It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. – Dale Carnegie
How we think and what we think about what happens to us is paramount. Let’s pay more attention to it and stay happier!
Today I AM not taking myself seriously. I AM what I AM and I assess every situation correctly. I know how to be happy.
Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
None of us is perfect, but we can all be perfect friends and perfect partners by allowing those that we love to be imperfect. – Neale Donald Walsch
There is one way we can be perfect, and this is by allowing others to be imperfect! Imperfect they’ll be, more often than not. Will we allow them that?
Today I AM letting others make mistakes. We’re all good, God’s children in perfection…
Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch
Happiness is a choice that I can make no matter how grim circumstances might seem. The joy of being alive is always attainable... – Patti Pansa
“… with Stage 4 metastasized breast cancer, Patti didn’t want to wish. She wanted to know how to live life with no regrets. Out of Patti’s vision and sense of urgency, the No Regrets Project was born. Between radiation treatments, spinal surgery and a bucket list trip to Alaska, Patti wrote essays, talked with anyone who would listen, dreamed and created. In the end, she developed five simple, personal practices to help herself live life more fully: be grateful every day, trust – take the risk, courage to be me, choose joy, and love myself & share it. While the phrases may be simple, accomplishing them is not. The development of the No Regrets Project is Patti Pansa’s legacy to all of us.”
Today I AM leaving no regrets on the table! I AM grateful. I AM trusting and take risks. I AM courageously me. I AM choosing joy. I love myself and share this love. I AM living fully!
Recommendation: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Only that day dawns to which we are awake. – Henry David Thoreau
It could be an entire day before we realize it’s gone! Does that happen to you?
We must become aware of ourselves as we pass through a unique day, that’s made up of unique moments and experiences. If we are constantly manufacturing thoughts about what’s going on with us or who’s doing what to us, then we won’t awaken to that day or moment.
The only way to smell the rose is to awaken fully to the rose (not thoughts/concepts about it) and experience it fully for what it is.
Today I AM here. I AM present. I experience life as it is and not via my thoughts about life. I AM happy.
Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. – Rabindranath Tagore
Straddled by thoughts and resentments of the past? Or buried by anxious thoughts of the future? Both? There has to be a better way! Be like a butterfly!
We are beautiful, let’s recognize that beauty and then find and appreciate beauty all around us, just like a butterfly! Flutter about in total delight, stay in the moment, smell roses and make nectar out of all that’s beautiful around. Forgive the past (including the personalities) and worry not about the future, it’ll take care of itself!
Today I AM a butterfly. I care not for yesterday, nor do I think of the morrow. I have faith, I choose the beautiful and the sweet. My life is delightful!!
Recommendation: The Center Within by Fred Harris
When you wish good for others, good things come back to you. This is the law of nature. – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
We draw to us what we constantly think about. Do we feel happy when others succeed? If so, then we’ll succeed too. That is law.
Today I AM only generating sweet and loving thoughts about others. I dwell in love and think about how I can be of service to others. Life is easy because of my simple way of thinking.
Recommendation: The Center Within by Fred Harris
If you want happiness for an hour – take a nap. If you want happiness for a day – go fishing. If you want happiness for a year – inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime – help someone else. – Chinese Proverb
A meaningful life will always translate into true happiness and joy. Any pursuit that doesn’t support a deeper meaning and drive will result in an empty life. We’ve all experienced both these extremes. It behooves us to consider pursuing desires that are deeply meaningful.
“In the end, the way to lead a joyful life is not to pursue happiness for ourselves, but to pursue it for others. The good life is not about getting what we want; it’s about having what it takes to give to others.”
– Christine Carter
Today I AM thinking twice about every desire that I generate. I AM thinking about how my every action helps others and not just myself. I AM starting to live for others…
Recommendation: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki
