It's important for our happiness that we stay vital and enthusiastic about our life. When we are interested and engaged in all parts of it then our life has a sense of wholeness and integrity and this supports our happiness.
We can get stuck in our lives, lose our enthusiasm and question who we are and our worthiness. But we can learn to shift this 'stuckness' and keep our energy clear and bright. This keeps us positive more of the time and leads to greater health and happiness.
We live in an ocean of energy and we receive and transmit energy within this ocean. When we are feeling vital, happy and enthusiastic, this positive energy ripples out from us and touches others we come into contact with. We never quite know the effect that this has on those around us but we can get some idea if we think about how others affect us.
Remember a time when someone praised you or treated you with generosity of spirit or in a caring and compassionate way. Think back to how this made you feel, and how that feeling rippled out and touched others that you came into contact with.
Now remember a time when you were really hurt by someone else, by their lack of consideration, smallness, selfishness, lack of care or empathy. And remember the energy of the ripples that went out from you after that.
If you are to sustain your happiness then you need to learn to change the negative, life diminishing energies and 'stuck' moods that we sometimes find ourselves in. With practice can learn to do this with fluidity and agility and restore our happiness.
Practice sending out positive and life affirming ripples of energy as you go about your day. Notice whether you are smiling or frowning. Look at others who you pass. If they are smiling, how does this make you feel?
There are many ways you can send out positive ripples. Try starting a conversation with someone on a bus or a supermarket checkout person. Not a complaining or moaning type of conversation. Find something to be grateful about and share this. Or praise or complement someone. And stay open to those positive ripples coming back to you.
Notice how your happiness has a positive impact in the world. All of us would much rather spend our time with happy people than unhappy people. See that your happiness is a gift you give to the world.
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