Happy: Finding Joy in Every Day and Letting Go of Perfect

by Fearne Cotton

Learning what your triggers and weaknesses are is important, as you can then try to avoid certain situations or thought processes that you know lead you down a dark and gloomy path.

It’s just about getting used to allowing yourself to BE and not DO. After all, we are human BEINGS not human DOINGS.

we are a generation of fast-living and demanding people who want an internet connection that’s fast, shopping delivered quickly, trains to run on time and adverts fast forwarded, because we simply can’t wait.

If we don’t want people to make snap judgements about us, then we shouldn’t make snap judgements about them.

We all get a slight kick from pointing out other people’s mistakes in life, probably because it makes our own less prominent.

We all deal with ‘sitting’ with mountains of emotional upheaval in different ways.

Anger is a waste of time and serves no one. Putting weighty mind-power to good use is a much healthier option and a great choice in those moments when we feel drawn in by the seduction of ranting or gossip.

A lot of the time we forget the mind is something we have an element of control over. It’s easy to feel it’s running the show, and it sometimes escapes from its leash and gallivants off into unwanted territory.

When I’m feeling negative I know that by habit I tend to seek out more negative.