I Think of a Tremendous New Year

Thinking of the Tremendous Year gets me trembling in thought.  It is a time to start a happy year and to go forward with making resolutions.

I used to think that being happy is something that happens to us just like catching a cold-- either I get it or I don't.  This is what we call putting our happiness on autopilot-- which basically means we do not take control of being joyful with whatever that is in front of us.  When I mean putting our happiness on autopilot, I mean it is like leaving our joy in the hands of fate: people, places, things, events, and etc.

So what can we do to start a happy year and the rest of our lives as happy?  Simple, happiness is a decision.  If we see the happy and bright side of anything, not only will that bring joy, but also good health and prosperity.  It is obvious that one can't be sad and healthy at the same time, and one can't be sad and prosperous at the same time.  With moving forward by deciding to be happy at all times, the rest will follow.

How come most New Year's Resolutions don't work?  Most of us write our resolutions stated to the negative such as "not", "mustn't", and "won't".  Negatives are misunderstood by the mind.  The mind will pay attention to what we are thinking. For example: "I WON'T be late for work."  becomes "I WILL be late for work."  Take note that the mind will focus on "be late for work", and that becomes its objective. 

Not only stating the resolution in the negative is a stumbling block, another stumbling block is stating the resolution as an unwanted chore-- the dirty job that we have to do.  We all know that there are resolutions that inspire us and there are resolutions that discourage us.

What inspires us?  We have feel-good words, rewards, and appreciation.  For example, "I will be on time for work everyday so that I will be more efficient in the workplace, and my boss may appreciate me, (may probably give me a raise in my salary), and may regard me as a dependable key player of the work team that I am proud of."

Sometimes I wonder about the Ten Commandments in the Old Testament Bible.  Most of the commandments are written in the negative, sound like discouraging chores, and use the fear conscience as the motivating force.  What would happen if the commandments were written in the positive plus feel-good words, rewards, and appreciation?  It can be a new age transforming gloom-and-doom into brightness-and-happiness.

With all this in mind, it would be a tremblingly Tremendous Year of an age of exciting change in the nautilus spin of life. 

Happy New Year!
(I may be late, but I am just in time before Chinese New Year. 
Kung Hei Fat Choi. = "May you prosper.")


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DL
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--A.A. Milne
Winnie the Pooh