The Pursuit of Happiness

Life is not always going to be Pleasantville.

We are here to learn, grow, and challenge ourselves ~ while encouraging others to do the same.

Fortunately, it is not what happens to us in life that determines our happiness ~ it is how we view what happens to us.

“How we relate to the issue, is the issue.”

When we view obstacles as opportunities, we can choose happiness most of the time.

For example, when learning to bowl, we often learn more from our gutter balls, than we do from perfectly thrown strikes and spares ~ unless, of course, we collapse into a puddle (bemoaning our fate or, worse still, blaming the ball), each time we miss our mark.

When we stop playing “the victim,” by challenging ourselves to accept the inevitable set-backs in life and keep moving forward, we free ourselves from our self-constructed prisons and become the grand architects of our future.

When we retrain ourselves to focus on the positives, we are happier and have more energy.

That positive energy fills us with the creative enthusiasm and inspiration we need to live the life of our dreams.

Just begin . . . with a big grin . . . and the way will appear.

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