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Have you ever felt a sudden sensation of inexplicable happiness? If so, then you know how wonderful such an experience is. The emotion comes from deep within us - the qualia of feeling as some philosophers and psychologists are apt to call it - and is borne out of the unconscious mind. The reason I bring it up is quite simple: we were gifted with an awareness of the world around us, to experience it with the five senses.
Of course with an amazingly wide range of human emotions it would be utterly unrealistic to feel happy all of the time. There are times and situations when it would be the last emotion you should be experiencing. But do keep these facts in mind:
- happy people tend to live longer than unhappy people
- happiness is therapeutic for people whom are physically or mentally ill
- happiness is linked to courage
You don't have to be a scientist to be aware of the corollaries between happiness, quantity and quality of life. You know that you perform better and have more energy when you're happy. It has the power to help you make a better way in this world.
Embrace the warm feeling when it comes upon you because it is a reminder that you are alive. For we all have a right to be happy.
I'm living fit, healthy and happy. Are you?
Article Sources
Veenhoven, R. Healthy happiness: effects of happiness on physical health and the consequences for preventative health care. Journal of Happiness Studies. (2008) 9:449 - 469.DOI 10.1007/s10902-006-9042-1
Psychology Today. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-playing-field/200804/courage-happiness-and-why-children-should-be-allowed-break-bones
Penn Program for Mindfulness. http://penn-medicine-program-mindfulness.blogspot.com/2011/04/real-happiness-and-cancer.html
Kristin Layous, Joseph Chancellor, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Lihong Wang, and P. Murali Doraiswamy. Delivering Happiness: Translating Positive Pscychology Intervention Research for Treating Major and Minor Depressive Disorders. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. August 2011, 17(8):675-683. doi: 10.1089/acm.2011.0139.
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