Many people believe that they can
only feel happiness when everything is going well in their lives. We tend to
need a reason or situation to be happy. But, what if we changed our thought
process about happiness and made a conscientious choice to be happy? Feeling
joy and happiness can be achieved by making a choice to do so.
Put things into perspective. Most
people do not live the ideal life and life brings us challenges on a daily
basis. Have you stopped to think about how bad it really is? I’m talking about
a true assessment of your life situation. Are you homeless, terminally ill, has
your family disowned you? Get the picture? For the record I had a terminally
ill sibling, who smile everyday for the time that they had left. That is not to
say that everyone could or should be able to smile in the face of extremely
difficult situations, nor is to judge the level of difficulty of another human
being. However, it is to make a point about self-awareness and our personal
choices.
Acknowledging that no one can
gauge another person’s tolerance for life’s stress and that less extreme
situations can legitimately feel as bad as any. Another thought is to remember
that when things feel as if you’ve hit rock bottom, then there’s only up right?
Better days will come and this is something to look forward to and smile about.
If you aren’t able to acknowledge
that better days are one their way, are you able to be thankful for whatever is
positive in your life? Stop and think about all the conveniences that you take
for granted and be thankful for them. Conveniences such as a roof over your head,
food, clean water, and a warm bed. These things are actually more then
conveniences, they are luxuries to many. If you can feel grateful for what you
have, let that gratitude turn into happiness.
“Nothing is impossible, the word
itself says, I’m Possible!” ~Audrey Hepburn
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