04. (oh for) the love of life.

Dearest Cheerthefuckupists,

How has your week been? We hope you have had a brilliant one, and that you have achieved various things that you wished to get done. If not, then never fear, there is always this coming week!

127 new people have joined us since last sunday night bringing the total up to 654, which is encouraging and lovely. Thank you for being a part of this, and thank you for taking the time to read these messages, and also for inviting the friends you think will enjoy it too. As always, this will be posted on the permanent blog ( http://cheerthefuckupism.wordpress.com/ ) as a sort of ‘archiving’ of the messages.

If you feel compelled to discuss things on the group page, anything about anything, it would be really nice not only to continue to get feedback from these messages but also to get people talking and perhaps even make some new friends!

Each week we endeavour to find beautiful and nice things on the internet and deliver them to your eyes, in the hope that they might cheer up your week. So here they are for this week!

*wwwell Good*
[an interesting website]
http://www.jacobdahlgren.com/works.htm

*videos*
[a selection of nice videos]
a week of time lapse videos, to reminds you to take things slowly, and that there is so much beauty in the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyyCcjbrWOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIXs6Sh0DKs

*cheerthefuckup-pics*
[some fun and nice pictures]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marvinok/1591364235/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/717686480/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/guioconnor/379453530/

*quote me happy*
[some inspirational words to finish this message]
“Very little is needed to make a happy life.”
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD – 180 AD)

And so we leave you with this message of well wishing:
Life is precious, life is short, don’t waste it in a job you’re not happy with or a situation that makes you upset. There is such a big world out there, just waiting for you to embrace it. Take a deep breath and plunge right in.

Life is beautiful, and so are you.
love,
Bex+Sam.
xx.

03. Stay and smile for a while.

Greetings and salutations to the sixty-six new faces and names to join us since last sunday! We hope you all had a productive week and that you are feeling well. We’re sure you have all been eagerly awaiting tonights message, so here goes!

*chatthefuckup*
[discussion board trickery]
First off, Frick Blassberg started off this topic on our group discussion placemanthing.
[ http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=21128523168&topic=3915 ]
so we picked out some fun animals to show you, if you hadn’t seen the discussion.
Beluga Whales
http://www.darlingcetaceans.com/Beluga%20Spyhop.JPG
Pangolin [video, they walk really nicely!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btkVS7uYNwM
Dumbo Octopus
http://www.cdnn.info/news/industry/claire_nouvian_dumbo_octopus_250281.jpg
Funny Treefrog Stick Man [anyone?]
http://dogs-and-cats.ayanev.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/xxxxnravv.jpg
Pygmy Marmoset
http://spaceandtime.files.wordpress.com/2006/05/marmoset.jpg

*wwwell Good*
[an interesting website]
http://laurentlagamba.free.fr/camouflages.html

*videos*
[a selection of nice videos]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jfcpa_x4Lg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsrUv-6SK0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgd95VeWfVE

*cheerthefuckup-pics*
[some fun and nice pictures]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/483811495/in/set-72157601583318576
http://www.flickr.com/photos/herr_hartmann/2062993163/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/herr_hartmann/2063786060/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/herr_hartmann/2092385456/

*quote me happy*
[some inspirational words to finish this message]
“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”
Storm Jameson.

Smile, laugh and endeavor to perform good deeds aplenty. Have a great week! All and any feedback is welcome, of course. We hope you like the operation we’re running here.

Life is beautiful, and so are you.
love,
Bex+Sam.
xx.

02. Cheerthefuckupists, Unite!

Hello again! Sunday night is once more upon us, which means it’s back to work or college or school for the majority of us. We hope you had a wonderful week, and that it wasn’t too stressful or hard.

Might we extend an extra loud ‘Hello’ to the 99 people who have joined since the last message was sent out! And, to say that, perhaps, if anybody feels compelled to discuss things on the group page, anything about anything, it would be really nice not only to continue to get feedback from the messages but also to get people talking and make some new friends!

If you happened to miss the last message, or want a convenient place to get to the things to share with people, each message will be posted on here soon after being sent out to make it easier for you.
http://cheerthefuckupism.wordpress.com/

If you’re new to this group, the purpose of these messages will be to help you start the week in the right frame of mind, and hopefully have a better week because of it. Each week, [hopefully] we will find a bunch of neat stuff on the internet and the real world and send it to all 461 of YOU, our fellow cheerthefuckupists of the world.

Here we go!

