Radio Paradise

There are also several other titles by Seligman that deal with happiness and overcoming learned helplessness. Someone recommended that I read this, and I was quite optimistic when I went out and got the book.

Now I am looking forward to actually reading it some day.

{#Frustrated}

Manbird

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:25pm
cookinlover wrote: I'm in the mood to join right now. Let's both join! There's no law against holding hands and skipping... at least not yet...

cookinlover

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:12pm
Manbird wrote: You can join the soroptimists - I bet they're generally pretty optimistic. When they get done being sore. I'm in the mood to join right now.

Manbird

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:10pm
You can join the soroptimists - I bet they're generally pretty optimistic. When they get done being sore.

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:04pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Baseball. More specifically: The Cubs.

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:04pm
epic skulduggery...

ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:02pm
Baseball.

oldviolin

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 8:01pm
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: That, I recommend. 10, 2 and 4

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 7:59pm
samiyam wrote: I go to the local 7-11 store, I buy a half a dozen Slim Jims, A large Dr. Pepper, and a copy of Sports Illustrated and sit down in the shade... No red vines? EPIC FAIL

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Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 7:53pm

peter_james_bond wrote:

I know this is going to sound odd but I don't care. I don't need a pill to get high, but I would love a drug, herb, method etc that would make me feel more optimistic. Optimism breeds confidence, which breeds motion, which breeds action, which leads to things getting done. Is there anything out there??? Is it possible to create optimism? Do you have a way to generate optimism? Please share your knowledge.

Adding thinner to paint does not make paint. It will give the hope that you finish the job though! {#Mrgreen}

KurtfromLaQuinta

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Location: Really deep in the heart of South California
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Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 9:08pm
samiyam wrote: I go to the local 7-11 store, I buy a half a dozen Slim Jims, A large Dr. Pepper, and a copy of Sports Illustrated and sit down in the shade... That, I recommend.

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Location: Really deep in the heart of South California
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Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 9:07pm
peter_james_bond wrote: Thank you RPeeps, you people are the greatest! There is a lot of wisdom in your replies. I'm starting to feel better already. I will spend more time with my kids, I will shake things up, I will get out of this rut, I will surround myself with optimism generators. But, I don't know about a press conference in my pajamas....or the Dodge... Works for me.

Alexandra

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Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 7:12pm

I create it when I realize that it feels so much better than the alternative. It's easier to revisit optimism when I remember how much bigger my world becomes when I operate within it....more doors and opportunities and other optimistic people seem to appear when I am in that space

I create it by maintaining a heart full of gratitude for every damn little thing in my life....

It also helps to have goals that I'm working toward....

oldviolin

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Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 7:10pm
hippiechick wrote: Letting go of our stories and being present. My stories are a large part of my presence... you can let go of your's if you wanna...

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Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 7:07pm
hippiechick wrote: Letting go of our stories and being present. "Its JUST a story!" ~ Adyashanti ~

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Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 7:03pm
Letting go of our stories and being present.

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Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 7:00pm
oldviolin wrote: Yep. I have to re learn that one quite often it seems... Me too. Like, every time. I'm smart that way.

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