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I'm happy about nothing a lot.  A LOT!  And really, that just makes me happier... even when I've got stuff I could be unhappy about (and who doesn't??) I'm pretty much happy... how does it get even better than that??

If you are wondering how this could be, its simple... I choose happy!  I've tried the other options... they didn't really work for me!!  So I just keep choosing happy. Even when it doesn't feel like I can...

Now, sometimes that looks like finding the darkest humour in some crazy situation... and sometimes it is the lightest of lightness of just being... it doesn't matter... it's still a form of happy and I never judge where happy comes from!!

In choosing happy, a lot more happy comes my way... would you be willing to choose happy, no matter what?  For absolutely no reason except that you can?  I wonder what could change in your world if you did?

If you start choosing happy you might find that you are present with a whole new set of possibilities... rather than the list of impossibilities that are making you unhappy!

You might also find that people want to play with you a whole lot more... instead of wondering what the hell it would take for you to be happy just once!  And you could discover that being happy is fun... and easier by far than being unhappy!  Have you ever noticed that happy people seem to have a whole lot more energy and zing?  There's a reason for that!! 

When we have been unhappy for a while it sometimes feels a little weird to just start choosing happy.  What does that feel like again?  Happy?  I remember happy... (I do?? Really?) Yes... you really do, even if it doesn't feel like it in this ten seconds!

Look for your happy in spontaneous moments ...like unexpectedly finding Lindt chocolate in your laptop bag late at night ... or teaching the dog to dance (not so successful... but very funny!) ... or running into a favourite friend when you really need to see someone who just loves you for you... wow... it's all just happy!

Or you could find your happy through gratitude... everytime I hear friends talk about their corporate jobs I find my happy very quickly!  No longer working for power-obsessed, politically motivated, unaware idiots is something I truly am grateful for - every single day (and it's been over 4 years since I escaped the lunatic asylum!!!) 

And of course I find my happy in my work - I truly do love my work... and I love what I can contribute to this world through my work... and that creates a whole lot of happy in my universe! (Have you got my free Love Your Work e-coaching yet?  It's designed to create happy too!!)

And of course, you can just make people think you are really really really weird by being happy just because you can... no other reason... in fact no reason at all. (Funnily enough, doing this actually makes me happy too... I receive a strange pleasure in BEing totally different to what people expect!)  Happy about nothing is literally the simplest and fastest way to get happy - it's just a choice!!

So you see... happy can be anywhere... and everywhere!  What would it take for you to choose it?

(Yep, it's a Pollyanna moment... a long happy one... that pretty much never needs to end... unless you choose unhappy!) How do you keep your happy intact?  I would love to know!

Artist Kate Hartman takes us on a tour of communication that makes the world look just a little different to the everyday... Her TED talk is quirky, creative and offers an intriguing underlying message about how we can all connect with each other and the things around us in unexpected ways...

Some of us already recognise that everything has energy... Kate takes us to a place where we can visually tap into that energy and see different possibilities for communication.  I found the part about glaciers especially insightful... how do we connect and communicate with people who have a glacial exterior?   Enjoy!

I had a great giggle at this... it made me ask a lot of questions :)



I loooooooove how this girl gave each of these people the opportunity to see the world differently!!

• How much do we have fixed points of view about how things 'should be'?
• How much do we love to control the outcomes rather than go with the flow?
• How much do our expectations dictate our responses?
• How much judgment are we willing to receive for doing things 'my way'?
• How much joy is there in having no point of view about something being 'right or wrong'?
• How much freedom could we have if we found the humour in everything we experience?
• How much fun can we have NOT meeting everyone else's expectations?

Just a few of the ideas that came to mind as I giggled my way through this playful video... enjoy your Friday!!
xox
Lisa

Close your eyes for a moment and think about a food you really love to eat, something that when it slides off the spoon into your mouth creates a burst of pleasure for your tastebuds…  (I’m thinking of condensed milk caramel… yummmmmmm)

Now think of eating it off a cheap plastic spoon… how does that affect your pleasure?  What about off a standard aluminum or stainless steel spoon?  Any better?  Now imagine being fed this same food off a beautiful silver spoon by someone you find totally luscious and gorgeous… does this feel so much more amazing?

