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Happy Blue Monday!

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:56 pm
by TheConfessor
Just hang on until tomorrow. Experts say it will be slightly less miserable.
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM ... Vdku1qsAaw

'Think positive' to win Blue Monday

11 hours ago

Positive thinking is the way to beat Blue Monday, a human behaviour specialist has said.

Bad weather, post-Christmas debts and failed New Year's resolutions are all thought to help make Monday the most depressing of 2008, with the highest number of suicides.

But Mike Finnigan, of corporate and personal development company Advance Performance, which specialises in human behaviour, said: "If you think about January 21 as 'Blue Monday' then the part of the brain known as the reticular deactivating system will immediately begin to focus on things that arise during the day.

"Associating a day with something such as an increase in negative or even suicidal thoughts is a very dangerous thing to do.

"The danger is, if you think that something is going to be 'blue', then it will naturally lead you to act negatively."

Mr Finnigan said scientific research had shown that the body language and intonation of a person with negative thoughts was likely to encourage others to respond in the same manner.

"Smile at everyone you meet," he advised. "Challenge yourself to be the best version of yourself, give up your seat on the bus, or do something small that will make someone's day.

"After all, you get out of life what you choose to focus on."

No Wilson Phillips from me!

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:21 pm
by CharlesFoxSingers
How does it feel to treat me like you do?
When you've your hands upon me
And told me who you are
I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me, how do I feel
Tell me now, How do I feel

Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They'll turn away no more
And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today

I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortune
I'd be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now, how should I feel

Now I stand here waiting...
I thought I told you to leave me
While I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold