Play with These Ideas

The following ideas come from "Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y. for Life." For more information go to www.laughandlivehappier.com.

• Give yourself permission to make mistakes, lots of mistakes.
• When you make a mistake put your hands above your head and wiggle your hands and then say, "YIPPEE! How fascinating."
• Realize that life is not a dress rehearsal and you need to take risks and not be afraid of failure or success.
• Do Mirror Play every day, in the morning and night go to the mirror naked and exclaim with enthusiasm, "YIPPEE, I am alive, and I love myself exactly as I am.
• When things go right for you during the day go to the mirror and say, "Thank You," to yourself.
• When you mess up after you say, "YIPPEE! How fascinating," go to the mirror and say, "That's okay I love you anyway.