National Pursuit of Happiness Week Day Six

Yippee!! Feeling Absolutely Fabulous with the Day Six Challenge of National Pursuit of Happiness Week.

Without further ado…

Life without touch leads to depression. Healthy touch leads to Happiness.

Give a Hug~Get a Hug!

Are your daily actions taking you to or from Happiness?

Do you feel you are getting enough physical contact for health and happiness in your life? Did you even know that it is important to have touch?

Back in the 50’s there were a whole heap of studies done with baby monkeys. Some crazy, mad scientist-types took some baby monkeys away from their mums. And they fed the little ones with bottles. But, the ghastly things is, they then didn’t have any contact with other living beings. They became very disturbed and unhealthy, unhappy monkeys who got sick and died. (The monkeys also had some severe anger problems.)

The result were that the baby monkeys would rather cuddle a pretend monkey! (A rather nasty kind of robot feeding machine with fur.) And to top it off, it wasn’t feeding enough to nourish them physically. The monkeys would rather have a faux cuddle, than head on over to a cold, metal container where they could get as much food as they wanted.

Conclusion: pretend hugs are better than no hugs!!! Yikes!

(Oh golly…I hope the story of the baby monkeys hasn’t made you sad. First time I read the study (which had pictures too) I burst into tears.) Quick…read on and cheer up darling…the silver lining is coming…

All sentient beings crave touch! So, go ahead … be the official giver-outta-of-hugs today! Now, be nice! Not everyone is ready for you to go up and hug ’em. So make sure you ask first.

Too big a step? Go get a massage or a reflexology. Try a reiki session. Cuddle your cat or dog.

Report back…it was good wasn’t it?

So, I ask again, Are your Daily Actions moving you to or from Happiness?

Are you ready to commit to Choose Happy?

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