Pamela Gail,
When a tragedy like the one in Boston happens I feel sad, angry, and helpless. However, my life is still normal and I still feel mostly happy but sometimes I feel like I shouldn’t be. Is it alright to be happy now?
These sentiments have been shared and these questions asked by many Secret Society of Happy People members
Dear Secret Society of Happy People Members,
When a tragedy like the one in Boston happens we naturally feel an array of unhappy emotions – anger, sadness, helplessness, and even mild depression—However, unless we’ve been personally impacted by the tragedy then we only experience it vicariously. This can still be emotionally draining, but our lives stay relatively normal. Part of that normalcy includes feeling happy if something makes us happy. If we’re mostly happy, then naturally several things will make us happy every day and we should embrace that happiness.
Our emotions are intricate and we can go between sadness and happiness in mere seconds.
Of course, part of happiness is being helpful where we can, giving of ourselves, and expressing spirituality through prayer or meditation. All of these things help us during times of tragedy because they enable us to feel connected to those directly impacted.
During times of national or global loss it’s important for those who can feel happy to do so because happiness enables you to help others heal.
Sending you love, be kind, enjoy the happy,
Pamela Gail
Written by Pamela Gail
Pamela Gail Johnson founded the Society of Happy People in 1998.
The Society is grounded on Pamela’s four key Practical Happiness Principles:
Pamela identified 31 Types of Happiness that are on the SOHP App Happiness Counter to make it easier to recognize moments of happiness.
Pamela also plans and organizes the Society of Happy People's annual happiness celebrations:
She's also a speaker, trainer, and author.
A few of her personal smile starters include her monthly book club, yoga, traveling and meeting new happy people.
To:P.G. Johnson,
I just want to check in with you and say,that you are a very lovely person to bring so much happiness in this sad world.There may be depressed people out there,who look forward to your Emails,just to get their dose of sunshine and happiness,to get on with their lives.Thank you so much for developing this web site,where people can express their feelings.You make everyone’s day so much better,dear Pamela.And you have yourself a great day of happiness,too!
Sincerely,
Michelle:aw11mt@gmail.com . 🙂