{"id":1262,"date":"2010-02-25T22:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T02:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:52","slug":"the-universe-wants-you-to-be-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2010\/02\/the-universe-wants-you-to-be-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Universe Wants You to be Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I generally dislike car commercials, if for no other reason that they are so blatantly manipulative, relying heavily on vanity, lust, envy, or sex to sell their product.<br \/>\nSo I&#8217;ve been pleasantly surprised by Ford&#8217;s new marketing.\u00a0 Having been (justifiably) accused of disconnection from the real world, they have responded with elegant simplicity.\u00a0 One of their billboards shows the oval Ford logo on the left followed by just two words: Buy one.<br \/>\nFord: Buy one.\u00a0 Wow, that&#8217;s as direct as it gets (their overall theme is Ford: Drive one.) Will it work?\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 Maybe the simplicity will cut thru the thousands of messages that hit us on a daily basis.<br \/>\nYou know, the Universe has been using this same approach for thousands of years, and yet we still manage to miss those messages.\u00a0 The Universe wants you to be happy, and is constantly sending signs to remind you of that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rainbows<\/li>\n<li>sunny days<\/li>\n<li>the smell of spring rain<\/li>\n<li>laughter<\/li>\n<li>tomorrow<\/li>\n<li>daffodils<\/li>\n<li>the quiet of a winter snowfall<\/li>\n<li>crisp fall afternoons<\/li>\n<li>sunsets<\/li>\n<li>sunrises<\/li>\n<li>autumn colors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are you listening to the Universe?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I generally dislike car commercials, if for no other reason that they are so blatantly manipulative, relying heavily on vanity, lust, envy, or sex to sell their product. 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