*the olds*
[interesting news article from the past]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7022091.stm

*wwwell Good*
[an interesting website]
http://www.kentrogowski.com/

*videos*
[a selection of nice videos]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY2NwizzcxE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUHLa1qSy24

most of you have probably seen this, but it is so nice, it’s worth re-watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

*cheerthefuckup-pics*
[some fun and nice pictures]
http://www.nataliedee.com/091905/blob.jpg

http://robotmechanic.deviantart.com/art/dear-robert-74761832

http://Gouch.deviantart.com/art/Earl-19097442

http://tatertoes.deviantart.com/art/dude-67141661

*quote me happy*
[some inspirational words to finish this message]
“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.”
Eddie Cantor (1892 – 1964)

Until next time, have a beautiful week, tell those you love that you love them, and if you really mean it, send them an invite and share the fun. Remember to smile proudly.

Life is beautiful, and so are you.
love,
Bex+Sam.
xx.

01. the happy monday.

As cheerthefuckupism is mainly a facebook group, the messages sent to the members will be posted here as they were sent out…so anything that doesn’t quite make sense should be read as if it had been recieved via facebook. :]

Hello all threehundredandsixty of you. [excluding samself and bexself.]
Thank you for being kind and open enough to agree, or at least take the time to read what we have written, and what this is all about. It is wonderful to watch the number of members rise. Those of you who were here from the beginning will have got the message sent out last week which outlined the reason for the group and what will happen with it.
If you missed it, here is a recap:

-thank you all.

-we will send out messages with nice things to make you smile, but these messages won’t be rushed and there will be plenty of care taken over what we share with you.

-life is beautiful. indulge yourselves into it.

As far as we know there are around 20 people who have changed their religion [on facebook] to ‘cheerthefuckupism’ or ‘cheerthefuckupist’. Obviously this is entirely up to you, and we’re not trying to force some sort of weird, extortionist cult. [scientolocough], but, should you wish to change it, that would be really fun, because you will confuse your friends [unless they have been invited] and make us smile.

So..here we go.
Monday is the first day of the working week for most people [students excluded]. It signifies the end of the weekend and the return to the drab, repetitive world of work. Garfield often remarked that he disliked mondays, and he’s just a cat! Imagine what it’s like for people who have to go back to the exciting and ever-changing office life. However, there is a way to combat this feeling, and that is to start the week feeling happy and self-satisfied, with a spring in your step, and a nice breakfast in your belly.

The purpose of these messages will be to help you with this. Each week, [hopefully] we will find a bunch of neat stuff on the internet and the real world and hook you up with it. put it all in your mind waves, so to speak.

We begin this inspirational driftwood with a news article about rubber ducks, who have roamed the seven seas for 15 years.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=464768&in_page_id=1770

Here are three fun and nice videos for you to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LtUX_6IXY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfPTGTGLA3E
[bear with this, it takes about a minute, but then its really lovely]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyb4Wq8UYyA

here is:
a fun photo
http://flickr.com/photos/agentfareevader/371780786/

a beautiful photo
http://flickr.com/photos/louiskim/157691871/

Here is a website which should be able to make you smile:
http://facesinplaces.blogspot.com/

Here is a list of sounds that you can hear when you are outside [walking, not driving], which you might like the sound of:
car tyres on gravel.
dry leaves in the wind.
the cracking of ice on a frozen puddle.
the steady dripping of water into a puddle after the rain has stopped.

We hope you have a lovely week, and that all or part of this has at least raised a small smile. If there is anyone who you know who might like this sort of thing, send an invite their way.

thank you all once again.
you are all beautiful.
love,
bex+sam.
xx.

Hello world!

Hello. How are you?

You know how everyone always replies to that question with ‘bored’ or ‘tired’? If this is the case, these people should sleep more (or less), and do something with their life.

Life is fantastic. Life is precious. Smiles and laughter and happiness are precious, and not as widely spread as they should be. Even if you don’t have a significant other, you’re still loved. Your family, your friends, they all love you, to some degree at least. That should at least raise the corner of your mouth a little. You are alive, you are so fortunate, to simply be able to be on this blog, or rather – the internet at all. To have a computer, electricity to power that computer, the knowledge and know-how to use that computer, amongst all the other millions of luxuries we have around us everyday. So the weather is cold, so you’re hungover, you have a crap job. So what? We are all so much more fortunate than we recognise, and we still act sad and as if the world is a complete bitch. I will say four words to you:

Cheer the fuck up.

Life is amazing, incredible, exciting and magnificent. Go out there and live it the fullest you can. It is the start of a new year, a perfect time to change something about your life. Forget going out jogging to shift a few pounds! Go for a walk instead! It won’t be a chore, you won’t look like a prick, and you might just experience life. Look around you when you walk, smell the air, hear the sounds, smile at the nice people you pass.

The world needs more smiles.

Go forth and smile at those you pass.
Thank you for your time.

Love,
Sam [+ Bex]
xx.

there is also a facebook group, which you can find by searching ‘cheerthefuckupism’ or by clicking here.