What makes you happy? Let Me count the ways.

A kind word spoken.

A smile.

Looking into someone’s eyes and seeing Mine.

Looking up into the sky and seeing an opening into Heaven.

Sunlight and moonlight.

Sunrise and sunset.

The gloaming.

A breeze.

Flowers coming up.

Leaves turning color.

Leaves falling.

A snowman.

A whiff of soup bubbling on the stove.

Eating the soup with buttered bread.

The sound of the word cockleshells.

A new dress.

New shoes.

A new anything.

A new thought.

A good book.

A child.

A good time.

Remembering someone.

Forgetting what is better forgotten.

A day off.

School called off for a snow day.

Swimming in a pond, a lake, or the Ocean.

Gargling.

Taking a bubble bath.

An old song.

A friend.

Helping someone.

Loving someone.

Having an idea.

A photo.

We are just beginning, aren’t We? We haven’t yet touched on texture. Walking barefoot. Squeezing mud between your toes. Walking on sand. Dancing on air.

Finding something.

Letting go of something.

Hearing a sweet voice.

Seeing someone you haven’t seen in a long time.

Gaining an insight.

A hand in yours.

What day is not a good day? It takes only your say-so.

Say so.

Have a great day.

By Diane Wing

Transformation is a buzzword used to discuss the change we can expect given a certain product, technique, modality, or way of being or thinking. Change is sought during times of discomfort, frustration, confusion, or anxiety. The desired change may be physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual.

In the sense of physical transformation, it may apply to diet, exercise, or appearance to improve health, lose weight, or be more appealing. In the case of emotions, it may be that we want to let go of painful or toxic emotions such as grief, fear, anxiety, anger, or depression to attain an elevated mood and vibrational frequency.

Mental transformation may take on the work of stopping and challenging negative automatic thoughts about ourselves or the world in order to confidently move forward and to avoid self-sabotage. For spiritual transformation, it means to embody the essence of the divine and to trust the guidance received from the Universe....

Remember the saying “Smile, it’s not going to kill you”? Well, leave it to science to prove that very saying true. It seems that smiling and being optimistic may be associated with better cardiovascular health. In particular, a recent study found that those who reported being more optimistic tended to have better heart health. What does that mean for the rest of us? Quit sulking and be positive and grateful for the opportunities presented to you! But who needs that, you have a better excuse to smile at your co-workers, it’s for your health.

The Study

The study on optimism and heart health conducted at the University of Illinois is one of the first to take into play socioeconomic factors, age, race, and smoking just to name a few. What this means is that the study was more inclusive and is relatable to a larger audience. Participants were between the ages of 45 and 84 were not only asked to take a few physical exams, do blood work, but also fill out forms relating to their mental health. Those participants who reported having higher levels of optimism, in turn, had medically backed better health!

After turning 87 years old, American psychiatrist Dr. Leon Eisenberg announced to the German weekly Der Spiegel on 2 February 2012 that … “ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease.”  Seven months later, he died. Apparently, he had decided to come clean and confess before moving to the beyond. Unfortunately, Eisenberg’s words can be said to many of the diseases we deem ‘real’ today.

Dr. Eisenberg was one of the leaders of a 1968 committee that had created an early Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM II). There and then this small committee of psychiatrists, as is the norm, first came up with a behavioral description and labeled it Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

At first, the term “hyperkinetic reaction of childhood,” was described and agreed upon by the committee and confirmed by a small percentage of APA (American Psychiatric Association) members as a mental disorder. Later, the term was altered to the current ADHD.