Sometimes you wonder what it is that makes you feel so good. Believe it or not but one of the things that makes a person feeling good, is making someone else happy - doing something that brings a smile or a shout of pleasure to someone else's lips.
There was the little girl who had been sitting listening to the conversations of the mother's bridge club and after they were gone, said to her mother, "Mother let us now talk happy"!
Did you ever realize how much of your conversation - and your thinking - is taken up with harrowing tales about your annoyances, your relatives' annoyances and tragedies, and all the annoyances that go with living with an average husband or wife, or having in a cleaning woman, or going to work, or doing your shopping, or what not?
Many persons get themselves more and more neurotic by constantly indulging in what is often called "post -mortems"; long detailed descriptions, many times retold, of unpleasantness, family rows, and sorrows. How much better it would be for all of us if we would always "talk happy," and so far as possible avoid unpleasant topics. What good does it do to keep constantly going back over the stories of unhappiness?
Drain your mind of the worries, the resentments, irritations, guilt reactions, and annoyances that have collected during the day just as thoroughly as you pull the stopper in the sink.
"Then you can refill it with refreshing thoughts of emotional maturity such as these: "
- You are going to free yourself from fears, anxieties, and tensions.- You find greater satisfaction in giving than in receiving. - You will contribute to the improvement of your home, your community, your nation, and your world. - You seek give-and-take relationships to form. You profit from your mistakes and successes. - You use your leisure time creatively.
Recognize hate for the destructive emotional force that it is. Love is the constructive psychological force of a positive mind. Love resurrects people who have lost life while they live. It is the force that gives new hope, joy, vitality, and invincibility. Those of you who truly want a powerful new lease on life will find it possible through love and a positive mind.
"TIPS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH STRESS"
Source: pickup-and-love.blogspot.com
In my defence, I have gotten through five whole this week for the Bout of Books read-a-thon. Because, you know, that more than completely justifies the FOURTEEN books that have snuck their way into my house this week when I wasn't looking.
Anyway, this week is Nautical Week because I accidentally came home with the following five books within the space of two days:
Sense the theme here?
I haven't actually managed to shut up about "The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists "since I read the damn thing. I know I've infected a few of my readers with the Pirate Bug already :) But hey, that copy was a library book, so "I had "to go out and buy my own, and while I was there I may also have picked up the next two... I've actually read "...Moby Dick "already, so review to follow.
And then we have "Moby Dick. "I did want to read it anyway, but I admit that Gideon Defoe's book did spur me on a little. And "The Old Man and the Sea "because it fell off the shelf in Waterstones right in front of me. Signs from the Book God can't be ignored.
Ah, if only that was all.
Charity shops are lethal, especially when you volunteer at one. Staring at a shelf of books for four hours can make you desperately need books you never knew you wanted. None of the above were actually on my wishlist, but I've heard good things about the Jenny Colgan book.
"The Goddess Experience "I pretty much bought because it's so very beautiful. I read her earlier book, "The Goddess Guide, "and liked it a reasonable amount, so I couldn't resist this one. It's got a shiny gold and cream cover, and the pages are like glossy magazine paper. I love it :)
What else? Oh, "Heat Stroke. "Although I haven't read "Ill Wind "yet, Rachel Caine hasn't actually managed to write a bad book yet, so I figured I may as well buy the second while I could.
"My Cousin Rachel "and "Like Water for Chocolate "are both on my Project Fill in the Gaps List, so naturally they were a viable investment :) And pretending-to-be-intelligent thrillers are my guilty pleasure, so that explains "The Borgia Ring!"
"The Land of Decoration "has been on my wishlist for a while and I was 4th on the library's reserve list, so I was thrilled to have my swap requested for a copy. It's an ARC, but in wonderful condition.
And finally, Ellie from "Musings of a Bookshop Girl "was awesome enough to send me these two beautiful Vintage books - "The Handmaid's Tale "and "The Woman in White. "I love Vintage books - the covers are beautiful and the red spines all look lovely when lined up on a shelf.
*smiles at Ellie, who is perched on the mantelpiece eating chocolate buttons*
Wow. I don't think I've "ever "felt so guilty after an IMM. I have a TBR shelf that runs the entire length of the not-small room, and now I've had to add "another "pile on the floor to the one that was already there. Oops.
MAKE ME FEEL BETTER - WHAT'S IN YOUR MAILBOX THIS WEEK?
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