to be very happy, we are depriving them of their greatest need and desire.

Happiness is not only important to our personal and societal lives, it is important to our global community. Unhappiness breeds wars and terrorism. Countries who unjustly attack other countries are doing so because they are not happy with certain international realities. Terrorists who attack individuals and populations are deeply dissatisfied with various social, political, religious and/or economic realities. Very happy countries would not wage unjust wars. Very happy individuals would not commit acts of terror.

Why is happiness so important? As individuals and as societies, happiness is both our highest goal and an extremely effective means of achieving many of our other cherished goals. Both as individuals and as a planet, happiness is our ultimate reason for living. Happiness is really all there is and all there ever will be; all else is only a means to happiness.

Jackson

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Why is Happiness important? Part One

2007-06-02T00:37:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Today lets discuss why is Happiness important. I found this article on the web and find it very relevant.

Happiness is so important to us, both as individuals and as a world, primarily because happiness is really all there is. As human beings, although we possess cognitive abilities and are highly "thought" oriented, the quality of our lives is ultimately ENTIRELY determined by our emotions. For example, which life would you rather have; that of a very rich, attractive, successful, healthy, powerful person who despite all of those blessings is very unhappy or that of a very poor, unattractive, unsuccessful, unhealthy and powerless person who is nevertheless fortunate enough to be very happy?

Considering happiness within the framework of good and evil, or right and wrong, we find that what is evil or wrong is only undesirable because it diminishes the happiness of an individual or group, and that what is good and right is only so because it increases the happiness of and individual or group. In fact, British philosopher John Locke accurately defines goodness as that which creates happiness, and evil as that which creates unhappiness.

Happiness, which includes the pleasant emotions and moods that comprise it, is really the only aspect of our lives with any ULTIMATE value. Aristotle described it as "the highest good." Of what value is ANY good except that it facilitates the happiness, or greater happiness, of human beings and other life on our Planet? For the religious among us this would, of course, also include the happiness of God.

Of what value is ANYTHING except for its utility in facilitating happiness? A careful reflection reveals that the ONLY reason we do anything in life is to maintain or enhance our happiness and/or the happiness of others. Freud, with his Pleasure Principle, and other psychologists with similar hedonic principles, explained our basic and strongest motivation in life as the drive to experience pleasure and to avoid pain. Of course, as Freud pointed out with his Reality Principle, we would be unwise to indiscriminately seek pleasure at the expense of reason and experience. Many temporal pleasures will ultimately bring individuals, and/or those around them, greater pain. However, at times, enduring pain is a wise or necessary way to ensure greater pleasure and happiness.

Many of us are very concerned with ethics, knowledge, beauty, love, health, productivity, peace, justice and prosperity, often forgetting that these blessings are simply and ultimately means of facilitating happiness. Nevertheless, over the last several millennia we have been culturally conditioned to prize these blessing and work very hard to maintain and enhance them. The fact that as a world our happiness level is under 65 percent, however, suggests that our conventional strategies for achieving happiness are hardly effective.

to be continue ...

Jackson

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Benefits of being HAPPY

2007-06-01T00:24:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Still not determined to be Happy or still trying to find reasons to be the driving force of your pursuit of Happiness? This is your answers to your doubts! Today i will touch on the BENEFITS in achieving Happiness!

Don't just be HAPPY, know why you are HAPPY!

· Benefits to families, communities, and society at large

· More cooperation, pro-sociability, and charitableness

· Superior work outcomes

· Stronger immune system

· Longer life

· Larger social rewards

· Better emotional health

· More activity, energy, and flow

· Less symptoms of psychopathology

· Greater self-control and coping abilities

With so many benefits and i believe that are still some that are uncovered which i will cover the next time as well as developing on the benefits.

I hope you can now take your stand and say "I WANT TO BE HAPPY!"

Jackson

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Enjoy life and be Happy

2007-05-31T01:04:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Is you to have you back with me. Today, let me share something very important in pursuiting Happiness. "Enjoy", is the BIG word. Do you know how to enjoy and 'let your hair down' at times?
Or do you enjoy every single seconds of your life?

I hope you have choose the second option.

I must say that enjoying is a skill that we learn to learn and it is associated with how we look at things. In addition, we should always put in our effort and also receive the best.

