Positive Emotional Psychology: Have a 'Daily Diet' of Positive Emotions

Going three for three on ideas...

Forgot to add to the other posting that to "decrease" negative vibes, one trick is to avoid malicious gossips.

Every workplace has them, but the attitude can be toxic to be around.

Find a way to be too busy to participate in it, and go do whatever it is so that you are "busy" and cannot get dragged into it.

Gossip can just ruin a day, because it reminds people that life is so competitive, and that during the recession, even though it's ending, gossip is ratcheted up as people perceive each other as competitors for scarce resources.

Find a way to be "too busy" for it. Invent something you absolutely need to do and get away from it.

And always always remember that when it comes to negative stuff, like gossip, if someone gossips TO you, they will gossip ABOUT you.

Run for your life from this type of daily downer.

Just to add

Bunny watching not recommended for avid gardeners if they want to have a "positive" moment.

Cute as they are, they tend to eat everything in sight.

If you garden, be sure there's a deep enough fence that goes down into the ground, so the bunnies won't dig underneath and still find a way in to nosh on your vegetables.

Bunny rabbits!

It might sound corny, unless you're a rabbit lover, but if you really want to have a "daily diet" of positive energy, there's nothing more cute and adorable than bunnies, wild or domestic.

After reading this article and then going to look outside to find the local resident cottontail rabbits nibbling on the lawn, I found two of them. Both went up to each other and sniffed the other one right on the nose, so it looked like they were kissing.

More bunny cuddling and snuggling occurs with the domestic house pet rabbits, too.

See http://www.rabbit.org and click on the pictures section link for more "daily" cuteness.

Gotta recommend a bunny a day.

Paradox of happiness

The paradox of happiness is that the more its pursued the more elusive it becomes.

All wisdom traditions share the view that happiness is our natural state and it gets clouded over with time. The access to authentic happiness is through a process of self-realization, in which we come to know ourselves beyond the "I" or identity we consider outselves to be.

Self-realization is usually attained by practices like meditation and yoga.It can also occur spontaneously.

There are many approaches to happiness. They need to be tested for ourselves to see what works.

For different perspectives on midlife coping strategies and particulary the relationship between happiness and aging, check out this siste- happiness-after-midlife.com