Father and Son

This is my medical store. It's a 24 hour store. I took my son Shivam there to see and be aware of what we have in life. Even if he still young I tried to show him and tell him the importance of a medical store. Most of the kids only wanted to play and play. Yes, Shivam has his time to play but whenever I'm around he sees to it that he have time for us together. I know my son is happy of what he is knowing about facts of life. Gradually, I'm opening his eyes of what life is. How life is going, how hard is life, how sad is life. But the most important thing is that I showed my son how happy is life. I want my son to learn things in life even if he is still a kid. I want to prepare my son, not only physically but spiritually wise. I'm glad that he is a kid that he has potential to be like me in the future.

Laughter is the Best Medicine

The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused. – Shirley Maclaine

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot see it from themselves. – Sir James Matthew Barrie

Humor is just another defense against the universe. – Mel Brooks

Humor is a rubber sword—it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. – Mary Hirsch

Nobody ever died of laughter. – Max Beerbohm

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. – Charlie Caplin

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. – Will Rogers

He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh. – The Koran

Laughter is the closest distance between two people. – Victor Borge

Reference: Donna Gephart

How Happy Can You Get?

“Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp,” novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne once wrote, “but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” And yet, in his provocative and scholarly Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile (Oxford, British Psychologist Daniel Nettle finds that human beings are born with a preset level of happiness that may fluctuate during their lives but that remains basically unchanging.

Interestingly, most people rate themselves as “moderately to very happy” while persisting in the belief that they’ll be happier in the future. Our tireless drive toward happiness is simply evolution’s way of getting us out of bed in the morning. The possibility of good fortune lures us to go on, to achieve, to try header but following a period of euphoric adjustment to, say, a job promotion or a new romance, we slip back to our preprogrammed level of contentment. This phenomenon can be traced to “adaptation”—whereby having achieved their ambitions, human beings unconsciously up the ante.

At the same time, the author unearths a few everyday characteristics shared by people who say they are happy, including good health, a feeling of autonomy, and social connectiveness.

Reference: Peter Smith

Stop Tears in their Tracks

Although crying can be a healthy release, sometimes the setting isn’t right for shedding a tear. For instance, it’s a good bet you don’t want to blubber in front of your coworkers. Try this advice to increase your odds of keeping your cool.

APPLY PRESSURE Poking your fingertip with a paper clip helps shift your focus and activate the part of the brain that controls impulse. More control means fewer tears.

JUST OUT YOUR JAW As soon as your eyes start to well up, push your jaw forward in an exaggerated underbite. Apparently it’s difficult to sob and make a silly face at the same time, the two actions aren’t compatible.

TAKE IT OUTSIDE Going for a quick walk helps fend off the sobs in three ways: Removing yourself from the situation restores a sense of calm. Doing something active stimulates feel-good endorphins that can counter a weepy mood. And if you still cry, well at least you’re our of sight.

Reference: Cristina Tudino

Happy Face Mug

There are a lot of thing we can do to make us happy. It depends on us on how we will do it. I'm sure with this smiling mug, you will also be happy. Happy drinking.

Photo courtesy: larose