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March 14, 2019,
It is only human to want to enjoy happy moments with others. To celebrate as it were.
That is why we celebrate holidays, birthdays and weddings.
Mostly with others.
There is something else that makes us feel good, and while we should always display it when we can with others, maybe even celebrate it with them at the local tavern, being in a good mood is something that we can enjoy all by ourselves.
We should try it as often as we can.
What is a mood anyway?
In psychology, a mood is an emotional state.
In contrast to emotions, feelings, or affects, moods are less specific, less intense and less likely to be provoked or instantiated by a particular stimulus or event.
They appear to be a composite of feelings and emotions that can be triggered by events.
Personality traits such as optimism and neuroticism predispose certain types of moods.
Moods are typically described as having either a positive or negative valence. In other words, people usually don’t talk about being in a good mood or a bad mood.
Either way, they just are.
Mood also differs from temperament or personality traits which are even longer-lasting.
Moods tend to be temporary.
Long term disturbances of mood such as clinical depression and bipolar disorder are considered mood disorders.
The nice thing about a mood is, though they may be affected by external factors, it is more often in our control to affect it. We can just decide not to let things or people affect our mood, which we can control.
Sometimes we are happy to get help. Songs that put us in a good mood are the ideal inspiration.
At bobbymcferrin.com we can visit a gentleman whose music can put so many in a good mood. “Listening to Bobby McFerrin sing may be hazardous to your preconceptions. Side effects may include unparalleled joy, a new perspective on creativity, rejection of the predictable, and a sudden, irreversible urge to lead a more spontaneous existence.”
His song Don’t Worry, Be Happy sure put us in a good mood. No, make that great mood.
Here are some of the lyrics:
Here’s a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don’t worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry you make it double
Don’t worry, be happy
Don’t worry, be happy now
don’t worry
(Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) be happy
(Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) don’t worry, be happy
(Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) don’t worry
(Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) be happy
(Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) don’t worry, be happy
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” is a popular worldwide hit song by musician Bobby McFerrin. Released in September 1988, it became the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks.
Mr. McFerrin’s song was also won Song of the Year and Record of the Year honors at the 1989 Grammy Awards.
We’re certain that put Mr. McFerrin in a very good mood.
His video with the late Robin Williams is a classic that is virtually guaranteed to put you in a good mood.
Possibly all day.
While it lasts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU
If you weren’t in a good mood before you read this, are things getting just a little better?
Which made us wonder, how did all that happiness get inside of Bobby’s head?
The Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba (1894–1969) often used the expression “Don’t worry, be happy” when cabling his followers in the West.
In the 1960s, the expression was printed up on inspirational cards and posters of the era. In 1988, McFerrin noticed a similar poster in the apartment of the jazz duo Tuck & Patti in San Francisco.
“I always like a good song: puts me in a good mood.”…Waris Ahluwalia
Besides the previous mentioned awards, inspired by the expression’s charm and simplicity, McFerrin wrote the now famous song, which was included in the soundtrack of the movie Cocktail.
Speaking of movies, watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off absolutely placed us in a good mood.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes, and co-produced by Tom Jacobson.
The film stars Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller, a high-school slacker who spends a day off from school, with Mia Sara and Alan Ruck. Ferris regularly “breaks the fourth wall” to explain techniques and inner thoughts.
Mr. Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week. Filming began in September 1985 and finished in November.
Featuring many landmarks, including the then Sears Tower and the Art Institute of Chicago, the film was Hughes’ love letter to Chicago: “I really wanted to capture as much of Chicago as I could. Not just in the architecture and landscape, but the spirit.”
Well, he captured the fun spirit of Chicago well.
That movie put us in a really good mood.
Are you feeling better?
We’re going to dance back over to song.
“At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I’ve been in a generally good mood ever since.”…Marilyn vos Savant
Who better to make us feel classy and well than the legendary Nat King Cole?
Remember these lyrics:
Smile tho’ your heart is aching
Smile even tho’ it’s breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You’ll get by
If you smile
Thro’ your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun come shin-ing thro’ for you
Hey?
We can feel you smiling through your screen.
We’ll close out with a song that we sense you will probably never think of on your own but it is terrific therapy.
Meet Johnny Nash.
John Lester “Johnny” Nash, Jr. is an American reggae and pop music singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, “I Can See Clearly Now“. He was also one of the first non-Jamaican singers to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.
Now for a few lyrics:
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I’ve been prayin’ for
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
Look all around, there’s nothin’ but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin’ but blue skies
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
Aren’t those wonderful lyrics. While it lasts at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FscIgtDJFXg
Now please do us a favor.
Put a smile on your face. Then in your best mood, go off and have a wonderful day.
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Opening photo pexels.com bruce mars photo credit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_(psychology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Bueller%27s_Day_Off
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nash
https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/good_mood
