{"id":5997,"date":"2013-02-19T18:57:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T18:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brucebarton.com\/journey\/?p=5997"},"modified":"2013-02-19T19:14:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T19:14:17","slug":"thoughts-2013-02-18-be-happy-pb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brucebarton.com\/journey\/uncategorized\/thoughts-2013-02-18-be-happy-pb","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts 2013.02.18 Be Happy PB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Past Timeless Thoughts<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Be Happy!<\/h2>\n

A little sign has hung on our fridge for years. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Is it a struggle for anyone else to be happy this time of year?\u00a0 Day after day of dark, gloomy weather takes a toll.<\/p>\n

Another saying I like says:<\/p>\n

Pain is inevitable but misery is optional.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Starting at this very moment I hereby choose to control my attitude!\u00a0 In fact, my attitude is the only thing over which I can exercise total and complete control.<\/p>\n

The very last paragraph of our Relief Society lesson on Sunday (Lorenzo Snow, chapter 4, page 80) says:\u00a0 \u201cWe should endeavor, as far as possible, to forget all worldly matters which grieve and vex us, and fix our minds upon the Lord, having a sufficiency of His Holy Spirit that we may be enabled to receive such knowledge and suggestions as will help us in our onward path.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 (from the Millennial Star, Nov. 25, 1889, 737)<\/p>\n

At one time in the life of Eliza R. Snow, she lived in a one-room log cabin about 18 feet square.\u00a0 It was roofed with mud and willows and over the years hundreds of mice had made their nests there.\u00a0 One night in a March rainstorm when the roof leaked badly, Eliza sat in bed with her umbrella up all night laughing, while it rained mice and mud.<\/p>\n

I want to be like Eliza!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry!\u00a0 Be happy!<\/em><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best way to pull yourself out of the blues?\u00a0 \u201cJust act happy,\u201d says Hope College psychologist David G. Myers in \u201cThe Pursuit of Happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Try a small smile. It\u2019ll feel good.
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Now try a broad smile.\u00a0 You\u2019ll feel even better.<\/p>\n

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\nDoesn\u2019t matter that you\u2019re just faking it.\u00a0 Going through the motions will trigger the emotions.<\/p>\n

One more thought \u2013 studies from around the world show that very spiritual people report being very happy! We, of all people, should be cheerful!<\/p>\n

~ Sister Pat Barton<\/p>\n

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D&C 78:17-18; 84:88; 78:18:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cVerily, verily I say unto you, ye are little children, and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the Father hath in his own hands and prepared for you;<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026I will go before your face.\u00a0 I will be on your right hand and on your left,\u2026and mine angels [shall be] round about you, to bear you up.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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