Is there power in positive thinking?

             I strongly believe that there is power in positive thinking. Positive thinking gives you some kind of goal meanwhile thinking negatively just forces you to give up and not even try. When I think positive it makes me feel like I have something to look forward to. I believe that a person who thinks positive and not negatively keeps themselves sane.  Thinking negative gets you nowhere in life and those bad thoughts just make you miserable, unhappy, and sometimes very depressed. When you are sick and you think positive thoughts it will help you a lot with your recovery mainly because you think about all of the good things and all of the things you can do to get better. When you think negative thoughts you give up, you might not even want to take your medication or even spend time with your loved ones. Positive thoughts won’t cure your illness but they will help with keeping your mind and your thoughts going down the right path. A person will be much happier and contempt with what ever life has in store for them as long as they think positively. When a person thinks unhappy thoughts nothing ever makes them feel better and whether or not they overcome their illness they still wont be happy. When a person is happy it benefits their immune system so if one has an illness that is affecting their immune system positive thinking will help them get better and will make them feel much better about themselves and their life in general. Positive thinking will give you a sense of hope during your darkest moments meanwhile negative thinking will give you a sense of helplessness. I try to think of as many positive things as I can in the morning and I feel as if my day runs a lot smoother, I also keep a smile on my face and none of the negativity around me can get to me.

Happiness and Health

Emely Luna and Juan Londono

     THESIS
By making daily routines pleasurable, one can achieve greater levels of happiness, therefore having a positive affect on ones health. 

     ARTICLES 
1. Are happier people healthier people? the relationship between perceived happiness personal control, BMI and health preventive behaviors. 
2. Health, happiness and health promotion. 
3. Life's keys to happiness? 
4.Rasciute, Simona and Downward, Paul "Health or Happiness? What Is the Impact of Physical Activity on the Individual?" Kyklos. May 2010

    SUMMARY (On article #4)
The article shows what effects physical activity such as sports participation and active travel have on self reported health and well-being. For example, it is recognized that well-being can be linked more to psychological health and higher levels of happiness, life satisfaction and quality of life. It is stated that non-competitive cycling has a positive affect towards health. Meanwhile, walking either for the purpose of recreation or health, has a positive effect on both individual health an happiness. 

Blog 7: What am I thankful for...?

 Most importantly my mom because she made sure that I grew up to be 5’9” 135 pounds, my art skills, my family, Dennis because he has always been by my side, I love him to death, my open-mindedness, my close friends ( I don’t have many), my education, all of the experiences I went through throughout my entire life, I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for that. I am grateful for my dad,  my cousin Kima because he taught me many things, my aunts Luly and Juana because they lent us a helping hand when we needed it the most. I am grateful for my art teacher Mr. Moran, God, clothes and a place to live, church. I am grateful for being here today, the people that God has put on my path. I am grateful for food stamps, I would have never made it this far without food stamps. I am grateful for my bed and planet Earth.

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             In order to be happier in relationships with the people you love, you need to finds ways to get to know each other better. Studies show that buying experiences instead of buying objects makes people much happier. Doing things together that keep you all focussed will make the experience much better. Quality time with loved ones isn't wanted but needed. We also need to keep in mind what our first priorities are. Family, friends and lovers should come before anything. As humans we tend to stress thing and blow them out of proportion, half of the problems we go through with our loved ones aren't as bad as they seem. With happier relationships the world would be a much better place.
          When you buy an object that you desire, you believe that it will make you happy but truth is, it won't. Once you have it the thrill and excitement you thought it would bring you is not really there. Instead of buying your loved one a shirt or a car spend that money on experiences. By experiences I mean on a cruise, mountain climbing, horse back riding or even just a stay cation in the back yard. it would be more pleasurable and memorable for you both. Even if the vacation doesn't turn out as planned you will remember the experience and the little things in between. Keep this statement in mind for the next birthday.
          Doing things together is also very important. If you buy your mom a plane ticket to the Bahamas for her to go alone' I guarantee you that she would like for you to accompany her.  Not only because she will be by herself but also because she would enjoy it more if she had someone to share the experiences with. Quality time is very important when it comes to relationships. You don't want to be in a relationship with someone that you barely see. You will get no physical comfort from them and the relationship will go nowhere. Quality time isn't simply just wanted but studies show that it is needed.
          Flow is when a person is doing something and is totally focussed on that act. While in a relationship with someone it is very important that you keep each other in a state of "flow" It helps with relieving stress and allows you to be more focussed on each other and not on what is going on around you. It will also allow for you both to get to know each other better while leaving all of your outside problems behind. 

what ever I want...... :)

