It’s important to make someone happy, and it’s important to
start with yourself. Happiness is not
something you postpone for the future; it is something you design into the
present.
Starting today…
1. Appreciate what you have. – If we counted our blessings
instead of our money, we would all be a lot richer. Happiness is there if you want it to be. You just have to see that it’s wrapped in
beauty and hidden delicately between the seconds of your life. If you never stop for a minute to notice, you
might miss it. Read The Happiness
Project.
2. Focus on things that truly matter. – The simple fact that
you are even here, alive, on this planet is a divine miracle, and you should
not spend the time you have being busy, being miserable. Every moment you get is a gift, so stop
focusing on unhappy things, and spend your moments on things that truly matter
to your heart.
3. Define your own meaning of life, and pursue it. – What is
the meaning of life? Whatever you want
it to be. Don’t fear failure; fear a
lifetime of mediocrity due to lack of effort and commitment. There are so many people out there who will
tell you that you CAN’T. What you need
to do is turn around and say, “Watch me!”
4. Embrace life’s challenges. – You may think that taking a
detour in life is a waste of time and energy, but you can also see the detour
as a means of learning more about who you are and where you are heading in your
life. Being off the beaten path may be
disorienting and confusing at times, yet it challenges your creative spirit to
discover new ways to build a stronger YOU.
In the end, it’s usually the tough situations that feel like your tomb
that actually become your cocoon. Hang
in there. You’re coming out of this
stronger and wiser.
5. Find the balance that allows you to be who you truly are.
– Your worst battle is between what you know and what you feel. One of the hardest decisions you will ever
have to make is when to stay put and try harder or when to just take your
memories and move on. Sometimes you have
to step outside of the person you’ve been, and remember the person you were
meant to be, the person you are capable of being, and the person you truly are.
6. Love your body enough to take care of it. – You’re
beautiful; but keep in mind that not everyone is going to see that. Never be ashamed of yourself because you are
born into one skin. You can scar it,
stretch it, burn it, mark it, tan it, and peel it. But you are always in it, so you might as
well take care of it and learn to love it.
Read The 4-Hour Body.
7. Limit your time with negative people. – You can’t make
positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes
those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.
So protect your spirit and potential from contamination by limiting your
time with negative people.
8. Treat others the way you want to be treated. – Be
conscious of your attitude and your actions.
You may be on top of the world right now – feeling untouchable. You may have all the tools at your disposal
to do and say whatever you want. But
remember, life is a circle – what goes around, comes around eventually.
9. Set a good example. – If you want to empower others in
your life, you need to start living the most empowered version of yourself
first. You are never too old to set
another goal or to dream a new dream.
Believe in what you want so much that it has no choice but to become
your reality. And don’t ever compare
yourself to anyone else; stay focused on your own journey and leave footprints
behind.
10. Accept what is, and live for the possibilities that lie
ahead. – Never waste your time wondering about what might have been. Get busy thinking about what still might be,
and trusting that however it plays out, it will leave you glad that what might
have been, never came to be.
