Hi everyone! We need happiness now more than we ever did. We need to have the right attitude to serve ourselves and everyone we live and work. What do we need to fear? We need to fear being stressed. We do not need stress! If we need to fear anything it is stressing ourselves out and reducing our immune system function and ending up with high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer as well as other fear producing negative effects.
Don't give your power away -- Happiness is power! Stand strong, be strong, be happy -- it's our freedom!
I can't give you happiness! But I am doing the next best thing, and that is to bring you the decision to find happiness within yourself, with this newsletter as a reminder. Enjoy it, and send it on to your friends.
This is a bimonthly newsletter whose purpose is to remind you to make the "Happiness Decision." You will also find our meetings dates, happiness information, and a copy of the Be Happy Zone Articles published twice a month in the Fairfield Citizen-News. Read today's article: LIVE YOUR LIFE.
Happ-E-Web site:) A great web site with a wonderful message about FINDING HAPPINESS that I recommend to you: http://www.MyMotivator.com
Here is some words of wisdom from the Chip Lowel who writes about;
FINDING HAPPINESS
"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to
do, something to love, and something to hope for."
--Joseph Addison, English essayist
"Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and
marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in
the hands of others!"
--Paul Aubuchon
As the quotations above show, happiness comes from within. "What?"
you ask, "If someone gives me a twenty dollar bill, I get REAL
happy!" This is true, but did the happy feeling come from the cash
itself, or do you have some 'value' inside that believes "If someone
hands me cash, it will make my day!"? Kinda deep? Let's think about
it...
All of us know what it's like to feel happy -- or at least content.
And we know that we like feeling that way. So we often go about
finding ways to make ourselves feel happy. However, we don't always
end up happy, do we? Why do we sometimes end up happy, and other
times not? It has to do with our expectations and something called
'values.' A value is a deep down, internal rule we've set to help
us describe what's happening in our world.
For example, ask your-self this question: "What does my significant
other do for me that makes me feel loved?" Your answer is your
personal value, or rule, that describes what being loved is. When
your rule is met consistently, you feel loved! When it's not, you
start looking around. So, what about happiness? Get out a piece
of paper, or if you've signed up to use my site, go to your Journal.
Now, ask yourself this: "What has to happen to make me feel happy?"
Jot down all you can think of. When you're done, ask yourself this:
"What can I do to make myself happy right now?" Jot those down, too.
Now guess what?
Any time you want to feel happy, look at this journal entry!
If the entry itself doesn't quite do it, take a look at what you've
written and go make it happen! Your happiness is in your hands!
As the quotation above says, don't leave your happiness in the hands
of others. Cool, huh?
Have a great day!
Chip Lowell
MyMotivator.com Creator, Programmer, Writer, Dishwasher
http://www.MyMotivator.com
PRAY: It is the greatest power on earth.
LOVE: It is a GOD-privilege.
READ: It is the fountain of wisdom.
THINK: It is the source of power.
BE FRIENDLY: It is the road to happiness.
GIVE: It is too short a day to be selfish.
PLAY: It is the secret of perpetual youth.
LAUGH: It is the music of the soul.
WORK: It is the price of success.
SAVE: It is the secret of security.
This was given to me this past Monday when I delivered a talk about the "Courage of Happiness," to the Catholic Daughters in the Church of Assumption in Westport, CT.
Happ-E-Information:) Thanks to Stephen M. Perle, D.C. for the following: The Office of the Presidential Prayer Team has asked that this information be relayed to friends and colleagues so that it will reach its goal of enlisting 2.8 million people (1% of the population) to pray daily for the President--especially in our current crisis. There is no fee or obligation. Just sign up and you'll receive a window decal in the mail, plus e-mail updates on the specific prayer needs of the President and his Cabinet. To sign up, go to http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/
Happ-E-Thanksgiving:) Make your holiday time even brighter for you and other people. Join us in this years Basket Brigadeon Sunday morning November 18th. Below is the information from our history page for last years event.
