A cheerful spirit

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:13

For the poor, every day brings trouble; for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:15 NLT

Faith, hope and love, these three but the greatest of these is love.

Corinthians 13:13

Happiness means something different to each individual. Material things, love, people and places. Take the time to learn to appreciate everything and try not to get attached to anything. Because it can change in a blink of an eye.

Turn off the TV, watching to much makes you hunger for more possessions, and fuels discontentment. Get outside, enjoy some nature, smell the flowers, start a garden, walk the dog. God has made a wonderful world. Getting outside can increase your productivity, happiness, and health.

Eat wisely. Did you know different foods can act as antidepressants, Some help relieve stress, and actually put you in a better mood. Sweets and simple carbs, like white rice and white bread, quickly raise blood sugar they flood you with insulin, and then drop you in a hole. Try a diet rich in grains/starches, dried beans and peas, fruit, and vegetables in order to get carbohydrates for muscle energy. Don't skimp on protein either, which is necessary for muscle growth and repair. Additionally, include some fat for satiety and healthy skin.

It is normal to have small amounts of sadness or depression, choose to redirect your attention to the positive, your serotonin levels increase along with your mood. Exercise is extremely good at improving depressive symptoms and increasing mood. Try to change yourself instead of focusing on changing the world.  Have some fun. Thinking with a positive attitude feels better than thinking with a negative one.  Have you noticed positive people are happy people. So look on the bright side.

Follow your heart.  Choose a career in a field that makes you happy, because you will be happier in all areas of your life. Take some courses to improve yourself in that field or interest. Having a solid belief in one's own abilities increases life satisfaction and makes us  happier both in our home lives and in our work lives.

Try to get enough sleep. It’s funny how some of us wake up each and every day feeling that whatever they have is what makes them happy. No matter what type of hardships you have to endure, try to overcome them and believe every day is another opportunity for happiness. Everyone in this world has something that makes them happy.

Think about what makes you happy.  I'm happy!

Until next time

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How do you define yourself

Psalm 139:13-16 

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

I am a child of God, I am a daughter, mother, sister,aunt, grandma & friend. I am hardworking, compassionate, a front office assistant & loving person. I am Donna Lee Thomas Coffey.

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The Who "Who are you?"

"Who are you?"

If someone asked who are you, what would you say? Of course you would give your name. What if they asked how do you see yourself? We each identify with many different factors in our life.

Do you identify yourself by your job, family relationship, race, politics, age, your health or physical appearance, schooling, your abilities or disabilities? Your religious belief? What if one of these changed? Would that change who you are? I think outward appearances and circumstances do change. To figure out who you are I think looking within yourself helps to define yourself.

1 Peter 2:9 "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness in to his wonderful light".

1 Samuel 16:7 - But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Until next time