"It's a funny thing, life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." - W.Somerset Maugham.

Begin able to enjoy every process is not an easy task but it definitely helps in making us cheerful. It is because, everything affects everything else. If we get the best, we enjoy it! So we feel Happy and attract 'Happy' things to happen to us.

Thus, is advisable to spoil ourselves at times and don't be stingy to our own selves. Moreover, enjoy what we have and do not complain whenever something is not 'good'. We be able to handle our emotions better and this leads us to Happiness!

Jackson

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Begins with a SMILE!

2007-05-30T18:24:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

It has been two weeks since Project H started. Have you been happier and learn to take things from a more positive angle? Today, i shall touch on "Smiling".

Smile actually have a great impact on our life. A simple gesture can make a huge difference.Smiling makes one feels good.

Having a smile on our face is easy but most people seems to be unable to do that easily. I must admit even i have a problem in that. Stress has become part and parcel of our life and our faces have been 'dragged' down by the stress and longer smile easily.

However, there is a good news. We can learn to SMILE again! But, we need discipline in doing that as well. We just need to constantly remind ourself to 'Smile'. I suggest the first thing to do when you wake up is to smile to yourself and say "I want to have a HAPPY day today!". before doing any other things.

Next, put a smile on our face. Remember, when others look at you and you have a smile, you make their day and when they smile back, they make your day!

So start smiling now and be HAPPY!

Jackson

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7 Popular ways of becoming Happier!

2007-05-29T13:56:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

There are many ways of becoming Happier! I find these are generally the more popular ways in becoming Happier.

Control Desires

Unfulfilled desires can be disastrous to our happiness, if we indulge them. Sometime desiring things motivates us to work on acquiring them, and working to do so can be a great source of happiness. However, when desires for more things, more accomplishments, more money, a better job, a better mate or other such prizes in life dominate our thinking, they can dramatically limit our happiness. We can decide to make our happiness and the happiness of others our greatest desire, and thereby stay focused on what we all really want and need.
Smile Continuously

Becoming much happier is as easy as just smiling more. Smiling feels good, but it also reminds us to feel happy and communicates our happiness to others, encouraging them to feel happy with us. Maintain a slight smile throughout your day, and you will find it much easier to feel happier. Consider that the happiest people you know are the ones that seem always to have a pleasant expression, and you will understand the wisdom behind smiling.
Stay Happy Amidst Sadness

Our sadness usually doesn’t help others - Sometimes we feel that it is appropriate for us to feel sad in order to help others. When we are doing what we need to do to help others, (like visiting a sick friend, or giving charity) we should feel good about our kindness. Many times we are more helpful to others who are going through a difficult time when we keep up our spirits than when we join them in their sorrow.
Be Optimistic

Optimism is important to our happiness - We can see our glasses as half full, or half empty. We can hope for the best, and expect that things will turn out well, or we can dread what might go wrong, and worry about our future. Happiness research shows that worry is the number one enemy to happiness, and as we become more optimistic, we become happier.
Choose Your Thoughts Wisely

Happiness is dependent on our thoughts - We do not have to keep thinking unpleasant thoughts simply because they come into our minds. We can choose to think pleasant thoughts instead. The more we practice stopping our unpleasant thoughts and thinking pleasant ones, the better we will become and the happier we will feel.
Like Yourself and Others

Liking ourselves, and others, is very important to our happiness - Liking feels pleasant, and not liking feels unpleasant. We should strive to like ourselves and others more and more, seeing the best in everyone as much as possible. As we do this we will enjoy ourselves more and more. Since we are with ourselves always, it is especially important for us to like ourselves very much.
Just Get Happier!

A very effective method of becoming happier is to simply sit or lie down, and focus on the feeling of happiness. Whether you just sit and smile, or actively come up with pleasant thoughts like "I feel great," focusing on nothing else but feeling happier is an excellent way of better getting in touch with, and strengthening, the feeling of happiness. After a while, you'll find yourself tuning into this pleasant feeling at other times of the day when you're also engaged in other activities.

Source: http://thehappinessshow.com/

I highly recommend you visit the above website. It will aid you in the pursuit of Happiness!