               I have noticed that I am very family oriented. Every thing I do has something to do with others and how I want to make them happy. I think a perfect job for me would deffenitely be a teacher. :) I love kids and I love to make others feel special and happy.
This is a part of my list....
I find pleasure in:
Art
School
Family
Activeness
Making others happy

Blog 4 :) Happiness and Work

Happiness at work? Who would ever think they could be having fun while at work but I believe you can. When I enjoy what I am doing I am a much happier person. If you have a job doing something you do not like to do it is pretty obvious that you won’t have any fun at all and you will simply just be miserable. That mainly one of the reasons why I chose to major in Fine arts. I do not want to be working at a place where I make very good money but yet be miserable and unhappy the entire time I am there. I rather work somewhere that I enjoy just making enough money to get by. I will be much happier with myself and life in general. On the other hand I will be more committed and successful because I am doing what I love. Daniel Sgroi states that, “Experiments suggest that happiness raises productivity by increase workers’ effort.”
                  When I was 16 my first job was at a day-care. I didn’t get paid much but I really enjoyed what I did. Till this day I would have to say that was the best summer I ever had. I learned a lot about children and it helped me a lot with being patient and compassionate. Now this summer I worked at the Hard-Rock Café. I got paid very good money and could eat everything that I wanted to. I didn’t last a month. The work was so easy but I hated what I did. It was so boring and on top of that  my manager was an animal. That was the worst job experience I ever had.

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What is Happiness?
We all want to be happy but the definition to what we consider being “happy” varies within each person. In order for my level of happiness to increase I need to find ways in which I can express myself in my own unique way. As a child growing up and even now as a teenager I have come to realize that in order for me to be happy I need to be able to voice or illustrate my opinions. In elementary school my teachers would always call my house because they considered me to be too talkative. The fact that I am an artist helps me with expressing myself because it is a lot easier for me to illustrate my feelings, emotions and my point of view towards things.  When I encounter a problem I like to voice my opinion and discuss the situation. I feel like conversing or drawing things out helps me overcome certain obstacles.
I know that I need to express myself mainly because whenever I get a chance to voice my opinion I take advantage of it and I make sure that my point gets across. I also make sure that whenever I have a problem I talk it out or write about it even if it’s only for my eyes to see. My body forces me to say how I feel and where I stand regarding my opinion. Being a person that expresses themselves as much as possible I am also a very good listener. I enjoy to hear what other people are thinking and how they feel. Hearing what others have to say has a great impact on the way I feel about the person and the way I portray their personality. Realizing that I like to express myself helped me learn a lot about the kind of person I am and what kind of things would make me happier in life. It is easy to know what would make you happier but the hard part, I would have to say, is taking action towards achieving your ultimate goal.
The first time I can recall ever noticing that I needed to express in order to be happier with education was in fifth grade. My teacher’s name was Mr. Guerero. He was very strict and all of the students were scared of him. None of my class mates ever tried breaking his rules. In his class I was considered the worst student mainly because he said I talked to my friends too much. He also would always call my house and tell my mother “Emely is very talkative. She just waits until I start lesson to start talking”. My mother would ground me and put me on punishment. The funny part is that every time I did speak it wasn’t in order to converse and interact with my friends, it was because I could not understand the lesson and I would ask one of my classmates hoping that they could explain the work to me clearer than how the teacher was. I always got penalized for something that I thought was helping me out and making me understand things a lot clearer. I always thought I was the kid until I got a little older and realized why I conversed so much.
I was very artistic even as a child growing up. In math whenever I made pie graphs or bar graphs I tried my best to incorporate some kind of my creativity into it. I would draw in the spaces that would have needed to be colored in. I also really enjoyed doing projects whether it was by myself or with others. I felt like researching the information was very interesting, then putting it onto paper was even better. In high school most of my teachers gave us a choice on whether we wanted to write an essay about our topic or do a presentation on it. I would always choose making a presentation because I know it would keep me interested and motivated. While doing anything artistic I feel like I’m in a state of flow. I focus on what I am doing and thoughts, information and ideas seem to come to mind a lot faster while I’m doing this.  When I was younger I really disliked to take notes but as I grew up I really changed the way I felt about note taking. I taught myself how to look at writing as a form of art. I change my inc colors in order to make my notes look a little more interesting. Some words will be in one color while other words are in another color. I also capitalize some words that are important or put stars next to the points that I have to remember. I will also place hearts next to the things that I like or the things that I am interested in. By looking at note taking in this matter I tend to remember what is most important and what is most interesting in the passage.
 By communicating with others I am happier and much more confident about my education. While communicating with others I get a chance to hear things from their point of views which makes the experience in or outside the classroom much more interesting. It helps me see things from another perspective other than mine. Sometimes the other person sees or hears things that you did not.  And they always say “Two heads are better than one”