We have a tremendous power to change our minds. It is just as important to cultivate positive thoughts that lead to calm, peace, joy, satisfaction and happiness as it is manage our negative thoughts that lead to anxiety, anger and despair.
Rick Hansen, in his book Hardwiring Happiness gives us a way to cultivate happiness. Repeating these steps several times a day will help transform your mind.
Have a positive experience.
Notice or create a positive experience. Likely, you are already having one like a pleasant physical sensation, a sense of determination or feeling close to someone. Or, if you need to, then take a short walk outdoors, acknowledge a task completed, or remember the kindness of a good friend. Identify something that brings you gratitude.
Enrich it.
Stay with your positive experience for 5 to 10 seconds. Become more open to it. Feel it in your body. Let it fill your mind. Recognize how significant it really is in your life.
Absorb it.
Allow the experience to sink into you as you sink into it. Know that the experience is becoming a part of you, a resource that you can take with you wherever you go.
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