The fifth of the seven principles to success this week is “I will choose to be happy.”
Beginning this very moment, I am a happy person, for I now truly understand the concept of happiness. Happiness is a choice. Happiness is the end result of certain thoughts and activities, which actually bring about a chemical reaction in my body. This reaction results in a euphoria that, while elusive to some, is totally under my control. Today I will choose to be happy. I will greet each day with laughter. Within moments of awakening, I will laugh for seven seconds. Even after such a small period of time, excitement has begun to flow through my bloodstream. I feel different. I am different! I am enthusiastic about the day. I am alert to its possibilities. I am happy! Laughter is an outward expression of enthusiasm, and I know that enthusiasm is the fuel that moves the world. I laugh throughout the day. I laugh while I am alone, and I laugh in conversation with others. People are drawn to me because I have laughter in my heart. The world belongs to the enthusiastic, for people will follow them anywhere! Today I will choose to be happy. I smile at every person I meet. My smile has become my calling card. My smile has the strength to forge bonds, break ice, and calm storms. I will use my smile constantly. Because of my smile, the people with whom I come in contact on a daily basis will choose to further my causes and follow my leadership. I will always smile first. That particular display of a good attitude will tell others what I expect in return. My smile is the key to my emotional makeup. A wise man once said, ‘ I do not sing because I am happy; I am happy because I sing!’ When I choose to smile, I become the master of my emotions. The power of who I am is displayed when I smile. Today I will choose to be happy. I am the possessor of a grateful spirit. Just as the fresh breeze cleans smoke from the air, so a grateful spirit removes the cloud of despair. It is impossible for the seed of depression to take root in a thankful heart. My God has bestowed upon me many gifts, and for these I will remember to be grateful. I am grateful for sight and sound and breath. I will greet each day with laughter. I will smile at every person I meet. I am the possessor of a grateful spirit. Today I will choose to be happy.
Excerpt taken from The Traveler’s Gift
by Andy Andrews. Also, follow Andy on Twitter.
Ah the choice of happiness. I hear so many people everyday, and some days even myself make the statement: “They make me so mad!” I remember as a kid my dad always saying, “No one makes you anything. You choose to be mad, angry, upset or happy.” He was so right. Each day and every moment we have a choice. With each step we take we have a choice. One of those choices happens to be the choice of happiness.
I’ve met a few people in life that have this unbelievable aspect that everything will work out fine. Really? Will everything work out fine? Well, the answer is yes……if……… Yes I said if. Everything will work out fine IF you will make the right choices. I’m not saying we have to be perfect for life to be good. What I am suggesting is that when I make the right choices in life, when I have a decided heart, then yes things do work out fine. Will there be tough decisions in life? Sure. Will there be challenges and obstacles? Always. The difference in people is that some choose to face these challenges with a smile and whistle and some choose to face life with a frown and negativity. Which are you? Life is tough. But why not be happy living it. I promise it will make your problems less problematic and a whole lot more fun to conquer! Friends, CHOOSE happiness!
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