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How To Avoid Misfortune And Attract Happiness.
Misfortune is usually the crime of folly, and among those who suffer from it there is no malady more contagious. Never open your door to the least of misfortunes, for, if you do, many others will follow in its train.
Here are some tips to avoid misfortune.
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Avoid The Unhappy And Unlucky.
You can die from someone else's misery. Emotional states are as infectious as diseases. The only solution to avoid such diseases is to cut-off the miserable and unhappy people from your life.
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Associate With Generous.
There are people who attract happiness by their good cheer, natural buoyancy, and intelligence. You must associate with them to share in the prosperity they draw on themselves.
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Use The Positive Side Of Emotional Osmosis.
We absorb the emotions of those around us which in turn affect our own feelings and behaviour. This is called Emotional Osmosis.
If you're miserable by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit, only generous souls attain greatness.
- Associate with generous and they will infect you with generosity.
- If you're gloomy, gravitate to the cheerful.
- If you are prone to isolation, force yourself to befriend the gregar
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There are people among us who have been brought down by the circumstances beyond their control. They deserve all our and sympathy. But there are others who are not born to misfortune, but who draw it upon themselves by their destructive and unsettling effect on others. It would be great thing if we could change their patterns, but more often it is their patterns that end up changing us. So it is better to avoid the misfortunes.
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