a) To be all that you can be
b) To make as much money as you can
c) To be useful
e) To look as good as you can
f) To matter
g) To love and be loved
h) To count
i) To be at the top of your field
j)To stand for something
k)To be powerful
l)To have made some difference that you lived at all!
Do YOU believe that:
a)reaching your goals and manifesting your dreams will bring you happiness OR
b)that community, service to others or making a difference are required for personal happiness.
Did money, fame, possessions and status bring Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson and Elvis happiness? Or did seeking power bring some of the worlds nameless leaders CLOSER to their people or make them hated and persecuted?
What do YOU think about the following statements?
a )Happiness is a combination of meaning and pleasure. We need what we’re experiencing to be meaningful.”
b) Being content requires living from within, putting more focus on personal values, and loving others.
c) Happiness is more about internal qualities than external stuff.
d) It’s more about inclusion than separation.
Wouldn´t you agree that happiness isn’t something you search for or go after, it’s a moment by moment decision you make. Anyone can become a happier person because happiness begets happiness. .
Sooo... Why not CREATE TIME FOR YOUR LIFE and make your own intentional choices!!
Each morning tell yourself, “I’m happy today.”
Take daily responsibility for your own happiness
Try making a conscious decision to enjoy the next 24 hours, then the next, and the next.
If nothing else ever changes in your life, know that in spite of EVERYTHING, you can be happy.
Sooo.......Make a commitment to happiness, be happy now!
How good are you at self-acceptance?
Try and admire your uniqueness. Appreciate your magnificent talents and enormous wisdom and use them to make the world a better place. Stop chasing happiness.
When you quit stressing about a better job, a bigger home, a SMALLER body, then your own joy will bubble to the surface.
Remember: Happiness isn’t something you chase or become in a distant future. Happiness is all that you are right now.
Invest in your Family...
The best investment you can make is in the relationships you have with your family, friends, colleagues, and community.
Soooo.....Communicate. Spend time together. Participate in volunteering, a feel-good activity. As you enrich the lives of others you enrich your own. Strong connections to others increases your OWN well- being. Chasing happiness causes you to miss the happiness right under your nose. Why not extend love to others today. Notice how good it makes you feel!!
Do you practice living in a state of appreciation?
Learning to be grateful throughout the day will change the way you interpret life. It changes your brain and opens your heart.
Sooo.....Write down your grattitude list and help solidify it in your brain.The MORE you express gratitude, the more you find to be grateful for. Happiness isn’t acquiring something or in some fun event. Gratitude is found in the present moment and then happiness FOLLOWS!
Try dropping grievances and resentments...
FORGIVING is giving up being a victim. It turns ‘poor me’ into ‘free me.’ We create our own suffering, stress, and misery by our need to be right. When we hold on to resentment, we can miss the PRESENT by reliving stories of the past. Happiness lives in a loving heart and a healed past.
Sooooo......Decide to see things DIFFERENTLY.
Don’t worry about HOW to forgive, instead CHOOSE to be a forgiving person!
Enjoy your life.
CREATE TIME FOR YOUR LIFE to ENJOY doing the things you love. Don’t allow the pursuit of a dream spoil your time to play and have fun.
Soooo.... Be spontaneous, lighten up and laugh. UNTIE yourself from technology. Leave your electronics at home. NEVER underestimate the power of creating good times for yourself. Get connected. Get to KNOW what inspires YOU and supports YOU
Soooo... How about getting strength from a daily Spiritual practice. You could draw, meditate, sing, write, spend time in nature or do yoga. When we feel Connected and Grounded, we rush less, do less, and desire LESS. We become happy with our lives exactly how it is in THIS moment.
Spiritual happiness allows you to squeeze all the joy you possibly can out of everyday. There is no OTHER time, there is no OTHER place.
soooo......find happiness right here, right now.
Celebrate your life.
Celebrate your everyday growth and progress. Validate yourself by being your own cheerleader and tooting your own horn.!!!!
Sooo... RECOGNIZE your accomplishments big and small. Don’t wait or rely on the approval of others. Celebrate that you have your basic needs met. You are worthy of all life has to offer. Know it, own it, celebrate it!
Life as they say is not a dress- rehearsal....This is the main event!!
Sooo...... participate in it FULLY!!!
Researchers have found that people are happier being with others, than being alone. When we are with others, we become more alive, social, and care-free. In turn others want to be with us and near us. Sooo..... As a result, happiness spirals Upwards.
I’m all for that..... you coming along for the ride?
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