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6.20.2010

Unreasonable Happiness

Good day and glad to be back!

I apologize for being off so long. I was thinking about a book I read about a year ago and reflecting on the message. Our hero was being mentored by a sage and during a particularly stressful time the young man was admonished to "be unreasonably happy. But," protested the hero, "how can I be happy when x,y, and z are happening to me?!" There is the crucial point. These "things" are happening to him, but are not him. We can't control what comes to us, only how we respond to the stimulus the events provide. Only if we allow the circumstances to go inside and become us can they affect our minds. This is not to say that the feelings of stress and anxiety won't come. This is biochemically programmed into our existence, but to choose to stay in the feelings and not use them as impetus toward action is where we ere. Emotions give us the fuel to action and become toxic when we don't act on the stimulus towards growth. Sitting and stewing activates the mechanisms of action but when none is taken produce the same stress as the actual event but to no conclusion! So practice being unreasonably happy in the face of circumstances and you will find a more peaceful means to dealing with the events before you and see more clearly how to proceed. Do not worry about feeling silly at this at first as it goes against the usual re-actions we have programmed ourselves in. This is not an exercise in denial as you don't deny the circumstances or pretend they are not there, but instead realize that staying upbeat will bear fruit in peace and productive activity!

Be well and unreasonably happy!
See you next time...