How to Find Happiness

What exactly does HAPPINESS mean to you? Will you be happy if you were younger, fitter, richer, more attractive or more successful? Perhaps if you had the perfect body, the perfect house, a chef or a racy sports car?

I’m sure your list is endless, and that’s good. It is good to want to improve. Goals are wonderful things to have. But HAPPINESS shouldn’t be a goal- it shouldn’t be a destination.

Let me ask you: Can you have every possible material possession in the world and still be unhappy? Yes. Can you have no material possessions and be happy? YES.

And that would mean material things have no relevance to happiness, wouldn’t it?

I want you to try something quickly.

Wherever you are right now. Sit up straight. Raise your face to the ceiling and put a great goofy smile on your face. Now say something really depressing.

Difficult? Yep. That’s because our physiology affects our state of mind.

Happiness is a state of mind. And as with anger, sadness, joy or excitement we can CHOOSE these states. It is possible to change your state completely by simply changing your breathing, posture and facial expressions.

Wait, did I say choose? I can CHOOSE to be happy?

Yes! We are faced with these decisions all day long. We can either CHOOSE to be happy or CHOOSE to be less so.

Who are you NOT to be HAPPY?

Why should YOUR happiness depend on other people?

Do you breathe? Can you SEE? Can you TOUCH? Do you have RELATIONSHIPS? Do you get a new chance EVERY SINGLE DAY?

Right now, sit up straight, SMILE and say, “ I CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY –NOW!”

Say it again. And again. And again. Say it every morning and night and whenever else the fancy strikes you.

True happiness is when you can be happy anywhere in the world doing anything with anybody. And guess what else?

YOU ARE GORGEOUS WHEN YOU SMILE!

Do you believe me?

Well, take a look in the mirror. Put on the “mask” you wear to work every day. Look at the mirror as if it were the stranger in the car next to you.

Now…SMILE!

Doesn’t that LOOK and FEEL better? Don’t you FEEL more attractive? Perhaps even GORGEOUS?

Try CHOOSING to be happy over the next few days. Make that little decision and start experiencing true happiness RIGHT NOW!