FEED YOUR WINNING SELF | | One evening a Grandmother told her grand-daughter about a battle that goes on inside people. She said, "Life is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."
The girl thought about it, then asked, "Which wolf wins?"
The old woman simply replied, "The one you feed."
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"What will you do with your one wild life?" Mary Oliver
| | "Move over, misery. Happiness may love company even more. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and UCSD found that happiness may stem more from a group effort than from one person's lifestyle and choices. The 20-year study of 5,000 individuals shows that a person's positive emotional state is actually contagious, affecting not only her immediate social circle, but her friends' friends', and even her friends' friends' friends'. The upbeat vibes ripple out to touch those she's never met, with the effects lasting up to a year. Even better news? Sadness can't hold a candle to this kind of emotional contagion. So why not start your own cheerful chain reaction? Do something today that lifts your spirits, and you'll be sending out waves of contentment to those around you - and beyond." from body+soul magazine May 2009
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