Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be. It is not what happens to us in life the determines our happiness so much as the way we react to what happens.
Being happy is not always easy, though. It can be one of the greatest challenges that we face and can sometimes take all the determination, persistence and self-discipline that we can muster. Maturity means taking responsibility for our own happiness and choosing to concentrate on what we have got rather than on what we haven’t.
We are necessarily in control of our own happiness as we decide the thoughts we think. No-one else puts thoughts in our mind. To be happy, we need to concentrate on happy thoughts. How often, though, do we do the opposite? How often do we ignore the compliments that are paid to us yet dwell on unkind words for weeks afterwards?
Most people remember compliments for a few minutes and insults for years. They become garbage collectors, carrying around trash that was thrown at them twenty years ago.
If we’re unhappy, it’s because life is not as we want it. Life is not matching our expectations of how it “ought” to be and so, we’re unhappy.
You choose what you want to see and you choose what you think.
“You have your brush and colours. You paint paradise, then in you go.”
Have Heart.
-Jasmine Abdullah