How often are we taking the least pleasurable path, when with just a little more effort we could immerse ourselves in a total panorama of pleasure?  What are the possibilities of you looking at some of the things you do everyday and asking how you could add just a little more pleasure into those activities?

When my Nanna died, we found no less than 8 unused dinner sets sitting around in cupboards… she had beautiful things which she saved for ‘good’ – we are good, now is the time!  Would you be willing to set  your pleasure panorama wider and higher?  What if pleasure could expand into every little area of our lives… how much could we have to be grateful for and to love?

If you want to play with more pleasure possibilities, the Brisbane Bliss Lounge will allow you to walk the pleasure plank with joy… come and play!  June 8 – Bookings Essential!

(Image: Pinterest)

So this week I discovered that an addiction to the Words With Friends iPhone app isn't quite enough for me... now there is Unblock Me!  Oh my darling heart!

This simple game is all about moving the red block through the gap on the right by rearranging the blocks.  I started playing as a way of unblocking my creativity when writing... the simple actions of moving the blocks about creates some sort of natural flow.  How does it get even better than that?

What was interesting to discover as I got progressively more and more addicted to playing, is how Unblock Me is like a metaphor for everything that is blocked in our life!  Here's what I see:

• Sometimes you have to move the red block 'backwards' to make progress.
• Whatever linear answer you come up with will probably not work. Go for the next easiest move instead.
• When you least expect it, the solution appears.
• When you hit a really annoying traffic jam, its easier to start the game again, taking a different route.
• When you come to a conclusion about what the solution looks like you go round in circles and get nowhere.
• It doesn't really matter how many steps you take, as long as you're enjoying the game ;-)
• No matter what the journey looks like, the last few moves are always fast and easy and you wonder why you didn't see the solution sooner!
• When you focus on moving the red block through the hole rather than what's in the way, it's a fast game!
• Some of the hardest looking puzzles can be solved the quickest if we don't take the point of view they are hard. None of it is ever as hard as we think.(Time to stop thinking? lol)
• Mostly we don't have to move nearly as many blocks as we think ;-)
• If we really get stuck, leave that game and go play another, when we come back the solution will be effortless!
• When you go with the flow and play intuitively, solutions appear out of nowhere (love that!!).

I have been talking to lots of people feeling blocked in different ways lately, maybe its time for a whole lot more play in your life??

Somehow play makes our world look completely different. Maybe because when we play, we give up all the fantasies of what things 'should' be... and just allow them to BE? (And when we BE, we can see what else is possible!!)

It's Friday... go play some games and unblock yourself so you can have a gorgeously blissful weekend! 
xox
Lisa
(PS. What's your favourite app for relaxing your mind?  Share in the comments below for the rest of us to add to our addictions please!!)

This just makes me giggle...



Make a choice!  What would bring you joy today??

When I came across this video, all I could think was wow, wouldn't it be fun to create 'works of art' like this and leave them in unexpected places?



The music is a bach cantata and this is actually an advert for a wooden mobile phone... sometimes advertising can be fun!

(Found via The Fox is Black... home of awesomeness in art & design!)

Very playful video with a beautiful message... play is the source of bliss (and a whole lot more!)  I love her opening line - very cheeky!

Have a playful Friday!
x Lisa

Walking your talk offers a short path to bliss!  Here's a little Happy Feet inspiration... if you haven't seen this movie, give yourself an uplifting gift... beautiful!  (I'm so grateful for my niece and nephew... I must be on about the 50th rerun now... lol!)




Comment Bliss - What gives you happy feet?
Share your BlissBlast:  Where are your happy feet taking you?  Tell us about it!!

x
Lisa

This is fun... how much joy could you have if you gave up mass media for a while? And what if you started ignoring the fun police?   What would you be willing to contribute to the world instead?



Comment Bliss - What can you contribute?
Share your BlissBlast:  What are you choosing to do or be today that will allow you to spread joy?  Tell us about it!!

x
Lisa