Happy Moments for the Unemployed

“If you want to be happy,
set yourself a goal
that commands your thoughts,
liberates your energy,
and inspires your hopes.
Happiness is with you.
It comes from doing some certain thing
into which you can put
all your thought and energy.
If you want to be happy,
get enthusiastic about something.”
Dale Carnegie

Being unemployed gives us the chance to stop and think about the times in our life when we were really happy. Don't feel guilty about taking this time to think about those happy moments it will give you energy and enthusiam regarding something.

Let’s play a little game!

Take the following steps:
• Close your eyes, take 5 deep breaths, relax and think of a time in your life when you were really happy. Was it when you were a child, young adult or just recently?
• Reminisce about that time. What were you doing? Who were you with? What made you happy?
• Relax and enjoy that experience.
• Think about how you can recapture that time again. Do you have to plan a party? Call that special friend? Take time alone and go to the beach or mountains? What would make that experience a reality again?
• Open your eyes at the count of 5.
• Take a big stretch and relax for a few seconds.

How are you feeling? I hope relaxed and ready to take action.

Remember we can never recapture the same experience again. What we can do is create a new experience that will make us happy.

You are the creator of your happiness. Go for it!!!

After completing the exercise above, please share with the Love Yourself – It Matters Community your thoughts. What made you happy? What plans are you making to recapture your new happy moment?

I am looking forward to hearing from you and together we can bring a little happiness into our day.

Helen