I want to begin with a suggestion. Tomorrow morning when you wake up, I want you to stand up tall in front of your bathroom mirror, give yourself a big smile and declare with great gusto that wonderful verse from Psalms, “This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it!” Bio-feedback experts suggest that this single act can do wonders for our mental state.

The relation between our body and our mind is an interesting one. We don’t smile because we feel great, these experts tell us; we feel great because we smile.

William James, often referred to as the father of American psychology, once put it this way, “I don’t sing because I’m happy, I’m happy because I sing.”

The way we feel is a direct result of our actions. Psychologist William Glasser advises: “If you want…