Christmas Surprises
It will be no surprise that Health is a trending topic up there with Fashion Fitness and Food. After two years of social distancing and working from home, the isolation and disconnection has taken its toll on everyone in some way. Happy was the day when our freedom to come together was restored for Christmas, but it came with a price tag- RAT tests, catching COVID and self-isolation.
Highs and Lows
Precious Christmas holiday plans for relaxing beach walks and riding the family jet ski this week have been derailed as the RAT test confirms what my aching joints and raspy throat are telling me- I am positive. There is no point asking how or why this has happened as I join the growing numbers of 51,000 COVID cases in Victoria. Sadly, months of lockdown and personal sacrifice over the last few years was for naught. Now its time to battle the virus and develop some overdue natural immunity. Feeling unwell means my body’s immune system is doing its job working hard to protect me. Catching COVID produces necessary antibodies, from a process, which is part of the natural cycle of Health and Disease.
Happy and Healthy
Happiness is natures medicine. So let me ask the question- How are you feeling today? A useful question used regularly to monitor my students’ wellbeing during that long stretch of remote learning in 2021. From experience on a scale of 1-10 there is always going to be someone who is a 10 and someone else who is a 1 but most responses (including mine) would generally fall within the range of 4 to 6. You may think the average response of 5 is ok but feeling good it better? That’s enough with the numbers. Aside from our physical heath, emotional health and wellbeing are considered the crown jewel in a long and happy life.
From Good to Happy
Psychologists’ will tell you that emotions and feelings are transitory they come and go. Most people like to feel good and January a great time to reset goals and start fresh. Achieving our goals makes us feel good which makes us feel happy. The word GOOD itself seems somewhat bland and non-descript without some context. Like it felt good to clean up my computer desktop, but it didn’t really make me feel happy. Nor did losing a day and night to binge watch the Netflix series Evil (chosen by my partner), when bad weather kept us inside. However, it was good to see how much fun my grandkids had when we inflated a giant water slide in the backyard over Christmas and their screams of delight made me happy. So one feeling can lead to the other.
A Recipe for Happiness
Positive emotions are not simply feeling happy. We all chase momentary pleasures through deliberate actions like shopping for shoes or eating a second bowl of ice cream even though we don’t need them. It is the effect of doing something personally pleasurable that has a positive effect on us. For me this would be like going for a long walk in nature, finding a quiet place to read a good book or making myself a gin cocktail.
The Benefits of Happiness
Most people know what makes them feel good. Experiencing emotions like excitement joy and inspiration are vital for anyone who wants to lead a happy heathy life. Looking at holiday photos always makes me feel grateful, so I do it regularly. Going to the Princess Theatre to watch Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was joyful while viewing the Van Gogh exhibition at The Lume was inspirational. Although I am sick I feel blessed and happy at the same time.
We are all capable of experiencing such positive emotions as happiness joy love gratitude hope pride inspiration amusement and awe. These often-fleeting moments can be the ones that make all the hard work and struggle in life worth it. Luckily you don’t need to experience them all at the same time to reap the benefits of this natural medicine.
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To quote Michael Bublé “it’s a new dawn it’s a new day it’s a new life for me and I am feeling good”