A person cannot seek for complete happiness from another human being; we must first seek happiness from above and from within! Just for today, I am happy because I make myself happy!
So many times,we want other people to talk, walk, act and be a certain way and we aren't anything close to what we are asking of them. Or maybe we are, and just can't accept that everyone is not like us. Also, we often times seek out relationships and friendships with people to make us happy. When the truth of the matter is, there is only one person walking this earth that can be responsible for my happiness, and that is me! Sure, another person can add to my happiness, but that person can't be my entire source of happiness. That is too much responsibility to put on one person and that is the quickest set up for failure and disappointment. I believe that it is important to discover personal, internal motivators for joy and peace. This is no simple task, it takes consistency and a true desire for happiness. It also takes some diligence in developing and nurturing a spiritual relationship.
OK, so after you have begun pursuing your happiness and gaining all the wonderful insight...there is another big task at hand........making sure that you don't allow anybody or thing rob you of this new found serenity. Because believe me, as soon as you start achieving new levels of success ( mentally, spiritually, emotionally, etc.) the nay sayers will come along, to tear you down........."That which doesn't kill you makes you strong as iron!"
So I encourage, self exploration and self help to develop happiness and to build resiliency. Because let's be truthful, everyday isn't going to be an awesome day, but with a little work, more days than not can be great ones!
I read this book, titled the In Pursuing Happiness(not after the movie), and it helped me tremendously! Bibliotherapy is a great tool!
So, learn you, do you, be you!
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