Notes from a Psychologist
Dr. Mel Whitehurst

                   THESE IDEAS CAN MAKE YOU HAPPIER

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Has anybody noticed the nonfluent agrammatic and telegraphic variants in language expressions; the extrapyramidal symptoms of rigidity; and the number of semantic variants in words and objects in certain unnamed political leaders?

Footnote:  I may be overreacting a bit.  We psychologist tend to be a little melodramatic, so let me know if you think I am too equivocal and misleading.

BE WILLING TO RUN THE RISK OF BEING OVER OPTIMISTIC.

READ THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ONCE A WEEK FOR SIX MONTHS.

BE A LITTLE LESS JUDGMENTAL AND A LITTLE MORE OPEN MINDED.

NEVER HOLD A DUST BUSTER AND CAT AT THE SAME TIME.

STAY AWAY FROM NEGATIVE PEOPLE.

SEND POSITIVE THOUGHTS TO OTHERS.

LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO LEAD YOU TO FEEL MORE OPTIMISTIC AND LESS PESSIMIC...THEN ASSOCIATE WITH THEM.

GET RID OF RESENTMENTS.  LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS TO RESENTMENTS INSTEAD.

SIMPLY CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY.  MAKE THE BASIC DECISION TO PURSUE HAPPINESS.

PICK SOMETHING AND DO IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART

DON'T BACK DOWN ON ISSUES IMPORTANT TO YOU.

DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING.

BE A LITTLE LESS JUDGEMENTAL AND A LITTLE MORE OPEN-MINDED.

DEVELOP PERSONAL GOALS, THEN DEVELOP A PLAN TO ACHIEVE THEM.  WRITE IT ALL DOWN.

HELP SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP WHEN YOU CAN.

BE A POSITIVE FORCE IN OTHER PEOPLE’S LIVES. 

KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE.  EXPECT THAT GOOD THINGS WILL MOSTLY HAPPEN. 

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART---HOW YOU FEEL WHEN HAVING TO MAKE A MAJOR DECISION.

PRACTICE BEING CONTENT IN THE MOMENT EVERY DAY FOR A FEW MINUTES OR LONGER.

GET A CAUSE.