Desert Messenger

6 www.DesertMessenger.com February 20, 2019 DESERT MESSENGER Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper Proud to be a Quartzsite Licensed Business 928-916-4235 O� T��� - E���� T���! Founded by Walt Akin October 1, 2004 P�������� �� P���� R��� P��������� C�. P.O. Box 3185 Quartzsite, AZ 85359 P�������� ����� � ����� 1st & 3rd Wednesday Sept. thru May with Special Summer Editions June, July & August EDITOR/PUBLISHER Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear CONTRIBUTING JOURNALIST Joanne Winer GUEST COLUMNIST Gypsy Jane Finley CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Starr BearCat NAME PLATE LETTERING Paul Winer www.DesertMessenger.com www.MyQuartzsite.com E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 2018 © Copyright All Rights Reserved Copyright 2013 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Desert Messenger. LIKE US on Facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews FOLLOW US on Twitter @QuartzsiteRain Neighborhood Watch to meet Thurs. MARCH 7 Town of Quartzsite invites every- one to attend the next meeting of Neighborhood Watch at 6:00 PM, on THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019, at the Quartzsite Com- munity Center. For more information contact the Quartzsite Police Department at 928-927-4644. DEADLINE : WED. FEB. 27 TH for the march 6 th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com 585 N. Central Quartzsite Open Mon-Fri 8-5 928-927-8787 Johnny DelPino, Owner BEST AUTO RV & TRUCK REPAIR SERVICE YOU CAN DEPEND ON! Seems folks are always seeking something; happiness, peace, pros- perity, etc. But, some folks appear to actually seek fault in others, or focus on all that negative stuff in the world. Happiness should be so simple... think of the newborn child's fi rst eye- to-eye contact with the new mother. That's being totally present, in the moment, total bliss. Just thinking about those moments can help us when we're down in the dumps. When we get out of harmony with ourselves, all heck breaks loose. Awhile back, I quoted Muham- mad Ali because I liked the saying, "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish noth- ing in life." I never dreamt someone would say, "Oh, I see you quoted a Muslim." I just wanted to shout, "hey, it's about the message, not the messenger!" (No pun intended) But, I was curious how quickly one (that would be me) can get "out of sorts" so quickly, just because some- one said something negative. Well, come to fi nd out, our brains are simply built with a greater sensi- tivity to unpleasant news. Negative events have a greater impact on ev- eryone's brains than positive events do." Everyone's...not just mine. Take, for example, the studies done by John Cacioppo, Ph.D., from Ohio State University. He showed people pictures known to arouse positive feelings (say, a Ferrari, or a pizza), those certain to stir up negative feelings (a mutilated face or dead cat) and those known to produce neutral feelings (a plate, a hair dry- er). Meanwhile, he recorded elec- trical activity in the brain's cerebral cortex that refl ects the magnitude of information processing taking place. The brain, Cacioppo dem- onstrated, reacts more strongly to stimuli it deems negative. There is a greater surge in electrical activity. Thus, our attitudes are more heavily infl uenced by downbeat news than good news...so what do we do? Researchers found that it takes frequent small positive experiences to tip the scales toward happiness. Some researchers have found it is the frequency of small positive acts that matters most, in a ratio of about fi ve to one. Occasional big positive experiences—say, a birth- day bash—are nice. But they don't make the necessary impact on our brain to override the tilt to negativ- ity. It takes frequent small positive experiences to tip the scales toward happiness. So guess we better start doing lots of small postive things in our life! Keep posting those posi- tive sayings online, and repeat after me...Peace, Love, Joy! County Landfill Transfer Station now on Winter Hours The Quartzsite Transfer Station is now on their WINTER hours. They are open Sunday thru Wednes- day 7:30am to 2:30pm. Winter Hours are from Oct. 1st thru March 31st. Dump your trash for free at the Transfer Station. Please cover your load. For more info call the Main landfi ll 928-916-1253 or Main offi ce at 928-854-9152. The transfer sta- tion is located north of Town, just off Hwy. 95, near the Sewer Treat- ment Plant. We want dates of your events planned for NEXT SEASON! SUBMIT FOR FREE at www.QuartzsiteCalendar.com By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

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