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Choose Happiness
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.”
Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998
Have you ever observed someone who always seems happy? Always makes the best of every situation? Seems to have everything going for him or her? And, when you do, do you find yourself asking, “I wonder what his/her secret is?” Well, I’m going to let you in on the secret. And, you have the power within you to make it happen for yourself. The secret is, he or she has made being happy a habit!
There are 2 important things to remember: First, you have to stop comparing your insides to someone else’s outsides. When you look at these seemingly always happy, confident people, it’s easy to think, “She’s got it made. Everything in her life is great!” It’s quite likely, that when others look at you, they are saying the same thing. But, we all know, things aren’t always as they appear. We’re much like a duck, gracefully skimming along the top of the water. We look calm and poised but just under the surface, out of sight our internal, emotional version of webbed feet, are frantically paddling to keep us afloat and moving forward. Those self-assured, happy people you’re looking at with admiration and maybe a little envy have that going on too! For the most part, they aren’t too different from you and me!
Secondly, people with a positive outlook choose happiness. They may not do it consciously (anymore). It has become a habit. You probably don’t realize it, but if you respond negatively to situations, it’s probably a habit you have developed. You don’t consciously think “I’m going to see the negative side of this situation.” It’s just your natural, unconscious response. People who choose happiness either developed their habit of doing so growing up, as a result of their environment and their role models, or they adopted it along the way and now it is their natural, unconscious way of being. You can create that habit too. You can choose happiness. You can choose to respond to the events in your life in a positive manner. You can choose to set intentions that create happiness. When you get up in the morning, you can choose how your day will be. But most of us don’t. Why not? Because we think that we don’t have much control over what happens during our day. In many instances, we are in react mode. It is true that you don’t have control over some of the events that occur during your day. But you have complete control over how you react to them. Make it a habit to respond in a positive way and you’ll find yourself living a happier life. And when you are living a happier life, you will attract other happy people and good things will happen for you. Every morning as you begin your day, set an intention to find that good in things, to see the value, to live in the present and accept what is. Choose happiness over helplessness, personal power over victim-dom.
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