Assalaam alaykom sisters...well I think flower dresses make me feel sooo goooood!!!! A smile is a choice, not a miracle. Don’t wait for people
to smile. Show them how. A genuine smile makes
you and everyone feel better. Bottom line: Smiling actually makes you happier.
Let me share ten
ways to choose happiness:
Choose to be the best YOU can be. – Give it your all in
everything you do, commit to your goals, and don’t compare yourself to anyone
else. John Wooden once said, “Success and happiness is peace of mind, which is
a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your
best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” Never try to be
better than anyone else, but never stop trying to be the best you can be. If
you feel called to compare yourself to someone, compare yourself to an earlier
version of yourself.
Choose to be around the right people. – Spend time with
nice people who are smart, driven and likeminded. Relationships should help
you, not hurt you. Surround yourself with people who reflect the person you
want to be. Choose friends who you are proud to know, people you admire, who
love and respect you – people who make your day a little brighter simply by
being in it. Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness
out of you. When you free yourself from negative people, you free yourself to
be YOU – and being YOU is the only way to truly live.
Choose a good attitude. – What often screws us up the most
in life is the picture in our head of how it’s supposed to be. And the reason
so many of us give up is because we tend to look at how far we still have to go,
instead of how far we have come. Remember, life is a journey, not a
destination. This moment, like every moment, is a priceless gift and an
opportunity. Be positive, smile, and make it count. Pretend today is going to
be great. Do so, and it will be. Research shows that although we think that we
act because of the way we feel, in fact, we often feel because of the way we
act. A great attitude always leads to great experiences.
Choose to smile more often. – A smile is a choice, not a
miracle. Don’t wait for people to smile. A genuine smile makes you and everyone around you feel better.
The simple act of smiling sends a message to your brain that you’re happy. And
when you’re happy, your body pumps out all kinds of feel-good endorphins.
Choose to take care of your body. – Taking care of your
body is crucial to being the happiest person you can be. If you don’t have your
physical energy in good shape, then your mental energy (your focus), your
emotional energy (your feelings), and your spiritual energy (your purpose) will
all be negatively affected. Recent studies conducted on people who were
clinically depressed showed that consistent exercise significantly raises
happiness levels in the near-term. Not only that, six months later, the people
who had continued to exercise were less likely to relapse into depression
because they had a higher sense of self-accomplishment and self-worth.
Choose honesty. – Start being honest with yourself and
everyone else. Don’t cheat. Be faithful. Be kind. Do the right thing! It is
a less complicated way to live. Integrity is the essence of everything
successful. When you break the rules of integrity you invite serious
complications into your life. Keep
life simple and enjoyable by doing what you know in your heart is right.
Don’t get involved with drama that doesn’t affect you.
Choose to focus on what you have, not on what you haven’t.
– When you appreciate what you have, what you have appreciates in value. Being
grateful for the goodness that is already evident in your life will bring you a deeper sense of happiness. And that’s without
having to go out and buy or acquire anything new. It makes sense. You will
have a hard time ever being happy if you aren’t thankful for what you already
have.
Choose to help others when you’re able. – Care about
people. In life, you get what you put in. When you make a positive impact in
someone else’s life, you also make a positive impact in your own life. Do
something that’s greater than you – something that helps someone else to be
happy or to suffer less.
Choose to let go when you know you should. – Sometimes you
have to be strong for yourself. Love is worth fighting for, but you can’t be
the only one fighting. People need to fight for you too. If they don’t, you
eventually have to move on and realize that what you gave them was more than
they were willing to give you. Some relationships and situations just can’t be
fixed. If you try to force them back together, things will only get worse.
Holding on is being brave, but letting go and moving on is often what makes us
stronger and happier.
Choose to embrace the next step in your life. – You can
hold on to the past, or you can create your own happiness today. Never let
success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart. Every day is
a new beginning and a new ending. Embrace it, make the best of it, smile, and
keep looking straight ahead. And don’t forget, a smile doesn’t always mean a
person is happy right now; sometimes it simply means they are strong enough to
face their problems going forward.
You are the only one who can create your happiness.
The choice is yours. Choose happiness!!!! Sweet dreams!
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