Why Happiness IS Just a Choice

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When I was a kid, people would ask, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My response was: “Happy!”

 “No,” they would say, “What do you want to be?
You know like Doctor? Lawyer?” My response was, “Be happy!”

Apparently,
this was not the correct response even though it made total sense to me.

As I
grew up, I tried to get to that place of happy by doing all the things that
others said I should do. Beautiful fiancé. Check. Successful career. Check.
Living in a nice place. Check. I had ticked the boxes of what others told me
was valuable and would make me happy and yet I was miserable.

If
happiness is not the result of getting where others say you should go, then
what IS it? More importantly, how do you find it? With many years of traveling
the globe, facilitating classes and meeting lots of unhappy and happy people, I
have discovered that HAPPY OR NOT HAPPY IS SIMPLY A CHOICE.

Everyone
has a story, everyone has things that are tough, and when it comes to being
happy and living a satisfied life, those things are irrelevant. You either
choose happy or you don’t.

If
you have been waiting for Mr. or Mrs. Right to show up or counting on winning
the lottery or hoping for the stars to somehow align and deliver you the
perfect life so y...

Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - March 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dain Heer Tags: featured happiness self-improvement self improvement Source Type: blogs