Happiness is a choice. Plain and simple. Nothing more, nothing less.
If you want to be happy or want to create happiness in your life, the first and foremost understanding you must have is that you deserve to be happy. Without believing this, the battle is futile. Remember your Greatness!
Knowing and accepting that happiness is your birth right, changes the way you see the life before you. Now, the mission becomes how to acquire that which is so amazing and liberating. So the next step becomes understanding what happiness looks like to you.
Everyone’s definition or activity that manifests happiness can be very different. So find a peaceful space, look inside yourself and remember the times when you smiled and laughed a lot. The times when your heart was light and full of laughter.
Go back and reminisce about the people and pets who showed you unconditional love and compassion. And don’t forget the friends who stood by you in the tough times but also helped you get into innocent trouble every once in a while. It could also be as simple as remembering the quiet time you spent by yourself on the couch with a good book and your favorite chocolate.
Can you imagine a world where you never stop smiling? Incredible, isn’t it? That world is waiting for you to come and play. Admission is always free and you need only bring your joyful spirit.
Now that you have come to understand that happiness is a part of your life and that you know what it feels like for you, the time has come to experience it everyday of your life. If you are waiting on permission, it is hereby granted. However, the only person who’s authority you require to start living a life filled with happiness and contentment, is yourself.
Go forth on your amazing journey. May it always bring you peace of heart and love to all those around you.
Love and Blessings,
Dina Marie Blas
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What a beautiful post. Love the photo – absolutely adorable. It says it all. (visiting from UBC)
Thank you for stopping by Retha. I do love the picture too. 🙂
You can’t be happy with your life if your not happy with yourself!
Completely agree Nicole. That’s why one should always start with themselves. 🙂
How adorable! Just popping by from UBC
Thank you Sophie! 🙂
If you have coping skills, you can be internally happy even during the darkest times.
Esther, I completely agree. 🙂
They say that happiness is an inside job, and it’s true. We have so many illusions about what will make us happy, and then we go and get the “things” and experiences and when it’s over we have to look for some new way to feed the “happiness machine” in a never-ending quest.
Personally the happiest I’ve ever been is when I’m fully engaged in doing what I love, or spending time with people I care about, or helping someone else without concern for what I will get back. You can’t buy happiness but you can make it 🙂
High five Nancy! Love your take on this topic and your enthusiasm! Cheers! 🙂
Love this post, Dina. When my kids were growing up I used to say they were first rate entertainment with a different comedian every night and no cover charge and BYOT (bring your own tea)!
So awesome Cheryl! I’ve found the same to be true with my 4-legged children. Happiness is all around us if we just paid attention. 🙂
What a beautiful post. I learned that being happy should be a natural state for us–it is the way God created us. But yet, so many of us look outside for ourself for happiness.
Have a Merry Christmas!
Rachel,
Thank you Rachel. Yes, most of us do sometimes just because it’s easier. Here’s to a new year full of opportunities to be “happy” created by us. 🙂
Blessings,
Dina