Happiness is like a butterfly – the more you chase it, the more it eludes you.
It’s easy in a fast-paced world to pursue happiness like we work a “to-do” or bucket list.
Let happiness come to you at its own speed, in its own time. It can’t be forced.
Happiness arrives just in time when we let it come to us not when we chase it.
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Why do we even have regrets? There is nothing that can be done about them and more often than not what we regret launches us into something better – and yet, we rarely say “I have NO regrets” and mean it.
A broken marriage can lead to a happy one in the future.
Getting fired can be a blow to the ego (and wallet) but it’s surprising how many fired people go on to be successful in new jobs.
And yet we fixate on regrets.
Being rejected hurts for certain but what are we expected to do? Be someone different for every person’s liking.
Steve Jobs got kicked out of his own company by the man herecruited to replace him as CEO.
When the feeling of being worthless creeps into the mind, shut it out and see why “regrets” often lead to the next opportunity to realize a dream.
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Whether we are jealous or the victim of another’s jealousy, it can stop today.
Feel powerful when you sincerely wish those who have what you want much happiness.
Because you have something good doesn’t mean I can’t also eventually experience the same thing.
It’s okay if someone has what you want or think you should have – you may be blessed with other good fortune.
Jealousy kills relationships – think about that if you covet close friendships.
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Often criticism is a veiled compliment – try looking at it that way. People who can’t bring themselves to tell you what they admire turn their jealousy into an insult.
Stop seeking approval. The only person whose approval is a must have is your own. Giving anyone else that power is in and of itself demeaning to you.
Criticism is never constructive – it is a veiled insult. Improvements are better.
No one can criticize doing our best.
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An ongoing Harvard study points to one important thing.
“Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period”.
A Cigna study done just last year shows that only 50% of Americans have “meaningful in-person social interactions” on a daily basis.
The numbers are worse for Gen Z – our children and grandchildren.
One solution – volunteer.
Give of your time. In giving you receive the benefit of in person face-to-face social interaction.
Phones make us feel alone.
Screens divert us to the black hole of social media.
A “smart” phone owner is one who cultivates face-to-face relationships.
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We don’t forgive for the offender.
We do it for ourselves.
We let go of hatred, animosity and hurt so that we might not become the person who did us wrong.
Practicing letting go on little things so that we might have the strength to do it on the big ones.
Trying to see things from the point of view of the person who hurt us not to condone or accept it but to get to the bottom of it.
Letting go is an act of faith – we commit to do it and then do it.
Forgiveness does not mean having to forget or putting yourself in harm’s way for future abuse.
When bad feelings return, remind yourself how good it feels to let go of anger and hurt that otherwise could make for an unhappy life.
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Most folks don’t have a prayer of starting the day in a positive way once their narrative is hijacked and taken from them.
Bad news on the morning shows, radio or online.
Emails and text messages that present problems and upset.
Then we bump into people who through some sort of osmosis transfer their anxiety to us.
Resist the bad news of the day.
Reject the problems of others – even to listen to them can cause more anxiety.
Stick to your goals for the day ahead and not be detoured by someone else’s negative narrative.
Change the narrative from bad news to hope.
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Find something you love to do and get someone to pay you to do it.
Find people you admire and make friends with them.
Find a problem you can’t solve and let it go.
Find a mirror, stare right into it and love what you’re looking at.
Find a challenge bigger than you and grow with it.
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