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Bad news sells--regardless of the effects. Which is why I don't watch local news, the incessant flow of crime and poverty they report on quite frankly does nothing but bring me down. If their aim is to make me feel protected, they're doing a terrible job, although, I think we all know their aim is to make money. Recently, I realized, while sitting in my psychology class and discussing the effects of media on human behavior, that an endless cycle of negativity is created when we see bad things happening, and in turn, think about these things happening. Thoughts become actions, and as we seek to fulfill our beliefs that the world is going to hell in a handbasket, our communities sink deeper and deeper into the pit of seemingly unfixable problems. But, what if I told you we could change all this? What if I told you, you don't have to live in a world of negativity, and your outlook on life will change the world around you for the better? Would you listen? Your brain is elastic--meaning you have the power to change neural connections in it--no, I'm not kidding--to actually change the way you think: to CHANGE your habits. To change the world around you, BECAUSE you changed your habits. YOU have the power. All it takes is self-discipline, and the willingness to reinforce positive thoughts and behaviors, even if you don't believe them. Trust me, eventually all the positive things you tell yourself (I'm really not as fat as I thought I was, I'm actually...beautiful. Wow, maybe the past four A's on my calculus tests weren't luck, maybe I'm just good at it.) will become the honest-to-Allah/God/Lord&Lady/Buddha/whatever truth.
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by: nancy649 on 2009-09-10 14:31:48
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"On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you?" This question was asked on a special airing on the popular program "20/20"--and it was asked all around the world. The program was on, you guessed it, Happiness, and how you can work to obtain it. This is my challenge to you (and, to escape claims of hypocrisy, myself): Get to know the Happiness level of the people around you. Be it your school, local mall, and the occasional person you pass by while doing daily errands--but be safe--if you're asking strangers, you should probably be with someone who can kick ass if the need arises. Try to keep the sampling random, meaning, don't just ask all mall-goers, there's not a whole lot of diversity there. They're all at least middle class, and the sample assumes they have a car, they might be happier just for those reasons. Like I said, keep it random, asking say, every 11th person who walks into the door. And try to get as many different ages and ethnicities as you can, don't be afraid to ask an adult, and don't be afraid to ask a kid (just make sure you have permission from the parent.) If their score is a 5, ask them both what makes them Happy, and what could be done to make them Happier, but don't pry into their private lives. If they score 6+, ask them what makes them Happy, if they score 4-, ask them what could be done to improve their happiness. Keep to questions that involve what YOU can do for them as apart of their community. (In case you haven't figured this out, write it down, you're going to be using this information.) And keep it short--nobody likes a rambler--tally up your results, making sure you have empirical (countable) data. You want this to be a worthwhile experiment. After you think you have a good number of diverse samples, look at the result. On average, how Happy are these people? Also, take a long, hard look at what it takes for them to be Happy. Is their beef with taxes? Clean parks? Liars? Look at their needs and ask yourself- 'What can I do to help?' And trust me, there's more than you think. You have a huge potential affect on your community, you just have to unleash it. And the last step-- DO IT! Do what you can, email your mayor, go to your principal. The best part about this experiment? YOU become happier because you obtain the feeling that you're contributing to something that's bigger than yourself. So put on your peace-sign shirt, grab your clipboard and head off the those random locations that you love so much.
by: LiveInPeace on 2008-01-13 13:12:36
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