Taking a moment and doing something for yourself is one of the best mood lifters around. We spend too much time in the rat race going from person to person, job to job, activity to activity, and stressor to stressor. We get all wrapped up in what’s happening in our world and the worlds of those closest to us.
Taking some time, special, just for you, can change your life in ways you wouldn’t even imagine. When you do something that makes you feel good or happy, your body produces endorphins that keep pumping happy juice into your system for hours after. You’ll also raise your white cell count and give your immune system a handy little boost.
Doing something that makes you feel good NOW can raise your mood so much that you can still be feeling fabulous hours later. On top of that, when you feel good, you automatically feel inspired to make other people feel good. They say that misery loves company, but so does joy.
So take a little time today. How ever much you can afford. Sit on a park bench and feed the birds. Have a facial. Play a video game. Take a bath. Read a magazine. You know what you like. You know what you would want to spend some time doing. Chances are, there’s something in the back of your mind that you’ve been wanting to do for a while but you’ve been waiting until you had the time or energy. Do it today! You deserve it.
I’m going to take my own advice today. I intend to find at least 15 minutes to go outside and play in the grass with my dogs. I walk them and I run them but it’s always about the exercise for me and them or just the draining of their energy. I love them and we play, but today I want to make sure that we go outside and play hard for a good 15 minutes. Not because it’s good exercise or because they want my attention, but because I LOVE IT!
It’s so exhilarating to chase a dog and tug a rope and toss a ball. I swear they smile when we play outside. It makes all three of us feel wonderfully happy. I’m smiling now just thinking about it as I’m writing this!
I hope you have a wonderful day today :)
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