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Fewer health problems and longer lives
- Happy people tend to have fewer health problems and longer lives. Research suggests that, on average, 50% of people’s general level of happiness is determined by genetics, with the rest dependent on the individual’s perception and specific circumstances.
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May 24, 2022 · However, according to Timothy Hampton, it can constitute a fleeting force, with a capacity to manage our emotional lives and influence other people that “has, perhaps, been overlooked and...
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- How to Stay Cheerful — Simple and Effective Ways
- The Takeaway
Many modern hospitals and clinics display messages like: “Laugh your way to health”, “Laughter may be hazardous to your illness” and “Cheerfulness is the new wonder drug”. Doctors are of the view that our blood molecules contain receptors that get signals from the brain. If a person is happy and content, the receptors transmit signals of happiness,...
A young girl, suffering from a dreaded disease, was brought to a hospital. When she was being prepared to be taken to the operation theatre, she found the nurses sad and glum. “I know what you are thinking,” she said to the nurses. “But, let me tell you, I am not going to die so soon. God has other plans for me. I have spoken to Him and that is wha...
There would be no need for hospitals if only people could be happy and light-hearted! Two years ago, on the sacred day of Muharram, they took me to Imam Bara. There, I met a man who went by the name Mr Agha. He said to me: “Your people, I am aware, do a lot of service. But, I too, in my own humble way, render service to people.” “What do you do?” I...
I wish to share with you a few practical suggestions on how a person can keep up the spirit of cheerfulness.
Cheerfulness is indeed a physical, mental and spiritual tonic. By striving to be cheerful, you are not only adding joy and love to your own life but also making this world a more joyful place, one cheer at a time.
Trait cheerfulness contributes to quality of life or overall well-being by enabling individuals to positive emotions and maintaining them in face of adversity, and longer lasting states of cheerfulness may be seen as element of well-being.
- Willibald Ruch
- w.ruch@psychologie.uzh.ch
- The Weather. I’m sitting in my garden as I write. It is a beautiful day and so uplifting. And good weather really does lift our mood. As Brits we are often told that it’s the first thing we talk about when we meet someone!
- Time. We all have the same amount of time in every day. But some of us spend it rushing around so fast that it goes really quickly! Believe it or not, the slower your pace of life, the more time you seem to have.
- Kindness. Kindness is out there in abundance right now. Kindness, Concern, Recognition, Humility, Courage, Resilience, Charity and Hope. It is all there if we look.
- Superheroes. All of the above mentioned- and more! We are all superheroes in our own way. It shows in the way we are coping! In the way we are giving. In who we are.
Nov 1, 2021 · People who describe themselves as happy tend to have fewer health problems, a lower risk of depression, and longer lives. Yet what if you’re not a naturally cheerful person? Is it possible to make yourself happy, especially during trying times?
- hhp_info@health.harvard.edu
The cheerful person exhibits a becoming disposition toward other people, and in doing so, is able to foster mutual relations characterized by friendliness. Cheerfulness is not thoughtless positivity, always smiling, ignoring difficulties, or being unfailingly optimistic.
Nov 1, 2012 · This research seeks to balance out the bulk of theory and research in quality of life studies that focus on the causes and dynamics of pathology, and it supports the premise of positive...
