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Spiritual Awakening: The Joy of Positivity

I was asked JDOGG, how do you manage to stay so positive in the face of all that you have been through. The answer is that it takes more strength to frown than it does to smile and as bad as things seem there is always something positive to be found in it. In is when we make a decision to do the best we can with the tools that we have and to follow the messages that we receive that we begin to find the joy of positivity. An example I use in my recent traffic ticket for failing to stop at a stop sign I am in the process of making arrangement to go to one of the ticket fix it places and I knwo everything will work out, the best case scenerio is I end up with no points and no school worse case I get points and pay the full fine, either way I rejoice because no one was hurt and I learned the lesson to be more aware and to slow down. I am joyful that I still get to drive and that I I didn’t create an accident.

I have always maintained a positive attitude knowing that the power to find the joy of positivity lies within me. I cand be upset by things that happen and the people involved or I can choose to face it in a positive manner and smile and move forward in a positive direction of my goals. We all have the power to be action takers and adopt an anthem of positivity. We become award winners when we are awake to our calling by choosing to come alive and make the changes that are needed to build a community and follow our dreams. It is when we are aware of our emotions and the effect they have on the situation that we can come to grips with our feelings and find the people to fellowship with that will help to get us in the flow. It is when we begin to finish what we started and move forward that we experience the joy of positivity.

Spiritual Awakening: People Sharing The Joy of Positivity

This is Lionel Ketchian who started a happiness club in Fairfield, Conneticut after his students wanted to continue the explorstions that were taking place in his class. His website is www.happinessclub.com.

Lionel Ketchian recognizes the importance of understanding happiness because he made the Happiness Decision 15 years ago. Now that he has reached the age of 60, he realizes that it is the best decision he has ever made. He wrote the “Happiness Formula” and has a “One Step Method for Happiness.” He believes that happiness can change the world, one person at a time, starting with oneself.
Lionel has been President of LRK Communications, Inc. and it’s division, American Litho since 1979. Founder of the Happiness Club, in Fairfield,Connecticut in 1999, Lionel hosts free monthly Happiness Club meetings to discuss the many benefits of happiness and their role in individual wellness. Thanks to a greater awareness of the therapeutic effects of happiness the Happiness Club has recently expanded to California.
Mr. Ketchian writes the bi-weekly newspaper column, Be Happy Zone,for the Fairfield Citizen-News, he publishes a free bi-weekly e-mailnewsletter titled Happ-E-Newsletter, and was the co-host of the weekly cable television program, The Happiness Show.
In 1988, Lionel authored the book Food for Thought, after realizing that Happiness is a Decision, and received endorsements by world famous Authors such as: the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking; Dr. Bernie Siegel, Love, Medicine & Miracles; Ken Blanchard, Ph.D., The One Minute Manager; Ken Keyes, Jr., Handbook to Higher Consciousness; Bob Mandel, Open Heart Therapy; Jack Schwartz, It is not what you eat, but what eats you…; Shedema Goodman, Come to Life; Thea Alexander, 2150 AD; Ken Carey, Return of the Bird Tribes, to name a few.
He was the Editor-in-Chief and contributing writer for Spiritual Times magazine in 1992.
He taught the series, Personal Power & Success Through Happiness, and Be Happy No Matter What, at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. from 1999 through 2002.
The New York Times wrote four articles about his accomplishments. The Connecticut Post has written many articles on him and calls Lionel, “The Happiness Guru.”
He was the co-host for nine years of Successful Living, a live, call-in Radio Talk Show, given a # 1 rating in 1994.
Lionel developed the “One Step Method of Being Happy.” Since 1983, he has been empowering and enlightening people by conducting hundreds of seminars and workshops. Lionel implemented a Happiness Program to prison inmates of maximum security Greenhaven Correctional Facility in Stormville, NY and medium security Fishfill Correctional Facility in Fishkill, NY. He led weekly discussion groups with Fairfield Homeless Shelter residents
Lionel has personally met and interviewed many world-famous people, among them: Desi Arnaz Jr.; Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.; Dr. Joyce Brothers, Robin Casarjian; Casey Casem; Dr. Deepak Chopra; Jose Feliciano; Guy Finley; Celeste Holm; Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.; Ken Keyes Jr.; Og Mandino; Edgar Mitchell, – Apollo 14 Astronaut; Dr. Robert Muller; Carolyn Myss, Ph.D.; Dr. Barry Sears; Neil Sedaka; Dr. Bernie Siegel; Anthony Robbins; Peter Yarrow; Zig Zigler; Gary Zukov.
Lionel is happily married for 37 years, and enjoys three wonderful children, a great daughter-in law, and two joyful grandchildren.
Lionel loves meeting new friends like you. Please feel free to contact him to share your experiences. he can be reached at PrintLRK@aol.com.

Dr. Bob Nozik a.k.a. Dr. Happy

Writer, lecturer and a Professor Emeritus from the University of California Medical Center and author of Happy 4 Life

It took 20 years, but Bob Nozik, M.D., found the key to happiness. A Professor Emeritus from the University of California Medical Center, Nozik devoted all his energy to learning about and teaching people to be happier since retiring from his distinguished medical career as an ophthalmologist. Already a prolific writer and lecturer in the medical field, Nozik wrote Happy 4 Life: Here’s How to Do It—a guide to achieving deep, lasting happiness—in 2004. Here, Nozik shares his thoughts on being happier.