Happiness is a choice
One of the core parts of the Dynamic Living seminar is the statement: “You always have a choice. You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be grumpy. It’s always better, it’s always smarter, it’s always wiser to choose to be happy.”
While this may seem like a small decision that we must make over and over each day—or even each hour or minute—it can make all the difference.
Now … it’s not always easier. Quite the opposite sometimes!
There are circumstances of life that can break our hearts and defeat our spirits for a time.
I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t grieve or mourn the tragedies of life. I’m not suggesting that life is just blue skies and smooth sailing if we just “choose to be happy”.
What I am suggesting is that we have a choice even in the tragedies. Do we let them define us, derail us, and defeat us? Or do we choose to look for the good? Do we realize that life is still worth living, dreams are still worth chasing, and happiness is still worth choosing?
We always have a choice.
- Exercise:
Think of a situation in your life where you are having a hard time choosing to be happy.
Write down 3 good things that can come from that situation
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