Would you like to create a happy home? Good advice is rare but certainly worth noting down when you come across it, writes Pete Wargent for the Property Update. In his most recent article he shares one of the most profound pieces of advice he has ever received. And its a good one!
Motivational books and the usual (sometimes unusual) draw of self-help gurus help a lot. While many such advice recede out of memory with time, some of them truly have the capacity to change lives.
A brilliant exercise
Wargent talks about a brilliant piece of advice on positive thinking which can reshape our stance in life. It asks us to be positive for 7 whole days. To explain, one must not entertain any negative thoughts for a period of 7 days. This is a utopian idea as humans are bound to suffer from negative thoughts. The exercise asks us to restrain such negative phases upto a maximum of 30 seconds. Thus, even if you encounter negativity for a continuous duration of 45 seconds on the 5th or 6th day of this one-week exercise, you are recommended to begin afresh.
Simple but not easy
If completed successfully, the exercise has the power to create a much more positive person out of you. While a few may find this exercise relatively easy because they are blessed with an inherent optimism, others may have to keep trying it over and over again till they succeed. Wargent rightly points out that the decision to live happily or gloomily is ours.
A happy you for a happy home
I think that this exercise is nothing short of one of the best pieces of advice. It can be a great mantra to release the negativity around all of us. Often we make the mistake of filling our homes with negative energy. We do not do it deliberately but it happens because the homes reflect our personality. Such advices can go a long way in brightening our stance towards life and filling our homes with a sense of cheerfulness. Proper use of space and colours can brighten a home and such jolliness unfailingly begins to reflect in our positivity too.
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Do you agree that a bright home makes us cheerful and our cheerfulness further brightens our homes? I invite your opinion.