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Blissed out![]() If you have been feeling a bit ragged and overworked lately we have here assembled some of the tips which the experts suggest will make the world feel much less liek a spinnign top. There are some very practical things which you can do to increase your level of happiness. The pathway to bliss is one based on persistent lifestyle changes, self discipline and new attitudes which are not at all hard to develop. Here are out top six choices: 1. Get more exercise: Activity that increases the right rate and causes us to 'break a sweat ' also releases natural serotonins in the body, chemical substances which are also `feel good` hormones. 2. Throw out junk foods, cigarettes and other quick fixes. Choose stomach-filling fibrous foods, adequate protein and exercises instead. 3. Fast Periodic fasting which is done in many different ways (fasts range from juice fasts to total fasts) is also said to be a useful technique to quiet the mind. The body's organs gain relief from the treadmill of food processing and waste removal during fasting. Additionally, the practice encourages the development of self discipline which is also needed when we are emotionally upset and faced with adversity. 4. Learn to meditate. There are many means and methods of achieving this reflective state of mind in which all thoughts are stilled, or alternatively, only positive reflections are allowed into the consciousness. Meditation is immediately beneficial, both in a physical and emotional sense. 5. Change the things you can and accept those you cannot. Some of the worst stress and unhappiness in our lives is the result of decisions which we know we should make and yet we keep putting off in the hope that the problem will disappear. It will not. 6. Like people and like yourself. This matter of extending pure love to other people, without any agenda whatsoever, has been put forward as one sure means of becoming happier. When you realize that each individual has something different and even special to offer and that you can like them on their own terms *business@gleanerjm.com |
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