Comments on: On Choosing Happiness…

By: Olga

Olga — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:08:47 +0000

This was one great post, Caridad! Totally loved it. Indeed, we wallow in negative sometimes so much that we cannot see good things that happen to us. Thank you for reminding us about that.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:43:25 +0000

There is a man where I work who ALWAYS comes into the office singing and wearing a smile.

My office is in a large nondescript four story shoebox on top of a hill with a quarter mile of parking lot in three directions.

Rumor has it that the turkey buzzards circle the parking lot waiting for the next employee to drop.

Where he works he’s just another blob of grease sacrificed between the cogs of the government machine. A worker like all the rest of us.

Yet there he is like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. His happiness is contagious and I am indeed happy that he is so happy. He is my role model.

By: cyclops8

cyclops8 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:04:15 +0000

I want to do something similar by focusing on the positive. I need to stop dwelling on mistakes or bad thoughts.

By: Natasha A.

Natasha A. — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:53:26 +0000

I am trying, every morning, to wake up and just think happy thoughts. You are responsible for your own attitude. You make yourself happy.

One thing that almost always brightens my day, is hearing my husbands voice. It’s amazing actually. I just get this smile on my face and I feel like all the weight is gone from my shoulders.

By: susan leech

susan leech — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:30:28 +0000

I was told years ago to push negatives away and work on positive and I have done that for a few years now. I went off blood pressure meds and also nerve pills and truly face each day in a different light. It takes work but after awhile it comes easily. Way to go on your changes. susan L.

By: Jackie Burris

Jackie Burris — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:18:35 +0000

First out with the negative, lost my Dad back in June of 09. He lived to 83 so let us turn that into the positive, the man was married for 52 years and odd months to my Mom and that is a positive in today’s world by anyone’s count.
2010 started off winning books, yea me! That has always been my most positive outlook on life, when stresses get you down read something that makes you feel happier, makes you chuckle, makes you smile despite yourself.
Hope the year continues for all of us on a more positive note, Health being the most important aspect of life because we only get the one shot to live it…..

jackie b central texas

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:16:07 +0000

GREAT blog, Caridad! The snow is falling fast and furious here ~~ but instead of thinking how icky the roads are, I’m focusing on beautiful the snow looks, and how I love the quiet that come w/ a good snow fall.

My daughter, Alyx, always makes me happy!! I have a good job that pays a good wage ~~ I’m healthy, have a wonderful family, and doglies to love me!!

By: Catherine Bybee

Catherine Bybee — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:19:44 +0000

After the last few months of my life… “It’s all good.”
Raining? It’s all good – the plants need it.
Snowing? It’s all good – snowballs are fun.
Rejections? – It’s all good – waiting for the right YES.
Turned down for a loan? – It’s all good… I probably wouldn’t have manged it.

HEALTH is the only important factor in life. Truly.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:49:30 +0000

Negative thought… having another nasty cold to fight
Positive thoughts… books and my nephew starting to say words that we can understand!