Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Nice Attitude

Joy and Passion
- Finding something you love to do is a good start to increasing the moments of joy in your life, and your passion for living.
- You may or may not be able to change careers, but doing something you love even as a hobby brightens you up. You'll look forward to getting up in the morning, you'll feel more interested and alive, and other people will be drawn to your energy.

Kindness
- People remember striking physical beauty, but people appreciate kindness.
- Stress is one of the killers of kindness: when we feel pressured, we tend to pull away from others in a misguided attempt to save ourselves from more pain.
- In fact, this protective measure is exactly the opposite of what we need to do to reduce stress. When you reach out to people, it invariably makes you feel good.
- Kindness can take so many forms; i.e: Letting someone in front of you at the supermarket is a small gift: so is taking a minute to talk to someone who's sad.
- Kindness is more than doing things for other people, though. When you're kind to someone, you are stretching a set of mental or spiritual muscles, growing your own capacity for compassion. It’s a no-lose proposition.

Health
- Physical health is often expressed in glowing skin, bright eyes and a toned-up body.
-Mental health is an important component of physical health, because your mind and your body are inextricably linked.
- Your mental health rests on your ability to be happy, on your having harmonious relationships and on your capacity for creative self-expression.
- If you're dealing with anxiety, depression or relationship problems, your quality of life will suffer until something can be done to change what ails you.
- Making a commitment to your own peace of mind is the first step in changing your life for the better.
- A vital part of mental health, spiritual health is infrequently addressed by doctors and therapists. Ignoring your need for quiet, for peaceful meditation, for pondering life's mysteries depletes your consciousness and impacts your mental health by increasing stress.
- Taking the time to consider and meet your spiritual needs is an important part of keeping your overall health.

Courage
- It takes courage to keep plugging away at creating a meaningful life despite life's setbacks and intellectual red-herrings, working on your inner beauty takes some nerve.
- Courage (from the French word for "heart") means being willing take important risks. The risk is that inner beauty will, in the end matter more than outer beauty.

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