Sugar Blossom

Anyone should have their own complicated issues in their lives, that include you and I. It’s alright to be upset and let yourself express all your emotional roller coaster within. You might feel anxious, agitated, and furious… but then your tears just melt. It’s OK… it would never been easy for anyone to overcome any problem they are currently facing, but after some time you will be able to realize that every problems – if you passed the test well – are there to help you be a more mature and better person.

Despite the terrible thing you are feeling within, don’t underestimate the hero existed inside you. You have to resolve the situation, if you are currently facing a bad day; go make it as a happy bad day. Take the steps that tend to make your self feel a little bit better or at least give you the satisfaction that you were surviving the bad day with your best attitude. If you don’t make your move to overcome your own sadness, nobody else could do it for you. You’ll never find your happiness anywhere in the whole universe further than inside your own heart.

You can try some varied activity to make you feel good. The impact may be different to certain people so you need to find the perfect formulation of happy-activity-combination yourself.

- Do something nice for someone else. Although you might feel tired within and felt like there are not enough energy to share, if you learn to do it sincerely, giving kindness activities are more likely would give you unexpected source of positive energy. Just try it yourself and feel the difference. Yes… “Do good, feel good” principle is behind the phrase of “One of the best ways to make your self happy is to make other people happy”. For the first minor effort for example is by sending happy gifts, e-card or e-mail or a simple smile… and wait until you get back what you’ve sent them… the feeling is awesome.

- Exercise. Exercising is a key element to stabilize your moods. It calms you down when you’re emotion rise and energizes you when you’re feeling down. It’s a productive way to help you manage your mood and give you better health overall, since your brain will give you some extra happy hormone after you done your exercise. Exercise is obviously a key to good health that gives you some worthwhile activities rather than just giving your self mourns and pity thoughts.

- Don’t over-think over your sadness. Studies show that dwelling on negative thoughts amplifies their power in your mind. In fact, some researchers suggest that a reason that more women get depression than men is that women are more likely to “over-think,” while men are better at distracting themselves from negative thoughts.

- Connect with someone important. It could be your family members and old friends or if you don’t have it yet, you can also start to make new friends by involving in online social network. A thousand friends would not be too much; who knows among those thousands you will find a special person who you can really relate to and able to share all your private thoughts.

- Do something silly and lighthearted with the one you love: your children, spouse, family or best friends. Gather as much laughter as possible from anyone near you, waking up the clown talent inside you.

- Act happy, even it’s just a fake. Research shows that although we think that we act because of the way we feel, in fact, we often feel because of the way we act. Smiling facial muscle activities – even if it’s not a sincere smile in front of a mirror – would send positive energy wave to your brain, and your brain will send you a happy hormone anyhow.

If none of the activity above make you feel better, then you all you need maybe just a good rest, a retreat, or a vacation away from your everyday routines. Just keep exploring what are the formulation to make our self happy, so when you do having that bad day again, you’ll soon recover your self faster by using your own secret formula of happiness.

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