FILL LIFE WITH FRISKY FEELINGS

Does it happen to you? Suddenly, fo no o!"ious eason, you sin# in the !lues, lose
you $est and "i%& You ha"e no spa# left 'hi(h %eans no spiit to li"e life to the full&
This happens despite the fa(t )you #no' it* that the hu%an !ody has li%itless stoe of
ene+y& This #eeps ene'in+ auto%ati(ally& Li#e afte si, hous of sound sleep& This
%eans that the %oe you use, the %oe you ha"e& That you should !e a!le to 'o# fo
lon+ hous 'ithout physi(al o %ental fati+ue&
D Donald Laid points out 'e use ene+y in t'o diffeent 'ays- in "isually seen
a(ti"ities, and patly non.seen a(ti"ities& /ody fun(tions li#e !eathin+, heat.!eatin+
and othe auto%ati( fun(tions !elon+ to the fo%e (ate+oy& Ene+y is also used, fo
e,a%ple, in had thin#in+ 'hi(h !elon+s to the latte (lass& 0oe is (onsu%ed in
'oyin+ and othe fustatin+ ne+ati"e feelin+s&
If you find youself sapped up o dained out, you should as# youself the eason&
1Why? When ene+y should !e a%ple 'hat unseen a(ti"ity is dainin+ %e out?1
You ae half.ali"e, stu(# in a ut, follo'in+ deadenin+ outine, hatin+ it, !ut also
shin#in+ a'ay fo% anythin+ disuptin+ it& You +o thou+h life, 'apped up in a tiny
!undle, 'ondein+ 'hy life has !e(o%e a seial of %onotony, nothin+ness, fustation
and "oid&
Life is as inteestin+ as e"e& It is you 'ho ha"e 2de(ayed2& 0any thin+s ha"e
happened& You ha"e e,peien(ed failue, set!a(#s and disappoint%ents& You +i"e up&
You a((ept defeat and sin# into despai3 then, !e+in to 'allo' in it4si+n of self.pity,
the 'ost of hu%an feelin+s&
You de"elop the ha!it of (losin+ the %ind to anythin+ that is ne', diffeent o diffi(ult&
You ne"e +i"e youself the (han(e to ty so%ethin+ ne'& If you 'ant to add "i% to
you life, you ha"e to put life into you li"in+&
You eyes %ay !e open in the sense that you do not hit posts o 'al# into the
on(o%in+ tu(#& /ut %entally, you %ay !e fa a'ay& Thou+h the eye %ay see, the
%ind does not ta#e it in& Life !e(o%es %onotonous !e(ause you ae not eally pat of
it&
You a"et you +a$e !e(ause so%e!ody %ay 'ant you to do so%ethin+, o e"eal a
desie to da' (lose to you in te%s of see#in+ lo"e o fiendship&
You end as !ein+ a (uiosity.see#e, one 'ho s'a%s 'hee an a((ident has o((ued
'ithout any intention of endein+ help&
No!ody is +oin+ to ad"ise you to 5u%p head fist into e"eythin+ that (o%es you 'ay&
/ut if you 'ant to !eat listlessness, you 'ill ha"e to !e esponsi"e to people and ty to
li#e the% than disli#e the%& You 'ill ha"e to !e easona!ly tustful, not al'ays
suspi(ious and on you +uad&
Fea, fustation o 5ealousy upset the !alan(e of life, +lands and auto%ati( fun(tions&
The tou(hie you ae the %oe ene+y you 'aste on (onfli(ts, (lashes and iitations&
6ny 'oth'hile inteest de%ands 7uite a !it of effot and (on(entation& When 'e
!e(o%e inteested, 'e +et enthusiasti(, and thee is nothin+ li#e enthusias% fo
!eatin+ !oedo%&
D No%an 8in(et 9eale says, 16 %an 'ill su((eed at al%ost anythin+ fo 'hi(h he has
unli%ited enthusias%&1
The oi+inal %eanin+ of the Gee# 'od enthusias% is 1God in you1 o 1Full of God1&
This %eans a peson 'ith enthusias% has a supenatual po'e& He (an lod o"e
o!sta(les, diffi(ulties and a(hie"e the nea i%possi!le&
D 9eale says, 1&&&you (an put !ehind you effots, the po'e of you (on"i(tion&
Enthusias% is thus a(ti"ated, de"elops and stats 'o#in+&1 He +oes on 16nd 'hen
eal !unin+ enthusias% fo so%ethin+ +ets in"ol"ed, you pesuasi"e po'es ae
eno%ously in(eased&1 He (alls it 1pesuasi"e enthusias%1&
If you 'ant to !eat lifelessness, do not sit !a(# and !ood& Do so%ethin+ a!out it& Do
not feel !lue& /e(o%e out'ad.loo#in+&
1Without enthusias%, nothin+ +eat 'as e"e a(hie"ed1, 'ote Ralph Waldo E%eson&
With enthusias%, an a"ea+e %an has !oundless possi!ilities fo su((essful
a(hie"e%ent&
The (apa(ity to de"elop fie in one2s !elly does not depend on 'hethe o not one 'as
!on 'ith o 'ithout (etain (haa(teisti(s& When so%eone feels ha!itually tied out
and fed up 'ith life, it (an !e physi(al ill health& :sually, ho'e"e, it is not& Su(h a
(ondition is apt to !e a %atte of ha"in+ adopted a faulty %ental appoa(h to life&
Willia% ;a%es, the +eat psy(holo+ist, e,pessed the pes(iption li#e this- 1E"ey sot
of ene+y and enduan(e of (oua+e and (apa(ity fo handlin+ life2s e"ils is set fee in
those 'ho ha"e eli+ious faith&1
10y philosophy of life is to do +ood and ha"e a +ood ti%e& Life is not 'oth li"in+, I
thin#, if 'e do not help othes and en5oy !ein+ ali"e&1
1The fou !est thin+s I ha"e found in this 'old ae #no'led+e, %oney, #indness and
fun& If I ha"e in(eased these, then %y life has had so%e "alue&1
It is al'ays 'oth e%e%!ein+ that a sin+le thou+ht (an tansfo% a life& 1E"ey day
is a ne' life to a 'ise %an&1
6 peson 'ho (o%plains that his 5o! #ills his enthusias% is only half doin+ the 5o!& He
%ay not ha"e leaned enou+h a!out it& He %ay !e %issin+ fas(inatin+ possi!ilities
i+ht unde his nose& He %ay !e e,pe(tin+ spe(ta(ula esults too soon&
6 s(ientist %ay plod on 'ith e,pei%ents and in"esti+ations day afte day fo yeas,
'ithout podu(in+ anythin+ of "alue& He is disappointed, he %ust (ontinue to see ea(h
ne' day as a +eat oppotunity fo ea(hin+ so%e +oal o +ettin+ neae to so%e
ulti%ate ta+et&
It %ay !e to lean to do so%ethin+ eally 'ell& <ne of the finest e(ipes fo de"elopin+
+eate enthusias% is- si%ply stat leanin+ so%ethin+ ne'&
6nothe lesson is to !e found in a (o%paison of t'o %en 'ho !oth etied in
easona!le health at a!out the sa%e ti%e& <ne 'as e%!itteed !e(ause his fi% 'ould
not allo' hi% po%otion& He (a%e to e+ad it as the end of eal life& He li"es on
e+ets and %e%oies&
The othe %an da's up fo hi%self a plan, and stats li"in+ a ne' life& He is no'
doin+ %any of the thin+s he had pe"iously 'anted to find ti%e to do&