Forget and Smile

"Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad."
Christina Rossetti

Do you remember things that make you sad? Do you have a hard time forgetting them? We are built to remember things better that we felt a lot of emotion about as they happened. And unfortunately we remember things we felt negative emotion about more easily than things we felt positive emotion about. The psychologist and brain researcher Dr Rick Hanson describes our brains as "Velcro for negativity and Teflon for positivity". This can be disasterous for our overall happiness. We have to actively work to overcome it.

We can actively question our thoughts. Remember that just because you beleive something doesn't mean it is the truth. Your mind often gets delusions and makes mistakes about things.
We can let go of our disturbing thoughts. The Sedona method is often very helpful for doing this. It is important to realize that our emotions are not part of us, they can be let go of.
Finally we can really work to pay more attention to the positive things in our lives so that we will remember them more.

If we can just forget our negative experiences by focusing on the more positive ones, we will be much better off. We simply can't be happy if we are aware of the negative all the time. It is much better to forget the negative things in your life, and smile.

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