You Know You Always Wanted To!
Get out in the neighborhood and write positive messages on sidewalks for others to see.
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COVID-19 Is a Bummer – It Can’t Stop Good Things From Happening
COVID-19 Is a Bummer – It Can’t Stop Good Things From Happening
Here are a few of the good things I witnessed or experienced today:
- One of my five daughters recently moved to Texas (very good thing). She drove 60 miles to have lunch with me. We worked together and made a very healthy frittata for lunch. Grateful.
- When it was time for my daughter to leave we went to the cemetery and visited my wife’s and her mom’s grave. I remembered all the moments of love. I’d do it all over again. Grateful.
- Birds singing, lizards crawling, butterflies darting aimlessly, what’s not to like or appreciate? Grateful.
- We’re another day closer to a solution. Keep doing what you’re doing. Keep doin it over and over again. We’ll beat this thing. Don’t give it power. Stay strong, laugh a lot (at least a little), and send out a virtual hug. Here’s one for you (HUUUG!)
The little things are priceless treasures to me. They brighten my day. I hope your day is filled to overflowing with the little things that make life worth living.
Grateful for all the above.
If you’d like to share the good things you’ve witnessed on my blog, Email me (ray.brese@gmail.com) a short list (1 to 5 things. Â I’ll post and attribute them to you in the way you choose to be acknowledged (e.g., anonymous, name, Word Press blog (etc.).
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Free Your Creative Spirit
Start Journaling
It will be an interesting time to look back on.
It will a great “remember when” read when COVID-19 is a distant memory.
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Kick Back
Have a Dance Party
Have a dance party with everyone in your house, even if it’s just you.Â
I’m going close the windows, turn up the volume and practice my two-step. LOL
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Hang in There
Tough times end. Rain eventually stops. Wounds heal. Good things always have the last word.
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Practice Kindness
Want to Feel Good? Practice Kindness
Being kind can strengthen your relationships and sense of satisfaction in life. [It means] opening your eyes and noticing when others are suffering. A kind word, a smile, opening a door, or helping carry a heavy load can all be acts of kindness. Celebrating someone you love, giving honest compliments, sending an email thanking someone, telling someone how s/he is special to you, helping an elderly neighbor with yard work or food, taking a photo of someone and sending it to the person, sharing homemade food, refusing to gossip, and donating old clothing and things you don’t need are all ideas about how to practice kindness.Â
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Relationships Take Work, They’re Worth It
Want to be Happy? Build Strong Social Relationships
There is one—and only one—characteristic that distinguishes the happiest 10 percent from everyone else: the strength of their social relationships. My empirical study of well-being among 1,600 Harvard undergraduates found a similar result—social support was a far greater predictor of happiness than any other factor, more than GPA, family income, SAT scores, age, gender, or race. . . .  more social support you have, the happier you are. . . . If you do one thing today to be happier, spend time with friends.
COVID-19 Is a Bummer – It Can’t Stop Good Things From Happening
COVID-19 Is a Bummer – It Can’t Stop Good Things From Happening
Here are a few of the good things I witnessed or experienced today:
- I met two new friends on my walk today. We shared stories and lifted each other up. Thanks, Rick and John.
- A friend had to buy a new refrigerator and she ended up with a huge discount. She was happy and I was happy for her. Good things come to good people.
- San Antonio is a great city. The libraries are giving free WiFi to anyone in the parking lot. Drive in, park your car and fire up your laptop. Yah, we can make it by making it together.
- We’re another day closer to a solution. Knowing we’re a day closer is enough to make me smile. Don’t give up. Stay strong, keep practicing social distancing, and watch for the rainbow up ahead.
The little things are priceless treasures to me. They brighten my day. I hope your day is filled to overflowing with the little things that make life worth living.
Grateful for all the above.
If you’d like to share the good things you’ve witnessed on my blog, Email me (ray.brese@gmail.com) a short list (1 to 5 things. Â I’ll post and attribute them to you in the way you choose to be acknowledged (e.g., anonymous, name, Word Press blog (etc.).
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ 8 Traits of the Happiest People
How Many of the Traits of the Happiest People Do You Practice?
- They devote a great amount of time to their family and friends, nurturing and enjoying those relationships.
- They are comfortable expressing gratitude for all they have.
- They are often the first to offer helping hands to coworkers and passersby.
- They practice optimism when imagining their futures.
- They savor life’s pleasures and try to live in the present moment.
- They make physical exercise a weekly and even daily habit.
- They are deeply committed to lifelong goals and ambitions (e.g., fighting fraud, building cabinets, or teaching their children their deeply held values).
- Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional in such circumstances as you or I, but their secret weapon is the poise and strength they show in coping in the face of challenge.
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Love and Forgive the Person in the Mirror
C’Mon Give Yourself a Break!
As Robert Holden puts it in his book Happiness Now! “Happiness and self-acceptance go hand in hand. In fact, your level of self-acceptance determines your level of happiness. The more self-acceptance you have, the more happiness you’ll allow yourself to accept, receive and enjoy. In other words, you enjoy as much happiness as you believe you’re worthy of[emphasis added].” Perhaps more than anything else, cultivating self-acceptance requires that we develop more self-compassion. Only when we can better understand and pardon ourselves for things that earlier we assumed must be all our fault can we secure the relationship to self that till now has eluded us.
