Hello pln and everybody else ;D > 1 Is this serious advice or just light-hearted?
A bit of both, but as I consider myself as a happy person I can honestly admit that this is quite serious piece of advice. There are some points that I do not agree completely such as number 8. Sure we need to 'feed our souls' but it doesn't have to be about religion or being religious. I'm atheist and I'm happy but I must confess that my mind and what I believe in is kind of my religion, I set some bounderies for myself so that I can try not to cross the line in some situations and it completely feeds my soul. So YES for feeding the soul but it doesn't have to be by being religious. > 2 Do you agree that to be happy you just need to 'change your mind'? Weel, I agree. Most people put this idea of the great life in their heads and suddenly they're not happy because they don't have what they have expected. We need to stop dreming about marvellous personal life and perfect, flawless job. Although it's not really cheerfuling ;D I believe that you can have perfect, flawless job but without great personal life or the other way. I stopped looking for 'perfect' and focused on what I have to do to make almost everything right. > 3 Could the tips mentioned previously help someone who is seriously > depressed? Are any helpful? That's not an easy question and I don't feel that I have the right to say yes as I'm not a professional doctor. I suppose it's worth trying but depression is very serious sickness so what is the most important is seeing specialist who can help people with depression. I think it not easy to fight it on your own. > 4 Have you ever had to help a friend who was depressed? He wasn't depressed, but felt a bit depressed. He wasn't sick but he had doubts about life, love, family etc. Me and my friends tried to help him and I'm sure we succeeded. He's all right now and, of course, we're still great friends. Really nice topic PLN, Piotrek --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
