Choosing Happiness

Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous

Happiness is not something ready made.
It comes from your own actions.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you
shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
- Helen Keller

Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous

Today's affirmation:
I become happy when I choose to accept and love all of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

The Secret of Happiness

Joy is a Choice - but Not an Easy Choice

Quotes about Being Happy

Happiness

Choice

Dance

Laugh

Worry

Believe In Yourself

Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities.
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy.
- Norman Vincent Peale

The best way to gain self-confidence
is to do what you are afraid to do.
- Anonymous

You're braver than you believe,
and stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think.
- A. A. Milne

Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Honor Thyself

Need for Approval

How to Feel Better About Yourself

Demands

To know what you prefer
instead of humbly saying Amen
to what the world tells you you ought to prefer,
is to have kept your soul alive.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Is freedom anything else than the right
to live as we wish? Nothing else.
- Epictetus

There is no passion to be found playing small -
in settling for a life that is less
than the one you are capable of living.
- Nelson Mandela

There is nothing I ever need to have.
There is nothing I ever need to do.
I say NO to the demands of the world.
I say YES to the longings of my own heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We disrespect ourselves and our free-will
whenever we say that we NEED to do something.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Joy is a Choice - but Not an Easy Choice

Appreciate the Unexpected

Expectations are demands

Question Every Assumption and Expectation

Demands

Choice

Obligation

Freedom

Quotes about Expectation

Disrespect

Good Works

Good works are links that form a chain of love.
- Mother Teresa

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

I have found that among its other benefits,
giving liberates the soul of the giver.
- Maya Angelou

As we work to create light for others,
we naturally light our own way.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Today's affirmation:
I Resist the Temptation to Judge Others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Leave the world a bit better

Offering Comfort

My thoughts on Kindness, Charity, and Religion

Compassion

Mother Teresa Quotes

Service

Generosity

Light

Finding Yourself

Rejection

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear
to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
- Sylvester Stallone

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.
- Bo Bennett

Many people allow their need
for other people's approval to control their lives.
They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.
- Rick Warren

Don't take rejection personally.
Don't let someone else's bad day spoil your day.
As long as you never reject yourself, you'll be fine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Deal with Rejection

How To Not Care What Others Think

Need For Approval

Quotes about Approval

Don't Take Anything Personally

Self Esteem

Opinions

Rejection

Confidence