Problems Can Be 'HAPPY PROBLEMS'

Problems Can Be 'HAPPY PROBLEMS'

C'mon, let us NOT shun off PROBLEMS because Problems Can Be 'HAPPY PROBLEMS', so WHY shun it off?  Frankly, i have had my fair share of problems in my life but I'll swear that approximately half of all my problems in life were HAPPY ones.  To say that we're living through challenging times sounds both a cliche and an understatement.  BUT when we look back at our lives, it is usually the most difficult challenges that gave us a new perspective or even grow the most💎💎💎

Of course, in the midst of a crisis, we really DON'T feel that way.  But we are always taught with coping mechanisms during those difficult times, enough to turn around problems to become HAPPY ones.  Besides our common sense approach, psychologists are pitching for POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, which is all about opening to what is happening, cultivating and even savoring the GOOD in our life.  If we develop that habit of COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS, we may be better able to appreciate the POSITIVE ASPECTS of life that remain even after a painful event like a job loss or an untimely death📌📌📌

So, how exactly can problems become HAPPY ones?  First off, psychologists recommend that practice of PURPOSELY FOCUSING your attention to the present moment and accepting it WITHOUT any judgment.  In practical terms, we are advised to SHARE SOME KINDNESS because research shows that people who volunteer their time tend to be happier than those who DON'T💊💊💊

Two decades back, while I had to manage and contain my own challenges in life, I volunteered as a Probation Officer with the Singapore Ministry of Culture and Development.  And It was during that phase when I realized my appreciation of having seen myself concretely helping someone else to be extricated from his plight.  The results DIDN'T happen overnight but by the time my Probatee completed the program, no less than his parents admitted to me that he has changed❗❗❗

In the midst of our problems, we will be akin to someone who does NOT know the basics of swimming but has been thrown out in the ocean.  While survival is key, if you have embedded in yourself that sense of gratefulness that you're alive and given the chance to survive, that puts you one foot in. And when you spin around to gain momentum, that's when PROBLEMS CAN BE HAPPY PROBLEMS✅✅✅