50+ community Weekend Check-in May 21, 2021
Happy Friday to all of you, I hope you had a good week and wish you a nice weekend 
How do your thoughts and outlook change when you are happy?
Do you feel that your challenges affect you in the same way when you are happy or sad and is there a difference on how you feel about them?
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@ruffneckred
Wishing you a Happy Rain Day tomorrow, may you experience showers of blessings too! 
@amiablePeace77
1. How do your thoughts and outlook change when you are happy?
Most things change, and I am able to put negative thoughts of my mind easier.
2. Do you feel that your challenges affect you in the same way or is there a difference on how you feel about them?
I don’t understand the question.
@purpleTree4652
Hi PurpleTree, Hope you have been doing alright.
For question #2, it means that when you are either having problems medically or having problems mentally, or having other kinds of problems, and my be feelig down and maybe sad about them......then, at some point, you get happy. So, you were real sad and feeling bad and now you feel happy.
When you do get to feeling happy, how do you feel about life in general and about the things that you think about in your head? Also, do you feel different about your problems when you get happy? Do you feel different about others when you get happy?
PurpleTree, I hope this helps. I also hope that you have a great weekend!!!!! How is your weather there where you live? It is hot, humid, and sunny here, almost all year long. If you get some cooler weather, please send it this way. 
@amiablePeace77
HI and happy, now, Saturday to you!!! Beautiful Swans!
How do your thoughts and outlook change when you are happy? My thought/outlook change almost 100% for the better! I see so much hope, happiness in tons of things, I make wonderful plans to do good things with others, I spend more time contacting others and trying to be helpful for them, I spend more time listening and doing what I can to help even people that are not my friends, I'm looking for ways to help even more people I know, and so much more.
Do you feel that your challenges affect you in the same way or is there a difference on how you feel about them? Both my psychological and medical challenges do not bother me not much at all when I am happy, If they do come up as a potential bother, my happiness doesn't allow me to recognize them in the same way and I just do not focus on them as I would otherwise. I do not focus on myself and I focus on others. Thus I am not thinking about my "challenges," and am thinking about helping others with their, "challenges," whatever they may be for them.
@Amelia2324
Thanks for being so kind to explain my question no. 2, I changed the wording, hope it's easier to understand now.
You made a good point about putting your focus on others, how to support them. It helps to get a bigger picture and to see that we are not the only ones suffering.
@amiablePeace77
Thanks Ami. I love to foucs on others!
I hope the word changes do help some members. I enjoy your topics and questions a whole lot. Have a great day ami.
@Amelia2324
Hope you have a great day too
Everything shifts when I am in a happy state. Challenges are more like opportunities when my mind is in a good place.
@Tmbg
Hi Tmbg, nice to see you hear. It's amazing how our minds can shift and make us perceive things totally different. Hope you will see many of your challenges as opportunities in future.
How do your thoughts and outlook change when you are happy?
Do you feel that your challenges affect you in the same way or is there a difference on how you feel about them?
I don't understand these questions. Sorry.
@WharfRat
Hi there, let me try to rephrase
What is the difference in perceiving the world and life when you are happy or when you are sad?
Do you feel that your challenges affect you in the same way when you are happy and when you are sad or is there a difference?
@amiablePeace77
I guess things seem brighter when I'm happy, though I don't feel very happy very much. I still haven't been able to make any friends, so that's a major problem. I really need someone in real life to talk to and be with some time. Challenges seem maybe not as bad sometimes.
@WharfRat
Good that some things improved, I can understand though that you miss someone irl to just sit down and talk to. Have you r considered to check the meetup group events in your area or join a volunteer group for something you like to support?
Interesting...
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