little isms

Whenever you get a grin on your face, your brain is releasing serotonin, the happy hormone. Smiling is the natural way to force yourself to be happy. Many people even smile for five minutes straight in the morning to get themselves in a great mood for the day. It is a very powerful tool that is utilized less and less as we grow older and need happiness more than ever. Just remember that while happiness leads to smiles, smiles also lead to happiness. Anyone who has ever gone anywhere will tell you that traveling is one of the most exciting and life-changing activities that you can do. Observing a different culture will expand your mind while making you further appreciate the life you already live. This goes back to becoming an explorer: this world is your jungle so go explore! Who knows, maybe you’ll find a place you love so much that you decide to move. Imagine the positive repercussions a new environment could have on your life.Learn to be unaffected by the words of others. Most people get very upset when they are called negative names by others, but there is a simple trick to overcoming this. Here it is: If I went up to you and called you a fire hydrant, would you be upset? Of course not. Obviously you are not a fire hydrant, you are a human being. The same concept applies to when someone calls you something that you know you are not. They are foolish for saying such things, so why would you react with such anger? The only exception is when someone calls you something that is true! In this case, you should thank them for alerting you to a weakness, one that you can now work on changing.Don’t burn bridges. By that I mean maintain your relationships with people even if you think you are never going to see them again. For example, if you are quitting your job, don’t chew out your boss before leaving! You might run into him/her again later and life and wish you had never severed ties so harshly. You never know when you might need the help of someone you knew in the past. Plus there is already too much hatred in this world, why add more towards the people you interact with?Love is all there is. If you truly want to be a master of life, let love be in your every action. Love your friends, family and enemies alike. This is the most difficult thing to do out of this entire list, which is why it is listed at #50. But if you accomplish this, you will be seen as a leader among everyone that allows hate, envy, disgust and all other negative emotions into their lives. Think Gandhi. Love is so rare in this world when compared to the massive presence of hate that by exuding love, you will immediately see yourself and the people around you change. Love. Love. Love.Just found these little tidbits on stumble, my new bad habit. I picked out these articles because I share the sentiment, and I wanted to remember them for later. Smiling is my favorite subject. It's followed me since childhood. One of those "Momma always said...". She always told me that you decide whether you are going to have a good time, no one else can determine that for you; it is what you make it. A good way to change a bad attitude to a good one is to smile. Simple, painless, and mood-altering, even if it's forced. I personally need to learn not to let the opinions of others bother me so much. In most cases, I practice that principle, but this weekend at work I had a relapse. Luckily I had a good friend on hand to remind me that it doesn't matter what they think, it matters what you think, so start there. I truly believe that you should be kind to all people because you never know what's going to happen next, and craziest, impossible thing that you never imagined could happen in a million years will involve that 1 person that you were unkind to, and they don't forget. You don't have to like everyone, there will always be people you simply don't like. But if you are nice and treat them with respect, the dislike because more tolerable and perhaps obsolete. Love. Love it. Couldn't live without it. Always going to share it. Enough said.