Jackson

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The another "H" Health

2007-05-28T00:45:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

Living Happily and Healthy now? As all of us know the importance of Health as well as Happiness.
Today, Project H brings you to the another aspect of 'H'.

We need to eat, drink and sleep everyday. Of course not forgetting about breathing all the time.

Today, we are focusing on the activities of our livers and our very essential sleep!

The main causes of liver damage are:

1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3. Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.
8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver.
Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 'schedule.'

Because:

Evening at 9 - 11pm: is the time for eliminating unnecessary/toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health.

Evening at 11pm - 1am: is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 1 - 3am: detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 - 5am: detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.

Morning 5 - 7am: detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.

Morning 7 - 9am: absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10am rather than no meal at all.

Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.

Credits: CS

Jackson

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Giving

2007-05-27T22:54:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Feeling Happier now? For today and the next 2 days, i sincerely urge to help us feed 1 Million children!

Sometime, the ability to give can lead us to Happiness and let the benefiters be HAPPY. Then, why not GIVE?

Just go to http://www.foragreatercause.org/ to help feed one million children! It's just for this 3 days and I hope you will help to spread the message around. Help us fulfill the mission.

I believe by helping them, you be happier as well.

So, start GIVING and be Happy!

Jackson

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Don't Worry, Be HAPPY!

2007-05-27T11:05:00.000+08:00

HAPPY Day people!

Enjoy this video!

As you see, sometimes, things don't go in our way, we should not worry. Instead, learn to handle them and be HAPPY!

Jackson

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6 simple steps to be HAPPY!

2007-05-26T02:21:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

How are you all getting with your pursuit in Happiness! I hope you are getting closer there each day. All the best! I been surfacing the net to find information on Happiness. Then on one of the websites, i found 6 simple steps in becoming Happy and i would like to share with you guys.

Step One

Figure out what is important to you in life. For example: Do you value a certain kind of job, material things, a relationship, time alone, time with others, time to relax, time to be creative, time to read, time to listen to music or time to have fun? These are just a few of the possibilities.

Step Two

Think about times when you have felt happy, good or content. Where were you? Who were you with? What were you doing, thinking or feeling that made you feel happy?

Step Three

Decide to make more time in your life to do more of what is important to you and makes you feel happier. To be happy, you have to make happiness a priority in your life.

Step Four

Start with little things and work up to bigger ones. Little things might be reading for 15 minutes, taking a walk, calling a friend or buying great-smelling soap, shampoo, candles or tea that you will enjoy every time you use it.

Step Five

Focus on what is positive about yourself, others and life in general, instead of dwelling on the negative. In a journal, write down as many positive things as you can think of. Keep it handy to read over, and continue adding to it.

Step Six

Appreciate what is working in your life right now. In the major areas of your life, such as your health, job, love life, friends, family, money and living situation, what is going well?

Source: http://www.ehow.com/how_10192_be-happy.html

I hope the above 6 steps will be helpful for you. See you tomorrow!

Jackson

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Self-control --- Discipline

2007-05-25T00:14:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

I realise that we usually have a goal at the back of our mind that we have want to achieve. Now, we really want to pursuit our Happiness, you put in efforts in thinking positive and day after day, you tried to Happy. You start to 'relax' and allows your normal self to gain control again. You begin to live like the way that you term as "unhappy". You start thinking negative thoughts that you wouldn't Never be Happy again(Never say never!) and started to be sad.

I understand that you have indeed put in your best efforts in following the tips to be Happy but you lacked the discipline and preservations in continuing and 'obediently' follow the tips! Life is a trade off between instant pleasure and long term reward.

I am sure you would rather be always Happy than just be Happy now. Am i not right? Since, we already know what we really want and the exact reasons for wanting to be Happy. Isn't it easier for us to have self control and be more discipline in order to pursuit our Happiness? Unless the reasons are not strong or clear enough, i believe that we be able to do it.

Sometime, we may not have 'that self-discipline', then, we need to get it from other place and let our life 'control' by others. However, when you are self-disciplined, you don't need to get discipline from anyway and you control the destiny of your life in your own hands!

Jackson

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Law of Hapiness!

2007-05-24T02:26:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

Let’s go back to Andrew Matthews’s “Follow Your Heart”. Today, we shall look at something that we have always asks when things happen.

