What If ?

 What If ?

On Feb. 9th I attended TEDx Manitoba. It was an incredible day filled with various speakers, including Happy Monkey expert Aisha Alfa. Each speaker was given 20 minutes to deliver their message with the theme of the day being "what if?"

The speaker topics, delivery and ideas where very diverse and stimulate many thoughts in my own mind about what if...

I invite you to check out TED talks to hear some ideas worth spreading.

The day really got me thinking about what if...the world would take on the mantra of Happy Monkey Club even if it was only for a few days. 

What if...we all smiled a little more? Try it right now. Doesn't that feel better. Did you know smiles are contagious? Stand in a room of people and just smile, see what reaction you get. Defuse a negative situation with a smile, it's a very powerful tool.

What if...we all relaxed a little more? Next time someone or something upsets you, take a deep breath, now take another deep breath. In most situations there is nothing you can do that will immediately change a wrong or a mistake of another. So breath deep, think clearly, and know that in the long term it will all be fine.

On another note for relax, be sure to take at least 5 minutes each day to relax, stretch, meditate, do yoga and breath. You'll be amazed at the calming effect it has on your day.

What if...we all engaged in life a little more. A start would be to stop listening to that little voice in our head that says tomorrow. Tomorrow  I'll... start exercising, eat better, clean out that closet, call my parents, help a friend. How about we all commit to doing it today! Engage in life, don't wait another minute, do it NOW!

What if we all made a comittment to do these three simple things in our lives how would that change your world? How would that change the world around you? What if...

Carol Ploen-Hosegood

Owner Happy Monkey Club

"Think Happy"