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    Jun 8 2011: In my opinion; Happiness is a decision.

    Several years ago, I humbly wrote the following equation;

    Think well = Feel well
    Feel well = Think well
    Think bad = Feel bad
    Feel bad = Think bad.

    Tis true as truth;
    positive emotion induces positive thought, as well as positive thought induces postive emotion.
    Same as;
    negative emotion induces negative thought, as well as negative thought induces negative emotion.

    Several years ago, upto to-now; I have experienced many negative experiences:
    -My thirty years young older sister passed away from cronic narrowing of her arteries caused by her diabetes
    -I persued what I thought to be true love; resulting in a very painful broken heart, where I learned the beautiful lesson on love, 'chemistry does not equal compatibility.'
    -I lost all my possessions and independence due to alcohol dependency
    -I successfully started a business with zero dollars, named Thinkwell Anywhere Inc., home of "The Peoples' Economic Stimulus Plan"... Acquired financing by selling shares in the idea; where my personal decisions to allocate the moneys acquired proved to be failed investment on my part for the money invested did not turn a profit.

    --- Yet all the while; when all outward experiences would/could/should cause Me to feel bad and think bad;
    the Think Well equation above; day in and day out helped Me to feel happy more than I felt unhappy.

    Yes. I did; do, and have 'felt' unhappy throughout all I describe and still experience; duly note, Think Well has helped Me to Feel Well more than I thought and/or felt bad.

    I am not saying I am right; I am willing to be wrong;

    I share this to-now;
    in humble effort and hope that another one and/or many others; find and feel the personal benefits that I found and feel, from the(my) simple decision to... Think Well.

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