"Start your day smiling and you will see how fun it is to go around out of tune with everyone" Mafalda.
Why can a small act like a smile get us out of our love affair with pain?
Every day we remember to do many things but we forget a fundamental one: to make our soul smile; Although it is true, the things we do have the ultimate goal of finding satisfaction, the emotional baggage that accompanies us during this journey is not always the most satisfactory.
How can we create satisfaction from the beginning of the journey by taking suffering out of the game?
How can we create access to happier emotional states?
We can choose to change our approach to happiness, we usually think that when we have the things we want then we will finally be happy. How about inverting that scheme? Finally, who will make us happy when we have what we want, will we not be ourselves? Why wait?
Steps to be happy now:
Step one:
Find reasons why you are already satisfied with yourself. Think of 5 things that you wanted in the past and that you enjoy today.
Step two:
Think about 5 skills that you have that have allowed you to achieve things that you appreciate today.
How are you? Are you feeling the difference in your emotions?
Step three:
Satisfaction usually generates a specific body posture. Your brain does not differentiate if you are imagining or living a specific situation. So, assume the body posture you would have if you felt happy.
What would your walk be like?
What expression would your face have?
How would you sit at your desk?
What aspect of reality would you focus on?
Usually, we don't find satisfaction because we focus on these three things:
I do not want
I can not
I do not have
What happens if we change the scheme?
I want
I have
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These are three simple and quick ways to find satisfaction, which is so important to harmonize the heartbeat, reduce stress, open the brain centers responsible for clarity, concentration, creativity and memory; skills that make it easier for you to accomplish your daily tasks.
On the other hand, when you deliberately choose to feel good by focusing on the good, your possibilities, your achievements and your capabilities, you open a door to hope and effectiveness. If you think about your successes nothing can stop you from going for more, finally you already have experience in achieving goals, right?
"We do not laugh because we are happy, we are happy because we laugh" William James.
How can you meet your smile today?
In what 3 ways can you start to be happier today?
Smile now and may the poetry of this moment last forever.
For your success.
