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Christine Webber

Get the Happiness Habit

  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    suddenly learned you’re going to die today.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    And that’s interesting, because what I’ve found with my own clients is that when they write things down on paper, they seem to remember strategies better and really take them on board.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    What is achievable and desirable is a feeling of quiet optimism and contentment and well-being. I often say to my own patients that it’s as simple as being able to wake up in the morning and to say, with confidence: ‘I’m OK.’ People are not able to do that if they are unhappy or lacking in appropriate regard for themselves – or if their expectations are unrealistic.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    So, let’s not pursue perfection. Or try to match impossible expectations. Let’s keep things real.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    But anyone who seeks perfection is bound to fail. Life isn’t perfect. And yet people hanker after it.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    And I have frequently seen people in healthy, sustaining relationships who have been convinced that they must find something better because these romances are not ‘perfect’.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    happy depends not only on how well things are going overall, but whether they are going better than expected.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    researchers at University College London
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    We, on the other hand, live in stimulating times. And through the explosion of media outlets we are much more aware than previous generations of commercial possibilities and what other people own and do.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    Basically, we all want happiness for ourselves and for those we love.
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