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Monday, Monday so good to me
The title is a song I can remember from childhood, I think it was the Mamas and the Papas. Monday is always good when we are up for it. All the Brits will, in the main, be having a good Monday, because today is a holiday. Today, many of my friends will be reaching for a wine glass and lighting the barbeque for a joyful outdoor meal with family and friends, unless, of course, we have some good old British rain.
Having had my own lovely, restful weekend, isolated from the troubles of my fellow man, I thought I would check out the world and listen to the news. Apart from the wars, rumours of wars and casualties, we have the economic disasters. In Britain, we have an extra helping of negativity from errant politicians abusing their expenses and rumblings of elements of the IRA re-forming. So I thought I would check my medical emails and got a full helping of another impending disaster heading our way: CAMRSA. You may be familiar with MRSA; well, we now have a variety - CA (community acquired) - that has the effect of giving flu sufferers a deadly form of pneumonia. So add a few stories of swine flu and the negative imagination can really have a field day, and for those with a negative tendency, it could be a lousy week all round.
To be happy is to be healthy
I wonder how many times in human history the same message of impending death and destruction has been passed around, from the plague to HIV. Man has lived with, and overcome, many infections; so here, in CAMRSA, is another one. The one thing that we know about physical well-being is that it is closely related to a healthy immune system. We also know that health and happiness go together. People that feel good have healthy and robust immune systems. These are the people who survive the pandemics, emerge from the leper colony un-infected and, despite all the odds, remain healthy. Or they are those who, having contracted a disease or cancer, come back to health.
The most powerful thing that we can all do to protect us from all forms of disease, physical, emotional and psychological, is to do things that make us happy and strengthen our immune system. Think of people like Lance Armstrong, who came back from testicular cancer to be seven-times winner of the Tour de France. If you listen to him talking, he is just so positive.
To be happy you may have to do something
So what will you do this week to keep you happy and healthy? That has to begin with doing things that make you feel good, to do something for you, maybe just for you. Something that gives you value, something that makes you feel special, something that you really enjoy.
If you have not completed your list from last week, keep it with you and focus on the positive and complete the task. Feeling good does not involve effort, but it does involve consistent and persistent action. Doing things that allow you to feel good are a joy, not a burden.
Have a wonderful week. The Wednesday blog is, shortly, turning into an advice slot: you know, Sean the agony aunt. So if you have any issues that you would benefit from a positive slant in line with ‘The Work’, ‘Ayurvedic psychology’, or ‘The Law of Attraction’, then send me an email. I would love to hear from you.
Take care, be happy
Sean x
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