learn to control my thoughts which control my emotions

my mood swings are quite difficult to deal with. for 70 years i have been battling them with little success. good luck to me in dealing with my mood swings today. i am good , i am bad, i am smart, i am dumb, i feel good i feel bad. take care..joe

i want my new profile pic to stand for yes, positively, no negativism allowed. i am a ..yes..man where my wife is involved. the more yes es she hears from me about chores, house work, the happier she gets. joe

i want to enjoy the rest of this day. i get to eat supper soon, will watch queen victoria on pbs and then watch the end of the nba game. i want good happy, contented, thoughts flowing through my brain for the remainder of this day..happy,happy, flow, flow..happy joe take care

i now have no excuse for not doing stuff. one of our posters told me he writes an entry for each of his goals frequently. when i think i am bored, for boredom i have been told is a choice, i should be writing entries for each of my goals, over and over again. the thought that i want to put into my head as an attempt to fulfill goal one is..i now can no longer claim i have nothing to do.. take care..joe

i am not even close to achieving this goal at age 70. yesterday, playing chess with better players, i got very upset cause this young man took my queen. the play occurred during a controversial rule which none of the players i am used to playing enforce. it s called the touch rule. i didn t expect him to enforce it but he insisted consequently costing me my queen in about the fourth move of the game. this guy is a bully. he is mean, teases me about my poor play. i said..ok you win. im not playing you anymore. im not sitting near you anymore.. i then went to the corner of the room and talked with my friend. i am actually physically afraid of this guy. i am laughing about the incident now 23 hours later. why couldn t i laugh at the time ? the games cost no money. i doubt if i will play him again but who knows ? take care joe

it s 2;45 pm. i have had a good physical at my doctors, walked outside, iced my achilles tendon, finished my novel, ate a brunch in town with my wife, played my online games, surfed my chores, watched some of gunsmoke. the only thing i have to look forward to is messages from you guys and supper at 7.

the person who conquers this skill will be a happy person. lincoln said we are as happy as we choose to be, but the poor guy fought depression most of his life. i can do this all morning until my caffeine wears off..lol and then it s up ,down,up, down my seesaw emotional life continues. take care..joe

when i cant sleep at 5 am, i want to think of the people on 43 and think of ways to help them with their goals. this will take a very big effort on my part just trying to remember them and their problems. thinking of others helps people stop thinking of themselves. take care..joe

i want a thought which convinces me to do something this afternoon which gives me satisfaction and allows me to feel good about my day. i have given all of my cheers. now, i am to write an entry for all of my 15 goals.

who on earth can control their thoughts ? dr. dyer claimed that thoughts control emotions so supposedly all we have to do is think a pleasant thought and we will have a pleasant emotion and he gives many examples. the book was YOUR ERRONEOUS ZONES at it s very old and he has been writing books over the years saying the same thing in one way or another..thoughts control emotions..think good thoughts, have good emotions..good luck..take care..joe