Been feeling stressed, depressed, repressed or simply just feeling bad??? I feel like I’ve been in a negative, self-absorbed funk for days myself. Sometimes I still forget that I have awesome tools at my disposal to deal with such things. Remembering too that the swells and swales of life are just that–life–helps quite a bit as well.
Now, I want to pose a challenge to the grumpiest and/or the unhappiest people reading this post (and everyone else, too.) Try the following exercise. Please, just force yourself for 5 minutes. That’s it. Afterward you can go back to being grumpy if you wish…. I know grumpy. I’ve dealt with grumpy. You don’t faze me!!
Ok, here we go… this is it…
For 5 or 10 minutes love everything!
For 5 or 10 minutes think exclusively about everything and everyone you love. If your mind wanders to sad or negative things, gently steer your thoughts back to love. That’s it, it’s that simple.
Love the flowers and the trees. Love the birds and the bees.
Love the sounds you hear and the sights you see.
Remember your favorite music? It’s all on YouTube now so go have a listen.
Think of your favorite foods. I love most things chocolate myself and also mashed potatoes with some kind of awesome tasty gravy. Not kidding at all.
Think of the best place you’ve ever visited or the best person you’ve ever known. For sure, do not forget about all the people you love. Do not think about people you don’t like or who have f**ked you over. For 5 or 10 minutes at least, just pretend they don’t exist at all.
Refuse to feel sad or bad. Don’t worry, you won’t have to be Mary Poppins forever. Just 5 or 10 minutes.
Try it and see what you think!
Memo at midnight: Love the world, beware the lion
Lovely!
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Thank you! 🙂
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❤️💕
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Good advice, JoAnn. I hope you will get out of your funk.
Best,
Tanja
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Lol, yes I did thank you! 🙂
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Brilliant! ❤️
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Thank you and thanks for stopping by ❤️
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Great idea, JoAnn. It gives the path ahead a few twists and turns, and proves, first to yourself and then to the world, things aren’t quite so inevitable, so relentlessly dire.
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Great words, as always. It’s funny how our own minds can sometimes play tricks on us. Hope you’re having a great day. 🙂 🌷
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I have been feeling in a funk..I will try this .Great advice!
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I hope you do. It’s always good to establish some healthy go-to “remedies” to make yourself feel better when you’re down. Sometimes this can be tough though when we are in certain moods. It takes practice. I’m still not perfect at it but I try. 😀
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Thank you yes it does take practice.
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Nice post. Made me smile. 🙂
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Glad to hear that! 🙂
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I empathize with what you’ve written. I really feel like there’s no hope left many times. Thank you.
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Sorry to hear that. Hope you are able to hold on to that small shred of hope somehow.
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You might think with a name like mine this would be a cinch? It wasn’t! 😉
You might find my Daily Funny # 211 of interest?? 🙂
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Oh for sure. Too bad we can’t all be like that all the time but I guess we’re just not wired that way.
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We’re definitely not all wired the same that is for certain. It might be nice if we weren’t all wired quite so far apart some times. 🙂
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Yes, you’re right about that. At one extreme you have people like The Dalai Lama and on the other you have people like Hitler… and everything in between. Now that’s crazy!
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The only consolation is that by far the vast majority of us are clustered around the middle-of-the-road. 🙂
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Yes, that’s good for all of us 🌎😊
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Thanks for visiting me today and for leaving a like on What will The Whistle Say Today. This “be happy” post is an upper. Enjoyed it.
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No problem 🙂
Thanks for visiting as well!
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Reblogged this on Notes and commented:
What wonderful 5-minute exercise. I chose to love her (positive) words. Rarely you find a beauty with brains. An original idea of hers (about loving everything for a few minutes) that works all the time.
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