Having "Me" Time

Since it's the long weekend in Bangkok, I thought I'd share with you a funny story (or not) to liven things up.  This is a true story yet it is one that makes me smile everything I think about it. It happened just the other evening.  Around my house there are lots of birds, and every evening they fly around searching for food to feed their young ones.  They'd fly around chirping and chirping to no end.  It's wonderful to be surrounded by nature.   As I came home one night and walked pass a room, I thought to myself, "oh the birds are really having a round today!  They are chirping really loudly." I didn't think much about it, and went into my own room minding my own business.  I went down to dinner and then came upstairs. Again I hear the sound of chirping birds, but it's now dark outside and I start to wonder why the birds haven't yet returned to their nests.     I walk around the room and realize that ...

When I was young, I used to take everything seriously.  I'd get upset if I go into a store and found an unresponsive salesperson, or one who was too pushy.  I'd get upset if someone cuts in line in front of me orders the last few servings of that delicious cake I'd been eying.   Being given the dinner bill before asking for it.... All these little things used to make me upset and it'd end up ruining the rest of of day.  I'll go on ranting about my "bad" experience and complain incessantly.  My complaining probably annoyed everyone else around me too.  Now, I am trying a new approach to everything and it's working pretty well so far.  I'm just laughing everything off :) Yes, LAUGHING it off with a big grin and a big smile. Laughing is actually beneficial for your health and we would all benefit if we added a little laughter into our lives.  For one thing,  laughing is widely believed to reduce stress hormones while...