快乐的心灵鸡汤

Does that bell ring a bell?

How many times do you check your cell-phone and text messages each day? Can’t remember, I guess. Only a few years after its invention, cell phone has become the modern myth of all myth, Do you know that one in six people on the planet owns a cell phone? ——and you can see how easy it is to get lost in the material world and not give time to your soul. Life has become a multimedia, multidimensional, multitasking extravaganza!

Are you always happy when that bell rings? Are you sometimes frustrated or annoyed by the “damn” cell phone bell? However, we all have to answer that no matter what. A belief is mutual, that from the very first time we use it, we were told that don’t just stand there! Do something! Like so many others, unless you’re being constructive, rushing around and accomplishing things with your cell phone, you aren’t a worthy person.

This insane level of activity disconnect

Ending is another way of opening

Today, Marriage seems like no life-time vows like we did times before. Most of us choose to just live together than to marry each other. We are so afraid of taking responsibilities. Although some do believe there is a rock-solid commitment——if not to stay married, then at least to talk everything through.

But what if a seemed firmly believer has broken that too? Can we still trust that there will be happiness in our marriages and lives?

Bruce and his wife had been married for over 20 years. They had a nineteen-year-old daughter. Things had been difficult for the past two years. Bruce’s work had temporarily taken him to another city, so he had to separate with his wife for months. It wasn’t ideal, but he thought they could weather it.

But they couldn’t.

One weekend when Bruce was home, his wife asked for a divorce. She said:” I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, and I don’t want to be married any

This is a story from Carrie, whose story touched me so deeply that I keep telling it over the years. I suppose it would be especial useful for our single fabulous girls.

Carrie has been with her boyfriend (Fiancé at that time) for 5 years. Their wedding was meant to be on 3 weeks later, it was early evening, Carrie and her fiancé had both just arrived home from work. Carrie handed him a couple of shirts she had bought at a store, but her fiancé barley looked at them at threw them on the table.

“ I just can’t go through with it,” he repeated.

He hung his head and looked at the floor. “ I’m sorry,” he said, “ I can’t marry you.”

Carrie couldn’t believe her ears, “Are you kidding? Why?”

She gaped at him, don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry is the only word she remembered saying to herself.

“Why? Why? You don’t love me anymore?” Please don’t say that, Carrie prayed.

But it was worse than that; “ I don

Deadly Monday

According to a 2005 study released by the research company Harris Interactive, only 20% of working Americans are passionate about their work. That means that four out of five people aren’t inspired by what they do. This statistic makes it clear why the largest number of heart attacks occur on Monday Mornings. People would rather die than go to work.

Many people work just to pay the bills, pay for the house, pay for the car, seldom are they really happy about what they do.

Then I have to ask you a question, Is your work a Job, a Career or a Calling?

One day an old woman walked up to a dusty building site where three strong, young men were working hard laying bricks. She asked what were they doing, The first man replied rudely, “Can’t you see? I’m laying bricks. This is what I have to do. The second man replied, “I’m doing my work and I’m happy that what I do feeds me. The third man answered with great enthusiasm, “ Oh,

Part 4 Are You Too Sensitive to Life’s Pain? If So, Your Endorphin Levels May Be Low

3) Do you consider yourself or do others consider you to be very sensitive? Does emotional pain, or perhaps physical pain, really get to you?

2) Do you tear up or cry easily, for instance, even during TV commercials?

2) Do you tend to avoid dealing with painful issues?

3) Do you find it hard to get over losses or get through grieving?

2) Have you been through a great deal of physical or emotional pain?

3) Do you crave pleasure, comfort, reward, enjoyment, or numbing from treats like chocolate, bread, wine, romance novels, tobacco, or lattes?

Total Score__________ If your score is more than 6,you may be low in endorphins.

Used by permission of Julia Ross.

Part 3. Is Stress Your Problem? If So, Your GABA Levels May Be Low.

3) Do you often feel overworked, pressured, or deadlined?

1) Do you have trouble relaxing or loosening up?

3)Does your body tend to be stiff, uptight, tense?

1)Are you easily upset, frustrated, or snappy under stress?

2) Are you easily chilled? Do you have cold hands or feet?

1) Do you tend to put on weight too easily?

3) Do you often feel overwhelmed, or as though you just can’t get it all done?

1) Do you often feel weak or shaky at times?

3) Are you sensitive to bright light, noise, or chemical fumes? Do you need to wear dark glasses a lot?

3) Do you feel significantly worse if you skip meals or go too long without eating?

3) Do you use tobacco, alcohol, food, or drugs to relax a

Part 2. Are You Suffering from the Blahs? If So, Your Catecholamine Levels May Be Low

3) Do you often feel depressed---the flat, bored, apathetic kind?

2) Are you low on physical or mental energy? Do you feel tired a lot, have to push yourself to exercise?

2) Is your drive, enthusiasm, and motivation quota on the low side?

2) Do you have difficulty focusing or concentrating?

3) Are you easily chilled? Do you have cold hands or feet?

2) Do you trend to put on weight too easily?

3) Do you feel the need to get more alert and motivated by consuming a lot of coffee or other “uppers” like sugar, diet soda, or ephedra?

Total Score_________ If your score is more than 6 in Part 2, your level of catecholamines may be low.

The Four-Part Mood Type Questionnaire

Write down the number next to each symptom listed below that you identify with. Total your score in each section and compare it to the cutoff score. If your score is over the cutoff, or if you have only a few of the symptoms but they bother you on a regular basis, learn more about the amino acid indicated in Julia Ross’s book The Mood Cure or at her website: www. moodcure. com. The exciting news is that you can easily get the amino acids your brain needs from nutritional supplements, and you can experience your moods improve in a short period of time as your neurotransmitters get the fuel they need.

Part1.Are You Under a Dark Cloud? If So, Your Serotonin Levels May Be Low 

3) Do you have a tendency to be negative, to see the glass as half empty rather than half full? Do you have dark, pessimistic thoughts?

3) Are you often worried and anxious?

Do I Really need that 1 million boob Bra?

Advertisement, a newly production of modern society, a production we cannot live without. It is the engine that drives our economy. Someone depend a life on that, Someone, like most of us, depend our purchase on that. One night, when I was sitting on the couch, watching my 3 hour TV, I made an experiment, I counted how many times and ways I was told to buy things you can never and ever miss of that night’s television watching.

In just 3 hours, I was bombarded by 68 messages telling me that I was doomed to misery if I didn’t have what that company was selling. Five different companies claimed their car was the right one for me, and they tried their best to convince me that I need the sexist bra (like the one decorated with diamonds that cost 2 million dollars! That’s one million per boob!

I asked myself, Do I Really need that 1 million boob Bra? Will I be happy with that on?

Most of us fall prey t

I had imagined it all as a child, I would grow up, live in a beautiful house, have a wonderful husband and a great career. I would be happy!

To live that life of my dreams, I knew I‘d have to work hard to get all my ducks in a row. Although I was clear about what I wanted, I wasn’t sure how I‘d get it. The only thing I knew for sure was that I wasn’t happy.

After my MBA course, I drew to myself a wonderful job, as a VP for a company; I was responsible for training and inspiring employees. With a position raise came a bigger paycheck and more kudos. But I was exactly happy. I knew there was something still missing. I just couldn’t tell you what it was.

Maybe it was my career that matters. I changed my job, arranged my schedule so booked up that I have no