What are the keys to happiness and spiritual success in tough times when your economic well-being is threatened and severely stressed?
Here are highlights from the Happiness In Hard Times concept summary card that may help. Explore Happiness In Hard Times for complete descriptions.
Action, Activity & Achievement Are Healing - Working hard on worthwhile goals is energizing, encouraging and empowering. Isolation and Inactivity are big dangers. Don't isolate yourself from people, positive experiences and opportunities that can help you.
Avoid The Fault Finding Feel Goods and
Avoid All UnNecessary, Non-Productive Negativity - these key Happiness Habits are especially important during tough times. Amazing improvements in happiness come from simply avoiding unnecessary negativity.
Revol & Rebel - against situations and forces that distress or depress your spirits. Don't give them control of your thoughts, actions, feelings, time and attention. Don't help them hurt you. Simply say, "I am not giving you control of my feelings. I am not giving you the power to hurt me."
Don't Beat Yourself Up! We are at our best and able to perform our best when we are Up, confident, energized, focused and happy. Don't tear yourself down or hurt your ability to perform well.
Our Focus Determines Our Feelings - focusing on bad things makes us feel sad, anxious or angry. Shifting our attention to good things is energizing, elevating, encouraging. We never feel better by focusing on how badly we feel or on how poorly we think we are doing. Focus on what you want to achieve.
Move From Problems To Solutions Quickly - moving from problems to positive solutions makes us feel better. So does working hard to implement them.
Misery Is Meant To Make Us Move - Misery signals something has changed and something needs to change. We need to change to end our misery. We may need to change what we are doing, change how we are thinking, change how we are feeling, or change all three.
For more specific steps you can take to be happy in tough times explore the Happiness In Hard Times and Happiness Blog web sites.
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