What the truth is.

William Michael Forbes




If you are living “the truth” you will be happy. wmf

A Well Known Fact: Uncontrolled happiness is called manic, uncontrolled sadness, depression. The imbalance is caused by not knowing how to direct our energy where it will be most effective at producing what we want consistently.

A few good friends are a greater blessing than many acquaintances…

I’ve been very challenged emotionally lately, trying to deal with a situation that is outside my normal scope of experience. I’m usually the guy with “the answer”, and in my present situation…I haven’t been able to find the proper answer and it has led me to some very dark and scary places in my mind. I’ve felt like a wet shirt inside a washing machine, being churned mercilessly through the wash cycle.

Yesterday I had a good friend call me when I had reached the lowest point in my mind that I’ve been in in over thirty years. He listened to me talk about what I was thinking and feeling and then asked me a simple question, which will lead us into today’s activity on How to be happy in fifteen minutes or less. He asked me this question;

“What would you say describes the worst part about how you feel?” I thought about it for a moment then said;
“I feel like I’m completely worthless and helpless to do anything.” His first response to my statement was;

“William, it’s not true.”

I paused as I felt my mind take in the meaning of those words…’it’s not true that I’m worthless’ I felt myself beginning to laugh at his reply…then he said;

“If you feel bad it is a lie…if you feel good it is the truth.”

I repeated the statement to myself…and suddenly we both found ourselves laughing for the next twenty-five minutes, during which I’d occasionally stop and see if I still felt “bad” and when I felt or noticed bad…I realized it wasn’t true and we’d laugh for another while. I’ve been chuckling every five minutes since. Which brings us to today’s activity on how to be happy in fifteen minutes or less. For one minute each waking hour today, notice any negative feelings that you have inside and make this statement

“If I feel bad, it’s a lie.”

And also during each minute notice any positive feelings that you have and make the statement;

“If I feel good it is the truth.” Notice what you feel before, during and after each statement…and….

Have a great day!

William Michael Forbes

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