“Peeling off the layers of an onion can make us cry. It’s a pity there isn’t a vegetable to peel that would make us laugh.”
Quote from Breakup Cocktail book. Link to paperback edition http://amzn.to/106FCdM or Kindle http://amzn.to/1fdNrIX
HERE'S THE TOP TEN LIST~
1. Go out alone somewhere where you have never been before – it will change your focus and brighten your outlook.
It may even inspire you and give you confidence.
2. Don’t torture yourself thinking about things that cannot be changed – try to distract yourself by thinking about other things, planning the future or a future event, no matter how small. Or just read a magazine or watch T.V.
3. Don’t make yourself crazy by craving things you cannot have – often, if you are lucky enough to get them, you’ll once again be wanting something else. Human nature is to keep on wanting things. So have realistic expectations.
sadness and allowing yourself to get depressed –
recognize moments of sadness and turn your back on them.
Try to make the best of this day, it will never come around again.
5. Don’t count on others to make you happy –
do something nice for yourself every day,
no matter how small.
6. Name five things that you have that other people might wish they had.
Name another five things that you have, that you would hate to be without – then be glad that you still have them!
7. Allow yourself uninterrupted sleep at night without worry –
you deserve a good night’s sleep despite worry or guilt. We all do.
8. Write down good things when they happen so that you can look back on them at a later date – if you are sad or depressed pick up the book or file that you wrote your happy events or thoughts in, and read them. Life won’t seem so bad and you will become distracted and calm.
9. The brain has no sense of humor --
It reinforces and strengthens our negative thoughts.
To get out of this slump and to
It reinforces and strengthens our negative thoughts.
To get out of this slump and to
fool your brain into thinking you are happy again (or confident, or healed, or whatever you want to be), write down some positive and encouraging thoughts and read them every day. At the moment you may not believe they can ever be true, but if you get used to seeing those good things, you trick your brain into thinking that they could be true, and you are part way there in making them happen.10. Try to build one good memory a day – memories are a big part of our lives, so make them good ones!
and here's an extra one: To make you smile, laugh and to give you little snippets of advice, read Breakup Cocktail in book format Click here or Kindle format Click here for Kindle
And for you wonderful British people: in book format U.K. book format and on Kindle U.K. Kindle format
