Do the deed that sows the seed for happiness

"Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action."---Benjamin Disraeli

Let us take action toward our goal of being happy.  Don't just think of the action, make the effort to do the deed that sows the seed for happiness.

When you get up in the morning, before life gets a chance to cloud your thoughts, have a plan and start the action.  Once the action is in motion it will multiply.

You know what makes your soul happy.  Your basic instincts will inform you if you let them.  Ask yourself what will really make me happy today?  Not material things bur rather something n a higher level.  What would really make you look forward to getting up every morning?  Plan it, plot it and do it.

You alone are responsible for your own happiness.  You must make yourself happy.

Some people find happiness in a hobby or creative interest; others find happiness by drinking their coffee on the front steps while watching a beautiful sunrise.  Whatever it is take action to do it. Make yourself happy.  You can do it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will find what my higher self needs to be happy and will take action to provide it.

Be rich in heart

"It is the heart that makes a man rich.  He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has."--Henry Ward Beecher

With so much depression in today's world, we forget that it is what is in the heart that makes a person rich, not what is owned or stored up in banks.

People complain that there is not as much money as there used to be.  While this is probably true let us examine the things that money buys.  We see something that catches our eye, we buy it, we enjoy it for awhile, grow tired of it and want more.  It becomes a never-ending cycle of buying to make us feel good.

Since this feeling is so temporary and does not really bring us happiness then let us examine another way to achieve happiness.  Let us concentrate on doing for others and giving away some of the things that we have bought to some one who does not have what we have.  See how much better you feel.  You revive the same feeling of pleasure when they express joy as you felt when you bought the item.  It makes your heart happy and it makes the recipient happy for a little while.

Resolve now to spend less, give away more and enjoy sharing.  It will make your heart happy.  People live longer, feel better and attract positive energy with a happy heart.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will spend less, give away more and do something for others that makes my heart happy.

Have fun in life

"Have fun doing whatever it is that you desire to accomplish...and do it because you love it, not because it is work” Paul Westphal

Whatever your goal is in life, whatever you choose to pursue, have fun while you are doing it.  Sometimes the most boring work can be fun.  Find a way to make the circumstance or work more enjoyable.  Use your creative ideas.  If the work is physically repetitive then use it as a rhythmic form of a workout.  Get a rhythm going and keep it up.  If it is a mentally taxing job take a few minutes break and meditate on something pleasant from time to time or listen to soothing music.

Learn to smile a lot.  When you smile you are signaling the body that you are happy and it responds in like kind and becomes happy.  Try it and see.

Schedule a happy time for yourself.  What hobby do you have that makes you happy?  What groups of people make you happy?  Make a list of what you enjoy doing and schedule it into your life.

Fun equates to happiness.  Positive energy flows from fun and happiness.

Remember you are the co-creator of your life and therefore can create fun and happiness. No one can force you to be unhappy.  The power to be happy and have fun comes from within your own self.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will be happy and plan my life so that what I do will be enjoyable to me.

Happiness is within

"A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."  Abraham Lincoln

Have you ever waked up to the mindset that you were depressed and this was going to be a terrible day?

Guess what?  It will be.  You are programming your day to be bad and expecting the outcome to be bad.  You are inviting negative energy into your life and it will come.

All those negative thoughts about how unhappy you are will come to the surface in abundance and as you know the day will get worse and worse.

Stop it now! Reevaluate your day.  Tell yourself that you have a lot to be thankful for and you are going to be happy and no one is going to prevent your happiness.

Tell yourself that you are the master of your destiny and have chosen to be happy.  Then paste a smile on your face and take a few slow deep breaths and feel your composure building up until you feel contentment in spite of your circumstances or surroundings.

If you make up your mind to be happy and smile soon you will feel a happy feeling.  Sadness and depression cannot co-exist with happiness.  Happiness rules.

Practice this exercise every day.  Stand in front of a mirror and smile at yourself and say “I am a spiritual being and deserve to be happy so I will be."  Say it with feeling and look into the mirror into your own eyes and repeat it three times.  You might be amazed.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Everything you need for a happy life is within yourself.