Dr. Mercola April 08 2008 19,069 views
I agree with you very much. Sometimes the senseless chatter that happens only in our own minds determines how we percieve life. Others do not see what we think but they see our behavior. When we are able to change the thoughts, which govern our feelings, based in what we believe as true, we can truly start experience freedom and change. Sometimes the root of our believes are based in what we were taught as children. As adults we can choose what to believe and what to discard as senseless. The internal words we say to ourselves have a lot more impact than what others say. I, myself, have decided to be happy and I know I am accountable for my own happiness. Faith has helped me tremendously. God Bless.
Age gracefully? It's hard enough getting out of a chair gracefully.
Dear Dekalb: I know what you mean. If you can't make your close friends and family visit you as often as you wish and make 'em play poker or dice with a cold rum , then try a couple of things: - Try to read that wonderful novel you always wanted to but never found time to.- Watch more tv, choose the action movies and maybe some nudies. - Buy a PC with chess ,flying simullator or racing car programs. If you need help with 'em, ask your grandchildren.
There is a difference between happiness as in elation and a continuing condition of contentment. Comparing a child to an animal is of dubious value, depending on the complexity of the animal. Fear, anger, hunger, etc., are all generated in the 'lizard' or 'reptilian' brain portion: the part that is evolutionarily speaking the oldest; they are basic survival emotions. Animals don't experience humour. When dementia takes the higher functions, these 'reptile' emotions remain after the patient's character has disappeared.
Nothing is permanent, of course. Elation or ecstacy are, some argue, dependent on and relative to despair and pain. But I think there certainly ARE wrong feelings. Feeling that you can't cope with anything, feeling too scared to even answer the phone or attempt simple things that you know full well you are more than capable of doing perfectly well: that's wrong.