Misery is almost always the result of thinking too much

Our Guest post today is from Dr. Randy Bungga:

I’m sure who said the above, but it’s a lesson many of us have learned in dealing with the Filipinos. Some would say is a miserable country, fully of poverty, corruption, and misery But ask any Filipina what their secret to happiness is – and the answer, 11 times out of 13 will be – I don’t think so much!

And what dear reader – are you thinking about right now? Why yourself probably! Stop it .. Lose the ego !! it’s not about you! And stop listening to pop music. As Rob Gordon so well put it in High Fidelity: What came first, the music or the misery? So turn off that silly ipod, turn off the TV, and think about the Top 5 things you can do this week to help someone else.

The mind is the master over every kind of fortune… being the cause of its own happiness and misery. Seneca

How to Win Friends

In actual fact, nobody really cares or thinks about anything but themselves. Just about everyone you deal with – at work, at school, or in the shopping mall – is just as self-absorbed as you!!!

So, if you want people to like you, respect you, or even shag you, just remember this: It’s not about you. It’s about them. Always, all the time, and forever, it’s about them. Do not ever (and I mean ever), talk about yourself, your dogs, or what inane TV show you watched last night.

Would you like to make friends with someone? Attract more members of the opposite sex? Be more liked by your boss? Ask them how their health is! They will talk for hours about their problems. Aching backs, migraines, haemorrhoids, high blood pressure…the list never ends. Surveys by the esteemed Dr. Randy Bungga have shown that 8 out of 11 people think they are suffering more than anyone they know, and 3 out of the 11 think they have an incurable disease.

I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth

This is my little blog about life, and the things I learned along the way. I was once in a very dark place – no happiness, no joy, no love, – and how I was able to pick myself up and create a wonderful, special and fulfilling life. My only goal now is to spread the word…teach others what I’ve learned before I leave this glorious and wonderful planet, and maybe, just maybe, get a chance to share it with Oprah … or at least at AA.