The Kew to happiness is to have as few desires as possible

KEY TO HAPPINESS The term toxic is defined as the suffering from exposure to poisonous substances . We sometimes refer to ourselves as toxic when we need to get so many things done . Productivity , if not controlled , or if forced to increase , can be harmful and therefore , toxic . While it is the blood that runs through the vines of workers and employees , it could become the poison that would kill the system if it goes out of hand . The workers do not notice that in the long run they will lose all their

energy and productivity would decline along with their will to work

Everybody seems to have a task to accomplish even during weekends . When it rains , it pours . This is not only applicable to problems in life , but to the tasks in school or in the workplace as well . We are compelled to accomplish so much in so little time that we neglect out health and our relationships in life . Sometimes , we think accomplishing more work in shorter time period would make us more productive , but in reality , it just makes us tired with no energy left for the coming tasks . The whole American society has become a walking and talking group of people who live and breathe work and productivity because as others think , working more brings in more money which spells happiness

On the contrary , though , this addiction to work could be attributed to the fact that this society promotes achievement and perfection . In an environment where people thrive on stress , it is but normal to see employees who still work even on vacation . Their jobs have become their lives and they cannot seem to have the ability to detach themselves from it even just for a while . Many professionals today think that they have to achieve superhuman productivity in to be worthy in the workplace . They are often tormented by guilt and anxiety to deliver their best in their jobs . It seems that their happiness lie in the work that they bury their heads into . The relation that exists between the mind and the body is very intimate . When one is affected , the other sympathizes . The condition of the mind affects the health to a far greater degree than many realize . Many of the diseases from which men suffer are the result of mental depression . Grief , anxiety , discontent remorse , guilt , distrust , all tend to break down the life forces , and to invite decay and death

Disease is sometimes produced , and is often greatly aggravated , by the imagination . Many are lifelong invalids who might be well if they only thought so . Many imagine that very slight exposure will cause illness and the evil disease , the cause of which is wholly imaginary

Courage , hope , faith , sympathy , love , promote health and prolong life . A contended mind , a cheerful spirit , is health to the body and strength to the soul . A merry [rejoicing] heart doeth good like a medicine ' In the treatment of the sick , the effect of mental...