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Simply..is it possible to feel bad....

23/10/2019

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..about feeling good?

I found myself feeing almost apologetic the other day for being cheerful!

Saying 'Really good  thanks' when someone asks how you are feels like an act of bravado.

(Try it today - you may be a little taken aback by the reactions.)

Yes, there is politics and war and pestilence and tragedy and accidents. There always were and always will be but I ask myself will any of those things be changed one iota for the better by me being miserable?

There is only one guaranteed way I know of to make the world a happier place today and that is for me to be happy. I reckon that might also increase the likelihood of someone else being happy...

Being Happy Is A Rvolutionary Act.

Let's be revolutionaries today!
 
And laugh about it.

Whyever not?


8 Comments
cath
23/10/2019 08:46:44 am

Happy today about:
clouds sailing along a now blue, then grey sky, maple snowing its yellow and red leaves, my computer delivered and re-installed,
'hello world here I am again', my 'new' study nearing completion, loving my new tiny desk (Ikea Micke), the scent of fresh mint on my fingers, buckwheat pancakes, the poetry of Anna Akhmatova,
finally having decided I will have my hair cut short again next week,
happy about having a happy day.

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Freda
23/10/2019 02:08:47 pm

Wow! Brilliant Cath.

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Viv link
23/10/2019 09:11:00 am

I am happy today - I am at our cottage - I cannot help but be happy here.

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Freda
23/10/2019 02:09:26 pm

Yay Viv!

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Julia
23/10/2019 02:45:27 pm

Hello all, i had an incredible yoga student, who came for years...he had a standard answer when asked how he was: i am EX-cellent! And you know what? Everyone he met had a bit of a lift from his reply...no need to ever feel guilty about feeling good! And about being a good (or EXcellent person!). In fact, i believe he inspired those around him to be their best also. You are right, Freda...time to be revolutionaries..:-)

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Freda
24/10/2019 03:56:26 am

I knew an older woman who always replied ‘I’m brand new!’

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Lucille link
24/10/2019 08:03:12 am

So interesting. A standard response these days is ‘Tired’. Sometimes people say ‘I’m good’ but never ‘Really good’ which is much more convincing, but you’re right, it takes chutzpah to say it.
On a slightly different tack I used to have a dear Irish neighbour who when listening to me over the garden fence on almost any topic, would comment softly, ‘Now then’ in a tone that mixed interest with sympathy and always seemed to be an entirely satisfactory response.

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Sue
25/10/2019 01:09:09 am

There must have been some influence at work on the 23rd! I woke up with the idea that I need to work at spreading happiness.
It's now the 25th and I’ve just laughed as I read your post about happiness written on the 23rd.
It's a kind of confirmation of my thoughts though I’m finding it hard going!
Thanks for your blog. It often makes me stop and re evaluate my progress through life.

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