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When I forget that my happiness is an inside job, I can start negative self-talk. How can I be happy when my health is failing, my mind is flooded with worry of divorce and my hairs turning gray. My grown children are using alcohol and drugs, the economy is bad and people are being laid off work. The stock market is down, people talk of terrorism when the lights go out, and I am feeling lonely in a city full of people. I gripe determinedly about my unhappiness, refusing to accept all endeavors to eliminate it by blaming, blaming others things, people, places for my unhappiness. I keep having my own thoughts over and over of worries of the past and what if's, in the present, until I erect a fortress in my mind of my own unhappiness.
After that poison, I remember unhappiness is a decision I can choose that keeps me in self-pity, ill, or discontent. When things, people or places do not go or do not do what I want, I get irritated inside my self. Others are oblivious to what I am doing in my own head. When I care to love me, I do not need others to pump me up or drag me down. I stop trying to control everyone and everything and turn my life over to the God, as I understand God, and accept life, people, and most important I accept myself. This is where I find happiness.
When I stopped trying to fix me, and control the world, I opened the door to my own happiness. As I began practicing a simple process of letting go of manipulation, I began to practice kindness, consideration and compassion to myself. When I am honest and willing to face my fears and go across my own grain of beliefs, That is what I call humility.
I am forever amazed in Old Mexico how happy the handicapped or poor are in all types of adverse conditions and how the general populace is happy, smiling, laughing and anxious to meet me.
Choice
Happiness is when I choose and make a conscious decision to be happy.
Happiness is only as important as I choose to want to be happy.
Happiness is my free-will decision that only I can personally choose within my self.
Gratitude
Happiness begins with gratitude.
I find that when I practice gratitude, I have no time to worry.
Gratitude begins on the inside of me and works to the outside of my world.
Present
Happiness is being in the NOW and not worrying about the past or future.
Happiness is a state of being, moment to moment, ever changing, never stagnant.
The cure for my unhappiness is letting go of my thoughts of re-living the past or future.
Non-judgement
Happiness is non- judgmental, agreeing to disagree in the diversity of expressions.
Happiness is accepting life situations, as they are not pronouncing judgments.
Non-judgment of myself is the beginning with me to begin to not judging others.
Acceptance
Loving where I am, with whomever I am with, and what I am doing, is happiness.
Happiness begins with me first loving and accepting myself just as I am.
When I choose acceptance, I create an opportunity, a chance to create anew.
Honesty
Happiness is being honest with my-self just as I am.
Happiness is letting go of those things I cannot change.
Happiness is within when I am honest with myself and allow myself to feel good by just being me.
If I choose to change my thinking and choose love & happiness, I get an inner peace.
It is within me.
It begins with me.
No one can do it for me.
It is my free will choice to choose to be happy or unhappy.
I cannot find that inner peace outside of my self.
I am always thinking in my head, making choices to be unhappy or happy.
So I laugh. I Make myself-laugh, collect jokes, comical books, funny movies, or create a thought of a situation that makes me laugh. The benefits of a good belly laugh last 24-hours.
I choose to think happy thoughts by spending 17 seconds to 7 minutes on happy feelings, places, and things. I can create a peaceful environment within a quick fix to happiness.
Next, I want to go to clown school or join a laughter club to capture the deep exhilarating belly laugh, in the present moment, being carefree and ready for the deep healing of my body mind and spirit.
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PaTrisha
| PaTrisha Robinsong |
| PaTrisha Robinsong of HeartSongs Life Coaching Sessions are about Personal Discovery through the process of self-inquiry serving as a catalyst in making your own growth. She also gives Private Intuitive Readings and Group Seminars specializing in Getting to Know Your Self and balancing your own Body, Mind & Spirit. Confidential & Privacy for appointments: 803 286-9990 or email Patricia. |