To multiply your happiness, divide it with others
Fortune Cookie Wisdom makes us think, even the cute ones that talk about how someone’s stink maybe perfume to someone else.
I love people, animals, gardening, and anything to do with nature.
Mitakuye Oyasin means we are all related. (Lakota) We all have a connection with each other. We have been given the gift of life, the earth, plants, and animals. We’ve heard these words many times in our lives, but have we really heard them. Even Disney celebrates the gifts of Mother Earth in the lyrics to Circle of Life.
Which
brings me to why multiplying happiness is so important to me.
Sadness
is contagious.
Anger
is contagious.
Frowning
is contagious.
Emotions
are contagious.
Smiling
is contagious.
And
most of all happiness is contagious.
Sometimes when life messes with me, I just have to go outside and let nature envelop me. Let the sunshine on my face and warm my soul. It stimulates peace for me, which in turn makes me happy.
I want to spread happiness. I don’t want to be remembered as that woman who was always unhappy, never smiling, bitter, etc. Life hasn’t been perfect for me. Trust me, I could tell you some things about my life that’d make your soul weep. But I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to hold onto the sadness or anger.
Like
I could change what happened anyway…so I’ve accepted it. Allowed it to bruise
me, superglued the cracks in my heart and soul, and refused to let the tragedies
keep me down. I’ve picked myself up off the ground and wiped off those bloody
knees and was determined to not let it ruin me. (Although, I will admit some
things took longer to recuperate.)
I found that helping people and keeping a positive attitude is an excellent way to spread happiness. Because, oh my goodness, how well do happiness and contentment feel? Why not share the warmth in your heart?
Smile, and watch people smile back.
Pay it forward.
To you, all my brothers and sisters, I offer a virtual hug. And if we ever meet at an author event, chances are, I’m giving out hugs. They’re free you know!
Have a good moments day,
Pam
Ackerson
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Pamela
Ackerson’s storytelling all began with her younger brother,
creating wonderful children’s stories on vacation trips to keep him
occupied. Later, she started writing poems and short stories as a
teen.
Born
and raised in Newport, RI where history is a way of life, Pam lives
on the Space Coast of Florida where you are encouraged to reach for
the stars. She’s just a hop, skip, and jump from Orlando and Disney
World, where imagination and fantasy abounds. She has three children,
all girls, three grandchildren, and a wonderful husband who puts up
with her writer quirks.
Pam
may have majored in child psychology with a minor in English, but her
distinguished choice of careers never made fruition. Instead, life
led her to work in restaurants, interior decorating, owning an
advertising business, content editor for a publishing house, teaching
and owning a ballroom dance studio, and real estate investments. She
is a practicing herbalist and has been involved in the use of natural
treatment with raw herbs for over thirty years. As her day job, she
currently works as the V.P. of Marketing and Advertising for the book
review magazine, Affaire de Coeur.
I have read The Wilderness Series Books. I really enjoyed them.
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