Get Older, Get Happier!

Perhaps the best news I've ever relayed: more happiness may come with age

According to a study reported by CNN.com,
# Older adults, may be better able avoid stressful situations,
which may mean less negative emotion
# They also may limit the time spent thinking about negative aspects of a situation
# Memory may also contribute to older adults' positive emotional state

Harvey MacKay on Handling Stress

"Swim with the Sharks" guru Harvey MacKay writing in the Rochester Post-Bulletin offers a long list of tips on handling stress, streamlined here:

• Be completely present for whatever you are doing

• Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue

• When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane

• Keep your pace relaxed, and go outside once a day

• Take notice of the tension in your body

• Find a safe place where you can express and embrace your feeling