November 19, 2000 - On this Sunday the Happiness Club participated in the annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade. About 50 people of all ages helped out by showing up and placing all the food into baskets, and then drove them to people's homes. A heart felt - THANK YOU to all of you that helped out and made donations, You have made 162 families happy for the Thanksgiving Holidays. We all experience getting a little of that happiness on ourselves. What a wonderful day of sharing happiness.
Would you like to help? We still need money. Please make checks out to CCCC and write in the memo section "Thanksgiving, " or "Basket Brigade." This way they know what the donation is going toward. Send check to: CCCC, 131 Dwight Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Phone # is (203) 624-2600. Your check is 100% tax deductible. CCCC stands for Coordinating Council for Children in Crisis. They help children (and often single moms) move from a shelter to their own place. Sometimes these people do not have enough money for an elaborate thanksgiving dinner. Sometimes they are children of HIV+ parents, or someone who has lost a job, etc.
Happ-E-Mail:) Hi There Lionel,
It's Sunday-another beautiful day, even if it looks a little dreary out and has been drizzling. It was wonderful to see my dad yesterday in the New York City.
My dad works for FEMA and he took me to ground zero and as he had warned, it's so much more "real" as you would expect, from what we see on TV. At one point I cried--I took a moment to see it all, take it all in, feel the sorrow for those lost. The smoke is still rising from the buildings, ash or something was floating all around us and you can smell the smoke. After sending loving energy to all touched by this, I moved on to the acknowledgment that life goes on and moves forward. Love must prevail above all. We must live, learn, help each other, and enjoy every day that we are here. It was a very moving experience.
Peace, light and happiness - Lynette
Happ-E-Mail:) I have received so many wonderful letters, articles, notes, poems, and personal thoughts from many of you. I want to thank each and every one of you for your caring words and thoughts. Please let us hear from you, spread your happiness, that is the surest way of Being Happy!
Do you have any inspirational, positive, or happy e-mail? Have you found any articles on happiness? Please share them with us? Send it to PrintLRK@aol.com. If you would like mail it to: Happiness Club, 63 Unquowa Road, Fairfield, CT 06430.
Happ-E-Coaching:)Nothing should be in the way of your "Being Happy." If there is, maybe coaching is an answer for you. I am available for private coaching sessions. Interested? Send an e-mail to coachpower@aol.com
Happ-E-Math: Thanks!! To Marty Evans for sending this to us!
IF,
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Then,
K N O W L E D G E
11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 = 96 % Only
But,
H A R D W O R K
8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 = 98 % Only
However,
A T T I T U D E
1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5 = 100 %
Happ-E-Meeting:) Join us for our next meeting of the HAPPINESS CLUB will present: "HAPPY ATTITUDES" by Lionel Ketchian. Meet other people using happiness to benefit them in their life.
Topic:) "HAPPY ATTITUDES"
Date:) November 8, 2001 Time:) 7:00 - 8:30 P.M. Place:) Fairfield Public Library In the:) Rotary Room Address:) 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06430
Open to the Public and Admission is Free
Call Lionel Ketchian (203) 258-7777 or E-mail: PrintLRK@aol.com
http://www.happinessclub.com
Directions to the Fairfield Public Library From New York - I- 95, Exit 21, Mill Plain Road. Right at bottom of ramp. Under railroad overpass make a left at light (Rt. 1), 1/2 mile on right
From New Haven - I- 95, Exit 22, North Benson Road. Left at bottom of ramp. Under railroad overpass make a right at light (Rt. 1), 1/2 mile on left
BE HAPPY ZONE
Fairfield Citizen-News October 10, 2001
LIVE YOUR LIFE
By Lionel Ketchian
It is Sunday evening, and the bombing has started, as I write this article. We are witnessing the development of history. This is truly a time that tries men's, and woman's souls. I have been asked to speak to religious and civic groups about how best to deal with the effects of our current situation. I don't think anyone has the comprehensive answer on how to deal with difficult times like these, I am asked to provide some answers.
