Many
years ago, while on a training course, a lecturer
burst into the room in a bad mood.
I
sat on a table of six and we all thought it
was because of something we'd done the night
before - largely because we'd all had a bit
too much to drink and had got up to some boyish
antics. But that wasn't it.
The
bad mood actually had nothing to do with us
at all. It had been staged to make a point.
The
point being communicated to us on that day
was how a first impression counts and how
it effects other people.
Why
am I telling you this?
A
few years ago I discovered that some days
I found it easy to get. While on other days
I didn't want to get up at all. I then found
that the days I wanted to get up were the
days when I was doing something I enjoyed
or was looking forward to.
Then
I found that when I was getting up to do something
entertaining I enjoyed the process of getting
up. In fact when I had set it up before going
to be, I even woke up with a smile - in the
same way I do when it's my birthday!
So
I made a list of the ten things I love doing
first thing in the morning and made sure that
the first part of my day involved being with
as many of these things as possible.
I
love 'sunshine' music like Bill Withers Lovely
day, Katrina and the Waves, Walking
on Sunshine, Louis Armstrong's What
a Wonderful World, the less-known Boo
Radleys, Wake up it's a Beautiful Morning
and I'm too Sex.y for My Shirt, by
Right Said Fred. I often play these.
I
love running or walking in the cool of the
morning just as the sun rises over the Mendip
hills and the heat immediately begins to penetrate
my skin.
Other
things that can set me up for the day are
taking a meditative walk in the garden with
a hot drink in my hands and taking a slow
shower and letting the water tingle over my
shoulders.
I
also like things that make me laugh in the
mornings U tube has become a real plus in
this way.
The
scene in Anger Management when Jack
Nicholson screeches Adam Sandler to a halt
and then forces him to 'De-fluster' by singing
'I feel pretty', is a favourite. As the rush
hour drivers zipped by shouting insults this
clip made me laugh harder than almost any
movie scene I can remember. Have a look here
Recently
a friend tipped us off on the Laughing
yoga, since then he's become a regular
at the beginning of my working day. My daughter
also loves Guinea
pigs fighting over cucumber and this has
sent her off to school skipping down the road
and laughing.
If
I'm feeling political or have a feeling that
the world is not all it could be I enjoy a
little Endless Love between two political
leaders. Click
here
So why am
I saying all this?
I believe
making the right impression is important,
but especially important when you make it
on yourself. Lots of people want to know how
to manifest their hearts desire.
They
see these things as a house or a car or a
holiday, but when it's all stripped down all
any of us want is happiness and love.
We
find happiness and love much more readily
when we put a smile on our face, feel at peace
and can see beauty in other people.
