Words for the Day ;)

I just want to share this article from
Don't Sweat the Small stuff
by Richard Carlson


Be Grateful when You're Feeling Good and
Grateful when You're feeling Bad

The happiest person on Earth isn't always happy. In fact, the happiest people all have their fair share of low moods, problems, disappointments and heartaches. Often the difference between a person who is happy and someone who is unhappy isn;t how often they get low, or even how low they drop, but instead, it's what they do with their low moods. How do they relate to their changing feelings?

Most people have it backward. When they are feeling down, they roll up their sleeves and get to work. They take their low moods very seriously and try to figure out and analyze what's wrong. They try to force themselves out of their lo state, which tends to compound the problem rather solve it.

When you observe peaceful, relaxed people, you find that when they are feeling good, they are very grateful. They understand that both positive and negative feelings come and go, and that there will come a time when they won't be feeling so good. To happy people, this is okay. it's the way of things. They accept the inevitability of passing feelings. So, when they are feeling depressed, angry, or stressed out, they relate to these feelings with the same openness and wisdom. Rather that fight their feelings and pains simply because they are feeling bad, they accept their feelings, knowing that this too shall pass. Rather than stumbling and fighting against their negative feelings, they are grateful in their acceptance of them. This allows them to come gently and gracefully out of negative feeling states into more positive states of mind.

The next time you're feeling bad, rather than fight it, try to relax. See if, instead of panicking, you can be grateful and calm. Know that if you don't fight your negative feelings, if you are grateful, they will pass away just as surely as the sun sets in the evening.

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Every morning, I read a chapter of this book.
I treat it as my daily guide.

It is true that being grateful when we are feeling low is really hard.
But after I tried this advice, I felt much better.

Few days ago, I really feel bad.
And everything looked bad and unmanageable too;
I hate my class schedule, my professors, my classmates,
that I already wanted to drop this semester.

But when I tried to stop and control my thoughts,
everything flowed smoothly.
I realized that things are not what it seems to be.
Everything around me are still bearable.



I'm so happy to share this to you. ;)
Good Day. :D