when you're sad,
1. Send letters to the people you love.
Don't seal them, don't send them. Instead, stick them
between the pages of library books.
2. Eat raspberries off your fingertips.
3. Venture outside and observe natural life.
Watch a honey bee suck nectar from a lavendar plant. Watch a
snail slowly make its
way to
the shade of a tree. Watch a hummingbird innocently fly above
your head. Realise how insignificant you are.
4. Smile at strangers, say hello. Brighten
their day and your own.
5.Write lists. Write lists about
anything.
6.Read several pages of the dictionary.
Learn new words. Write down the ones you want to remember
7. Read books and watch movies from your
childhood. A healthy dose of nostalgia is okay. Immerse
yourself in your past
innocence.
8. Walk to the park and get on a swing. Go
as high as you can, feel limitless. The world is yours.
9. Eat when you're hungry. Food is not
the enemy. You are human and need food to survive. You
derserve to eat. Sprinkle sugar
on
your tongue. Taste the summer breeze and sweet aroma of
jasmine flowers.
10. Don't marinate in your sadness. You
are not a steak, you are a person, you are irreplaceable.
Open yourself up to
contentment.
Let happiness overcome your sadness. You deserve to be happy.
If life is a game and you are the referee, be biased
-
let happinesswin.
nmq/nmf
