Choose to Be Happy
If I only had this, I would be happy.
If only this had not happened, it would make me happy.
Does this sound like you?
Is happiness just a bit beyond your reach?
Is there just one more thing until you achieve it?
Perhaps it's better to look to achieve happiness with what you already have.
Being grateful and happy for what you have is a great place to launch yourself to an even greater degree of happiness.
Sunday Morning Happiness
It's Sunday morning. Nothing special happening. Just sitting on the couch with a warm cup of coffee. Nothing planned. Just a quiet day. We are just relaxing on the couch. The dogs are fed, content and sleeping. I am enjoying writing this post for you.
Life is good.
Are there some less than bucolic elements happing in my life? Probably, but for now, I am grateful for what I have. Where I am. What I am doing. Who I am with. I am happy.
Am I doing anything special that I am doing to make me happy? Am I trying to make myself happy by an external stimulus? Nope. It's all internal. It's being grateful for what I have. Not seeking out anything more at this moment. Being happy with the way things are.
Being "Present" and Grateful
Being present is different from being grateful, but I believe they are closely related. You can be present in the moment and be unhappy (or happy). But being present gives us the ability to see what we have. To be grateful for it. To help us with a positive perspective ... and hence help us be happy.
If we acknowledge everything around us that contributes to our happiness, actively seeking out what good there is, (i.e. being "present") then we are able to translate that into being grateful ... and that can make us happy.
Happiness is often a choice.
Some people can make any terrible situation into a happy one.
Others can make any happy situation into one that makes them unhappy.
Which are you?
Will you choose happiness? Or Unhappiness?
The choice is yours. (Pssst .... Choose happy)
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