“Why is he promoted instead of me?”

“Why are they so lucky?”

I remembered someone said that all things happen for a reason. I believe that is quite true. In ‘Follow Your Heart’, Andrew Matthews wrote about ‘Cause and Effect’. He conveyed the idea that what is happening now is due to the actions that we did yesterday. Our life is an energy system. If nothing GOOD is happening in your life, you are the cause of it!

If we are unhappy today is because our beliefs or actions in the past caused us to be in this state.

Bruce charmed his women with diamonds and perfume. When they walk out on him, he claims he’s been used for his money. If you go fishing with diamonds for bait, you’ll catch fish that like diamonds! Is that a surprise?

Our success and Happiness depend on natural laws and principles and how you use them.

(Adapted from ‘Follow Your Heart’)

So how can we pursuit our Happiness? We can ‘Follow our heart’ to pursue Happiness but we need to bear in mind that the laws of universe always apply. We need to out in efforts before harvesting our fruits,

In life, many of our ideas, employees and even your friends will get blown away or taken by the birds. This is not something you fight, it’s something you understand. It is something you prepare for. (Adapted from ‘Follow Your Heart’)

Jackson

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From WikiHow - How to be Happy~Part Two

2007-05-23T05:34:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

Here is part two of the tips! Lets all achieve our Happiness!

Get the job you love. If you have a job you hate or dislike, seriously consider changing your job, or even changing careers. Having a job that makes you look forward to your day when you wake up in the morning is critical to a happy, fulfilled life. Making special time to enjoy interests, hobbies, and family, not only makes life happier, but helps us be more productive on the job.
Develop a strong relationship with your family. That includes trust. If you are in an abusive family, you must find a way out. If you want a stronger relationship with your family, you're going to need to be honest with them. Tell your family about your life and don't insult them - it hurts them just as much as it hurts you to be insulted.
Choose the right companion. Get involved with activities that reflect who you are, and get to know people who like the things you do. Don't rule out the Internet as a place to find a significant other, just get to know them over the phone or through a few months of emails before agreeing to a meeting in person.
Choose your friends carefully. Nearly everyone needs someone who cares for them and treats them well. If you have friends who are treating you badly, then ditch them and find friends that do care about you. If you can't find any friends like that in your current circumstances, then look elsewhere. If you're feeling sad, there's nothing like going out with your friends to make you feel better. Surround yourself with friends who are positive, encouraging, and helpful. We all need this continuing, positive encouragement to make solid positive progress in life.
Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself. Volunteer at a hospital or be a part of a program, which take care of patients in some way. When you leave the hospital, you will be so much happier knowing what you have.
Wish the best for others and mean it. It is so easy to be jealous and petty and forget to celebrate the good fortune of your coworkers, friends and family.Keep learning, whether it is a new hobby or a new dance, just keep learning something that interests you. Just find a new interest and go for it!! It will give you something to keep you occupied, and a new outlook on life.
Set goals. Live up to them. When you accomplish a goal, it's a great feeling. If you put all your failures down to other people, you put yourself in their power. Take take responsibility for when things go wrong in your life.
Be healthy. Give your body and mind what it most needs in order to function in an "optimal" way. "Optimal" in this case means being the healthiest you can be, and the most psychologically balanced you can be. Eat a healthy, balanced diet and ensure that you get all the vital vitamins and minerals that your body requires for its optimal biochemical functioning. Supplement your diet with the appropriate vitamins and minerals. Get plenty of exercise. This will prompt the production of the "feel good" hormones that make you feel happy (endorphins). Plus, there are all the other obvious fitness and disease fighting benefits, too numerous to mention here.

Source: http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Happy

Jackson

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From WikiHow - How to be Happy~Part One

2007-05-22T01:10:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

Have you had your breakfast? Did you sleep well last night? I hope you have try avoiding the hazardous things that i wrote in the previous post. I am trying too! Lets work hard together!

Today, i shall touch on some general tips in making us HAPPY!

