What can you do to make you feel better?

Vikki Stark,a psychologist in Montreal Canada,has named 21 things you can do to make you feel better. They are:

1. Take a walk and really connect with nature
2. Sing a song (any song) with gusto
3. Donate money, items or your time to a charity
4. Practice penmanship – beautifully write out the alphabet
5. Watch a stand-up comic on YouTube
6. Play with your dog or cat
7. Write an encouraging note to a friend or relative in need
8. Meditate for ten minutes
9. Do a drawing whether you’re a good artist or not
10. Listen (really listen) to music that you love
11. Bake something
12. Take a candlelit bath with spa music using essential oils
13. Do a twenty minute yoga or stretching video
14. Read a book or poem
15. Put on music and dance
16. Talk with your most supportive family member or friend
17. Sign up for a class to learn that thing that interests you
18. Close your eyes, sit up straight and take ten slow mindful breaths
19. Do a jigsaw puzzle
20. Write down three things for which you feel grateful
21. Zumba!  No one can feel down, when they’re doing Zumba.
22.  She states : "If you feel tempted to do one of the things on the list, do it!" 

She also says:" I’m sure you have a lot of reasons why not to do things; but once you find yourself leaning towards being active, go for it".
 
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more” 
Lord Byron                                                                                                                                                                                              

Endurance, surely must make us all happier?
Sarah Thomas,37, the Coloradian swimmer who yesterday, 16 September 2019,became the first person to swim the English Channel four times non stop,spending 54 hours and 18 minutes in the water, naturally felt "stunned"  and "numb", but her support team said her achievement was "superhuman, extraordinary." 

What about Angelos Tsiaras of the University College London (UCL) and the team of astronomers who made the discovery of planet K2-18b ,110 light years away from Earth, in Constellation Leo, just the other day, which could realistically support "alien life," on the planet. They painstakingly analysed data from the Hubble Space telescope over many years to come to this conclusion, that there was water and clouds But using current rocket technology, it would take us two million years to reach K2-18b. But we cannot underrate this achievement.

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If you find one place where life could exist,then there may be others in the Universe teeming with life, perhaps, not similar to our terrestrial life, due to gravity and levels of radiation.

What then are some characteristics of feeling happier?
We all have different views of happiness?
For a  business magnate, putting money to work matters. Money moves where it works? Money is not happiness, but a means to happiness as well as perhaps, sadness.
In the UK, Betting and lottery winnings  are tax free, but income earned on winnings when you have banked it is taxable.Leading a happy,healthy and fulfilled life is a sort of happiness. But for some people,however, there are significant barriers to this: a stressful job, loneliness or simply living in a society that is not well adapted to their physical,emotional or medical needs.

Living with nature 

              
Who said that the smell of roses or  living with nature,or  the care of others can offer people facing these challenges something very special. This is the "chance," the "vasanawa" to discover their creativity and interact with nature. This gives them purpose and value.
A innovative approach at Guys Hospital,London
We think of Guys Hospital, noted for its inspiration of the next generation of medical research, the outstanding levels of compassionate care of patients and its staff.
What many know is medical technology plays an important role in helping healthcare professionals to better diagnose and treat their patients. Over the years innovation have made an incredible impact on medicine, in improving diagnosis,helping to assess people who need treatment, reassure those who don't need further investigation, providing services to the right patient at the right time.

With the world's most detailed pregnancy scan,a new generation of advanced imaging like MRI coupled with using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assess chest X-rays and now "Proximie" an innovative software that allows experts to "Virtually Transport" themselves to any clinical setting around the world,using robot surgery techniques, are all available at Guys.

What I found most interesting at Guys?
Along with many others in the audience,I was entertained to one hour of lunchtime melodies,always on Wednesdays, at the  Guys Performing Arts programme, called "Breathe".
This is a novel approach to healthcare which harnesses the therapeutic benefits of the arts and creativity. Music was the healer and brings health to life.

                  
Today's performer was Liza Bec, who presented "soundscape" on  multi-musical instruments including similar to a wind flute, a "robo tenor recorder" to be exact, accompanied by a "drummer with a box as drum" for 48 minutes non-stop melody.
I felt transported  physically and mentally to the sounds of the Aborginal melodies  similar to the "Didgeridoo" mesmerizing  music I heard sixteen years ago when I visited Uhuru and Alice Spring in the heart of Australia. 
I was better for being once again with nature.

Victor Cherubim