Happy!

I have somehow found a new ability to turn a cranky morning into a joyful one! I'm really not sure how this happened except that I just realized it was possible to go from cranky to happy in a single moment. Wow! Who knew we could do that? I think all those years of psychobabble made me overly conscious of my emotions and I always felt that I needed to deal with the underlying reason for my feelings (which is mostly true). Now I'm starting to realize that feelings can trick you.....I often feel very strongly one way and then when I look at it in hindsight realize that it really shouldn't have been such a big deal. So, some level of skepticism with my feelings has been a healthy thing and sometime it's best to just ignore them and move on. Ben listen's to a podcast by a guy named Dennis Prager who deals with the issue of happiness. One thing he says is that happiness is a moral obligation and I've realized that it just isn't fair to affect everyone in my house with my bad mood. So, on that note lets just all choose to be happy and if your having a hard time force a smile, your feelings will change...it really does work!