We have learned that happiness is a state of mind and emotion but did you also know that you can use your body and your words to amplify your already 'happy day'? Here's how.
Do this right now - put a BIG silly smile on your face. Go on. No-ones looking. You're sitting at your computer reading this so you may as well give it a go.
Are you ready? 1 .... 2 .... 3 .... big silly S M I L E ......
Notice how you feel. No one saw you so theres no need to feel embarrassed. You're not depressed or angry. Somewhere inside of you there's that happy spark that YOU made from one big silly smile. You have just used your body to make you feel good inside. How easy was that!
Use happy words too. We come into contact with people every day especially when we are out and about. The first thing people usually say is "How are you today?" or "Howsit going?" or if you're here in Australia, you might hear something like "How ya goin mate"?
Either way, many of us have unconsciously pre-programmed our reply. To answer, we might say something like
OK ...... good ......... could be better ...... yeah ...not too bad ... I mean if you're 'not too bad' than you must be 'great' so say it! I'm great!
I will give you an example of something that happened to me one day.
When I go grocery shopping, the checkout person ALWAYS asks "How are you?". I decided that I would be the first to talk on this particular day but instead of asking her how she was, I asked
"Got any great plans for the weekend?" Her reply was - "Yeah OK"
This woman was on unconscious automatic pilot. She was obviously answering a question that I hadn't even asked. Now I'm not picking on her, I'm just using this experience as an example because that incident taught me alot.
I discovered that many of us float through life like this and with the LOA forever working, it's no wonder why some people continue to get the same kind of day over and over again.
If you reply that you are just "OK" out of habit, then pretty soon after, you're not feeling as great as you could have been. To reply that you are feeling "great" or "Fantastic" would actually cause you to change your emotional state.
With this information in mind, you are now able to change your emotional state by the use of words. I love it when people ask me how I am. It gives me the opportunity to feel even happier.
