Are you feeling down？
Here's how to bring joy back into your lie
April 02， 2009
A divorced woman we'll call sandy says she hated reflecting on the town she grew up in. sandy had bad memories of her first marriage there.
"But，" says Sandy， "one day I called my 83-year-old mother. I told Mom that we should walk around our hometown and reflect on the good times. We talked about the joys of my grandmother's house， hiding Easter eggs， and how we grew ecstatic when the carnival came to town."
Sandy emphasizes that focusing on joyful moments in the past， present and future makes her now feel in control of her life. "Hard days are a lot easier if you've had an ongoing infusion of joy."
"I practiced finding joyful moments a lot over this past summer"， says Sandy. "It's a good thing I did. When I ran into my ex-husband's sister， she tried to slam me with hurtful words. I [just] kept smiling."
Sandy knows that joy is an armor of self-protection. If we layer it on often enough， it even begins to spread.
Side effects of joy
Before Sandy started trying to access joy， she says she was too tired to exercise and didn't take much pride in her appearance. If your physical appearance needs work or your house is messy， you might ask yourself it you're lacking joy. it's the ticket to turning things around.
Ever notice that it takes less energy to spiff things up when you're feeling good？ You can whiz through bed making， bathroom cleanups， and carpooling with less stress. Most of us can stick with a diet， stick with exercise， and get more work done for our employer if we energize ourselves with joyful thoughts and feelings.
Vocabulary Focus
Overwhelming （adj）壓倒性的，莫大的
Very great or strong， difficult to fight against
Dwell on （prh）老是想著，細(xì)思
To think or talk about a particular subject for too long， especially one that is unpleasant or not important any more
Get a kick out of （idiom）得到極大的樂趣
To enjoy doing something very much
Ecstatic （adj）欣喜若狂的
Extremely happy
Infusion（n）注入，灌入
The addition of one thing to another to make it stronger or better
Here's how to bring joy back into your lie
April 02， 2009
A divorced woman we'll call sandy says she hated reflecting on the town she grew up in. sandy had bad memories of her first marriage there.
"But，" says Sandy， "one day I called my 83-year-old mother. I told Mom that we should walk around our hometown and reflect on the good times. We talked about the joys of my grandmother's house， hiding Easter eggs， and how we grew ecstatic when the carnival came to town."
Sandy emphasizes that focusing on joyful moments in the past， present and future makes her now feel in control of her life. "Hard days are a lot easier if you've had an ongoing infusion of joy."
"I practiced finding joyful moments a lot over this past summer"， says Sandy. "It's a good thing I did. When I ran into my ex-husband's sister， she tried to slam me with hurtful words. I [just] kept smiling."
Sandy knows that joy is an armor of self-protection. If we layer it on often enough， it even begins to spread.
Side effects of joy
Before Sandy started trying to access joy， she says she was too tired to exercise and didn't take much pride in her appearance. If your physical appearance needs work or your house is messy， you might ask yourself it you're lacking joy. it's the ticket to turning things around.
Ever notice that it takes less energy to spiff things up when you're feeling good？ You can whiz through bed making， bathroom cleanups， and carpooling with less stress. Most of us can stick with a diet， stick with exercise， and get more work done for our employer if we energize ourselves with joyful thoughts and feelings.
Vocabulary Focus
Overwhelming （adj）壓倒性的，莫大的
Very great or strong， difficult to fight against
Dwell on （prh）老是想著，細(xì)思
To think or talk about a particular subject for too long， especially one that is unpleasant or not important any more
Get a kick out of （idiom）得到極大的樂趣
To enjoy doing something very much
Ecstatic （adj）欣喜若狂的
Extremely happy
Infusion（n）注入，灌入
The addition of one thing to another to make it stronger or better