The trouble is not that we are never happy - it is that happiness is so episodical. --Ruth Benedict
Happiness is our birthright. The decision to be happy is ours to make, every day, when confronted with any experience. Too many of us grew up believing that life needed to be a certain way for us to be happy. We looked for the right lover, the right job, the right dress. We looked outside of ourselves for the key to happiness. In time, we even looked to alcohol, drugs, food perhaps - to no avail.
Happiness lies within. We must encourage it to spring forth. But first we need to believe that happiness is fully within our power. We must trust that the most difficult circumstances won't keep it from us when we have learned to tap the source within.
Life is a gift we are granted moment by moment. Let us be in awe of the wonder of it, and then revel in it. We can marvel at creation for a moment and realize how special we are to be participants. Happiness will overcome us if we let it. We can best show our gratitude for the wonder of this gift by smiling within and without.
That I am here is a wonderful mystery to which joy is the natural response. It is no accident that I am here.
The trouble is not that we are never happy - it is that happiness is so episodical. --Ruth Benedict
Happiness is our birthright. The decision to be happy is ours to make, every day, when confronted with any experience. Too many of us grew up believing that life needed to be a certain way for us to be happy. We looked for the right lover, the right job, the right dress. We looked outside of ourselves for the key to happiness. In time, we even looked to alcohol, drugs, food perhaps - to no avail.
Happiness lies within. We must encourage it to spring forth. But first we need to believe that happiness is fully within our power. We must trust that the most difficult circumstances won't keep it from us when we have learned to tap the source within.
Life is a gift we are granted moment by moment. Let us be in awe of the wonder of it, and then revel in it. We can marvel at creation for a moment and realize how special we are to be participants. Happiness will overcome us if we let it. We can best show our gratitude for the wonder of this gift by smiling within and without.
That I am here is a wonderful mystery to which joy is the natural response. It is no accident that I am here.
LarryH,
Now, if I could just record this and play it back to myself in times of need,to remember what I quickly forgot,lol. As always, J
Hey Larry! Had a friend say awhile ago you want to be happy then "BE HAPPY!' very profound:) We do have the option of choosing our emotions and we can choose happiness as well as any other emotion. For us who have been allowed another shot at life thru the grace of God, happiness should run right alongside of gratitude. For me,reflecting back to all the years of pain,and being where I am now can only remind me of the happiness I have to be alive and working for my main sponsor, God, as I understand him!!!
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
yes it is very true and i want to be happy now, before i just lived in the past and not looked at what was right in front of me..........my decision is to be happy!
