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Thoughts on Happiness, Part 1
I have quite a few thoughts on being happy or unhappy in any aspect of your life. I have most of these thoughts written down, but now it's a matter of putting them all together into something presentable.
In the meantime, I ran across the following passage in another blog. This passage really hit a chord in me, especially a few certain sentences in it. I think it is something everyone should think about and take to heart.
Never Making Your Own Happiness a Priority
For the average person happiness is a choice, yet numerous people are unhappy. There are many reasons, but it all boils down to one simple principle: They choose something else over happiness. Because it often takes less effort to be unhappy.
To find true happiness in life you have to follow your heart and intuition. You have to be who you are, and design a lifestyle and career that fulfills you - no matter what that entails or what people say about it. And it is never too late to do so.
So be happy; be yourself. If others don't like it, then let them be. Life isn't about pleasing everybody. Begin today by taking responsibility for your own happiness. You are the only one who can create it. The choice is yours.
What really stood out to me in that passage:
* They choose something else over happiness. Because it often takes less effort to be unhappy.
* To find true happiness in life you have to follow your heart and intuition.
* And it is never too late to do so.
* Life isn't about pleasing everybody.
I couldn't agree more with any of that. It baffles to me to no end how some people choose to be unhappy rather than doing what they need to do to make themselves happy. But, that is for my next post on happiness.
In the meantime, I ran across the following passage in another blog. This passage really hit a chord in me, especially a few certain sentences in it. I think it is something everyone should think about and take to heart.
Never Making Your Own Happiness a Priority
For the average person happiness is a choice, yet numerous people are unhappy. There are many reasons, but it all boils down to one simple principle: They choose something else over happiness. Because it often takes less effort to be unhappy.
To find true happiness in life you have to follow your heart and intuition. You have to be who you are, and design a lifestyle and career that fulfills you - no matter what that entails or what people say about it. And it is never too late to do so.
So be happy; be yourself. If others don't like it, then let them be. Life isn't about pleasing everybody. Begin today by taking responsibility for your own happiness. You are the only one who can create it. The choice is yours.
What really stood out to me in that passage:
* They choose something else over happiness. Because it often takes less effort to be unhappy.
* To find true happiness in life you have to follow your heart and intuition.
* And it is never too late to do so.
* Life isn't about pleasing everybody.
I couldn't agree more with any of that. It baffles to me to no end how some people choose to be unhappy rather than doing what they need to do to make themselves happy. But, that is for my next post on happiness.