choose happiness
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Every living being wants to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a strong desire that we all share. However we can sabotage our own happiness when we make our happiness conditional upon that which we have no control over. We think if we can make things turn out a certain way or make someone be a certain way, then we certainly will be happy. There is a Buddhist quote that states “Happiness does not come from having much, but from being attached to little”.
No one can “make” me sad or angry. I make me sad or angry. There is always a choice of how we react to things and if we simply let these unpleasant events pass through, or if we chose to hold onto them. Things can happen, some good some bad. People will not always be as you had thought and things may not turn out as planned. I can choose to not let my happiness be attached to anything. Decide to be happy.
-michele
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