Change your thought process. If you catch yourself thinking that things aren't going to work out, then think again. Remember that most things work out better than you fear- so imagine that your fears are ungrounded and that success is ahead. Rather than thinking of the problems and getting desperate, imagine the best outcome and then work out what you need to do to make that happen. Follow your "inner guidance system." If the thoughts you are thinking are not giving you a good feeling, then think about something else that will make you feel good in that moment. Monitor your thoughts consistently throughout the day. Sometimes this may not be as easy as you think if you are stuck in a "negative" train of thought and your brain chemicals are getting fired up and forming and "anxiety or anger" pathway. Anxiety, fear and anger patterns can be interrupted by focusing on doing a math problem, counting backwards, counting in odd numbers, doing a sudoku puzzle, etc. - this will dissipate the rush of chemicals that are making you feel bad. Immediately then go back to picturing scenes/remembering things/imagining, planning stuff that makes you feel GOOD.
See the world for what it really is. You have friends and family that love you. Learn to be thankful. Think of all the things you have to be happy about. Relax, calm down and take things slower. No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears. We cannot change the past, but we can enjoy today, and look to the future. But if we are prepared to take credit for the past and accept that everything that happened in our life, good and bad, has made us the person we are - the battle is half won.
Lighten up. Don't take yourself too seriously. Stress can cause many mental, physical, and spiritual problems in your life. One of the major causes of stress is worrying about things that are out of your control. Learn to recognize these things and if you can truly do nothing about them, then just let them go. Take time to laugh at yourself and the situations you find yourself in. Laughter is a powerful, positive medicine and the calmer and more peaceful you can take things, the happier your life will be.
Be yourself. You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry you. Don’t compare yourself to other people – at work or in your personal life. In the first place, no one knows what other people are going through. More importantly, when you compare yourself to other people, you always tend to see yourself on the "short end". So this is never a good or helpful thing for you to do. One way to get in touch with yourself is through journaling. The goal is to open up completely to yourself and learn to be your best friend by knowing that the truth (to yourself) will set you free from fear! Practice self-acceptance no matter what. Never do something you're not comfortable with. You'll respect yourself for sticking to your guns, and that self-respect will make you happy.
Make a scheduled time every day for relaxation. This is a good time to go over any therapy that you’re working on. Having a "relaxation" time or a "quiet time" every day strengthens you, allows the stress and tension in your life to evaporate, and keeps you more on a positive, even keel.

Source: http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Happy

There more to come, so stay tune!

Jackson

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Not just about Happy but also Healthy

2007-05-21T12:50:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

On our journey in pursuiting Happiness, please also take good care of your body. Health is as important as our Happiness!

Live HAPPILY and HEALTHILY!

Here are some 'Bad' habits that must be UNLEARN or Avoided for Happy, Healthy life:

1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level.
This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

2. Overeating
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

3. Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

5. Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

6. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.

7. Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.

10. Talking Rarely
Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.

Credits: CS

Having a healthy lifestyle allows your brain to be at optimal condition and naturally, you be more alert and be able to have correct judgement. This will lead to a better quality life and help you in getting closer to your Happiness!

Jackson

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Face it! Life is not SIMPLE!

2007-05-20T12:24:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

I hope you have a wonderfully day and are HAPPY after understanding how things really work when you change your perception.

Alot of people out that want a simple life. I have a question, "How simple can a life be?" I don't really know the answer. When you are young, we kept thinking that once we finish our school and go to work, life will get easier or once we settle this matter, things will get better. However, people start to have a family and buy a house. When the house is pay off, they buy a bigger one! It's not just the world that complicates our lives, we do. As you see, we are constantly challenged.

As Andrew Matthews has mentioned in his book, "When you sign up for planet Earth, you get the whole 'Life class' which means as long as you are breathing, school is in session." But, do not worry, because you can learn to handle things better!

So, we will continue to meet new challenges but we must learn to be able to handle them well. Experience will aid us in our fight. Also, we must adopt a positive attitude in handling things.

Tips in handling your life in a HAPPY manner:

Learn to relax and enjoy when you're in the middle of things.
Ask yourself:"What am i learning from this?"
Maintain a positive attitude and perception.
Is NOT about having 'X' that allows you to be able to open the door of Happiness. For instance, if i have a car, then i will be happy.

Jackson

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Be Happy, change our Perception

2007-05-19T00:19:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

I shall just discuss some of the concepts that Andrew Matthews highlighted in this book. However, i would still encourage you guys to read the book as well! Thank you!

