[Faith-talk] Five Minutes To Happiness: A Reason To Smile

[Emanuel]

Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

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The following piece was written for the little book called "Lessons On
Life," and I hope you all enjoy it.

Devoting time each day for happiness will change your day and change your
brain chemistry.

It can be so easy to get caught up in the rigors of modern life that we tend
to forget that happiness need not come with stipulations.  
Happiness becomes something we must schedule and strive for a hard-won
emotion and then only when we have no worries to occupy our thoughts.  
In reality, overwhelming joy is not the exclusive province of those with
unlimited time and no troubles to speak of.

Many of the happiest people on earth are also those coping with the most
serious challenges.  They have learned to make time for those simple yet
superb pleasures that can be enjoyed quickly and easily.  
Cultivating a happy heart takes no more than five minutes.  The resultant
delight will be neither complex nor complicated, but it will be profound and
will serve as a reminder that there is always a reason to smile.

So much that is ecstasy-inducing can be accomplished in five minutes.  
Alone, we can enjoy an aromatic cup of our favorite tea, take a stroll
through the garden we have created, write about the day's events in a
journal, doodle while daydreaming, or breathe deeply while we listen to the
silence around us.

In the company of a good friend or treasured relative, we can share a few
silly jokes, enjoy a waltz around the room, play a fast-paced hand of cards,
or reconnect through lighthearted conversation.  The key is to first
identify what makes us dizzingly happy.  If we do only what we believe
should bring us contentment, our five minutes will not be particularly
satisfying.  When we allow ourselves the freedom to do whatever brings us
pleasure, five minutes out of 14 wakeful hours can brighten our lives
immeasurably.

It is often when we have the least free time or energy to devote to joy that
we need to unwind and enjoy ourselves the most.  Making happiness a priority
will help you find five minutes every day to indulge in the things that
inspire elation within you.

Eventually, your happiness breaks will become an established part of your
routine.  If you start by pursuing activities you already enjoy and then
gradually think up new and different ways to fill your daily five minutes of
happiness, you will never be without something to smile about.

And there you have today's article about happiness.  When I first read this
article some weeks ago, I just knew that a translation of the same into
Esperanto would be in order for our blind and visually impaired colleagues
in eastern Europe, and I wasn't at all disappointed, as a number of
recipients there wrote about what made them happy even in the face of
Communism.  Perhaps in future I'll share with you some reactions from them,
if enough people are interested.

And that will do it for today.  Until tomorrow when, Lord willing another
article of this type will be posted, may the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
just keep us safe, individually and collectively, in these last days in
which we live.  Your Christian friend and brother, Paul

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