This is certainly a time of great pain for all of us. The pain of sorrow, grief, and loss, is the pain we all share. This is a difficult time for the entire world. We must find the strength to go on and do the very best we can. This is the time we must access our inner wisdom and faith.
I have always said that life is not fair. Life at times can cause pain. The common way we experience pain is by experiencing both pain and suffering. Pain is a part of life suffering is not, there is an important difference. You must deal with pain, and do what you can to eliminate the cause of the pain. Pain can be a part of life and this we have no control, but we can control our suffering. Suffering is our emotional attachment to not wanting things to be the way they are. Suffering creates struggle, and that will put you in a negative state very quickly. When we suffer we are not being fair to ourselves by allowing our emotions to create the negative surroundings in which we have to live. These moments we are living in right now are a testament to that truth.
We must guard against allowing ourselves to think negatively and become depressed. We do not need to allow ourselves to suffer. When people suffer they will blame others for they're suffering and continue the cycle of unhappiness. I have spoken to many people over the years that are suffering from things that happened to them many years earlier. They continue to suffer today by not letting go of the pain and loss they experienced. As a result they struggle with life and are unhappy. They have allowed the painful situation to continue by their suffering.
I have overcome pain in my life, but it is the suffering and struggle that was the real accomplishment. I may have had no choice over the pain, but I found out that I had total control over suffering and struggle. As a result I have been motivated to think about people with kindness, and compassion. It is a choice that not only assists the people in my life that I come in contact with, but gives me the greatest benefit as well.
Being unhappy because you would like something to be other than it should be could be classified as nothing short of insanity. We may not like what happens, but that could make living even harder than it could be, or should be. The people who did this terrible act to the human beings in this country would like nothing more than to see us suffer, and struggle. That is the real purpose of the action they have taken. When we begin to struggle, they win. Terrorists want to strike terror in you being. It will not be up to them to succeed in doing that. It will be in the way you respond, you are the one that must submit to become terrorized.
We have to deal with what has happened and what is happening right now. How we deal with our day to day thoughts will create the very world you and I live in. It is the duty of each and every one of us to be positive. Not to allow ourselves to suffer and not to feel like our life is a struggle, even if you have lost your job. Feeling that your life is now a struggle will not support you toward your best interests. This is a time to remember you are an American living in a free country. The best way to remember and appreciate that is to live your life. In other words, live like you are free, and don't worry about things that may happen.
Choose freedom not fear. Decide to be happy not fearful. Have faith not fear, and choose well and live your life. The decisions you make right now will dictate the life you live. Don't allow what happens to direct how you will feel. You have the power to make life the very best it could be. The quality of life is in our hands. Let us preserve our freedom to enable our children and ourselves to experience the best life has to offer.
Thomas Jefferson said, "Our greatest happiness… does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us." Don't be dependent on anything to make you happy. As Robert Louis Stevenson said, "The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions."
Your pursuit of happiness is your freedom, and you must embrace that freedom. We have so much to be happy about in this country, such as being grateful for living in a free country; after all, this is the greatest country on earth! We have seen the very worst of mankind, but we have also seen the very best of mankind. Let us take our pain and turn it to the positive. Let us take suffering and struggle and convert it into serving others. When we think of others, our pain is diminished. God Bless America -- Be Happy!
Lionel Ketchian is the founder of the Happiness Club, a Happiness Coach, and can be reached at PrintLRK@aol.com. The Web site is www.HappinessClub.com
Put on your happy face and share a smile -- just forward this Newsletter to all your pals. They'll thank you for it! It's FREE, and easy to subscribe. All you need to do is send an e-mail to subscribe at: Happinessclub@aol.com, or online at: http://www.HappinessClub.com
Happ-E-Power:)"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
Happ-E-Words:)These are some of the last words of Brian Sweeney to his wife Julie, from doomed flight 175. "I want you to have fun. I want you to have a good life."
God bless America-- Be happy:)
Lionel
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