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Happiness?
If we could accumulate happiness like TEDcred points or other credentials what would you do to ensure your happiness?
Please share all your ideas for accumulating happiness?
What puts a smile on your dial?
Whether large or small please share every little thing you can think of so others, especially those who struggle with darker thoughts, can keep a check list of new ideas to spread happiness in our own and others lives!
Closing Statement from Kate Blake
Here is a really broad eclectic collection of ideas for happiness, I would strongly urge everyone to read this?
From baking with Mom, appreciating joyful moments, to setting a daily intention to be happy, to understanding that it is our own perception, that nobody but ourselves are responsible for our happiness - in that it comes from our own internal attitude, not others or external objects. That appreciation and gratitude are paramount to stimulating our healthy happiness!
Much thanks to TED and all who participated! This was definitely a very joyful and inspiring conversation to have.
May many others benefit from reading your contributions for many years to come!
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Grace Greene 10+
Kate Blake 50+
Can you share what you do to keep your day happy? Do you set a definite intention each morning, how? What clues can you share to brighten other people's day?
Grace Greene 10+
It begins with reviewing my goals.(5 minutes to experience the joy of how it feels to have met them)
Then deciding on a Question of the Day (because I have learned that questions are always answered. This morning's question was, "What wonderful thing will happen within 10 minutes". That was a scary question, because I usually give myself a day to see results. I'd never tried such a short time frame before. The answer came through something amazing that I learned.
Next I decide on my affirmation of the day. Today's is "I am loveable, I am love. I am loving. Love is the power of the universe. I am powerful". It changes daily as well, though if I have a really inspiring one, I allow it to run for as long as it feels good.
Then I watch something motivational. I like to exercise while watching - thus killing two birds with one stone. Then I visualize a goal I have (20 minutes - same goal until met or 28 days - though if it's a long-term goal, as my most challenging one is, I will pick it up again after a break, but only when real advance toward that goal is obvious). Then I do a task relating to one of the goals I have. Each step of the way, my joy increases because I feel more and more empowered.
After the task (1 hour), I meditate (20 minutes). Then I get into my day. I have learned to pay attention to what I am feeling, so if I am feeling stressed, I replace it with a more empowering thought (the daily affirmation - already decided upon)
In the afternoon, I add another visualization as practice. I practice manifesting things, solutions, and/or situations. It's so exciting when manifestations appear and even more exciting when they appear the next day (or sooner).
Add a short meditation when I first fall into bed - no proscribed time length.
Who REALLY wants to invest their time in feeling anything less than a profound sense of peace and joy (which, for the sake of this conversation, I will errantly call happy)
Kate Blake 50+