In my marketing classes, i learn something about consumers' behaviours and there are many factors affecting consumers' behaviours. One of them is perception.

Take for example, Ron is working at his office and one day he caught a cold. His buddy, begin helpful offered him a 'Axon' cold tablet. Ron has never notice 'Axon' before but decided to try it anyway. Ron felt much better after taking 'Axon' and was glad that he took the tablet.

After work, he went to the bus stop and saw the billboard advertising 'Axon'. It was the same bus stop that he has been to everyday yet he did not notice the existence of 'Axon'. While he was on the bus, he saw another advertisement of 'Axon'.

From this example, it clearly illustrate how our mind choose to look at things. Our perceptions either focus on some things or ignore them.

It is the same case when we want to be Happy. We need to change our perception at times and look at things from a more positive angle. It helps in lightening up your mood. Andrew Matthews talks about the world begin a teacher and that we are here to learn lesson. Our perception matters in our pursuit to Happiness.

We reach points in our life when we are ready for new information. Until then, something can be staring us in the face but we don't see it.
Quoted from In a Nutshell by Andrew Matthews.

So, be ready to receive lessons from people around you(As all of them are our teachers) and take a different perception the next thing you look at thing before jump to conclusion. You will learn to understand and be more HAPPY!

Jackson

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Begin Happy and Happiness

2007-05-18T18:13:00.000+08:00

How different or similar is it for HAPPY and Happiness?

If you search for Happy in Wikipedia, they redirect you to Happiness!

Happiness is all relative, nobody can be happy all the time - it depends on your expectations and past experiences. Generally, if something really good happens to us, we are happy for a while, then we adapt and it takes something greater to make us happy. Feelings of well-being can be made more stable by feeling connected to other people - having close friends and/or relationships - and having some type of meaning in your life (whether it is work, religion, interests etc.)

To cope with stress (a) try to gain a sense of control over your environment (b) try to develop an optimistic way of explaining event in your life, especially your failures and (c) exercise (because ability to deal with stress is partly biological).

Extracted from Yahoo! Answer.

I thought it is easier to be Happy rather than be in the state of Happiness. It seems that Happiness last over a period of time and is like the peak of a pyramid of 'good' feelings.

However, can one who is constantly Happy about his everyday life reach the state of Happiness? Personally, i do not think so. As, i have wrote in the earlier post, Happiness is about the pursuit process. Just begin Happy does not necessary means you have pursuit Happiness, yet at the same time, begin Happy is a step closer to Happiness. Every positive, Happy thinking matters!

The first tip for begin Happy and to aid you in your pursuit of Happiness is to have positive thinking! I will further elaborate when i touch on the Andrew Matthews's Follow Your Heart.
(Yup, i done reading the book but needed further processing)

Jackson

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What is Happiness?

2007-05-17T14:24:00.000+08:00

HAPPY day people!

There are many definition of 'Happiness'. It actually depend on each individuals perceptions.

From thehappyguy, you will be able to see some of the famous quotes about happiness. Everyone has a simple wish which is to be happy, unfortunately for some, this wish is not simple at all.

For me, begin happy is about doing things i like without the need to care about anything about survival and in addition, the things i do can make other happy as well.

Not long ago, i watched the "Pursuit of Happyness", and from the movie i was inspired by some of the quotes.

One may never be able to attain true Happiness, that why we need to pursuit it.
You got a dream, you got to protect it.
Don't let somebody tell you that you can't do something, not even your father can do that.
When people can't do something themselves, they tell you that you can't do it.

I think that the first one is indeed very true, how often do we chase after happiness or goals and when we really achieve them, we were not truly HAPPY. I guess we lost the sensation of chasing after our dreams once we achieved them and that sensation is the Happiness we are looking for. Therefore, we pursuit Happiness and Happiness become a by-product from our daily work, play and life.

Hereby, i start 'ProjectH'(Project Happiness), a project delicated to spread the secrets of Happiness and let people follow their dreams to pursuit Happiness.

First up on the agenda, i will share with you all about the book, "Follow your Heart" by Andrew Matthews. So stay around and spread ProjectH to all your families and friends!

Jackson

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