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Being happy can be hard work sometimes.

It is like maintaining a nice home - you’ve got to

hang on to your treasures and throw out the garbage.

Being happy requires looking for the good things.

One person sees the beautiful view and the other sees

the dirty window. Choose what you see and what

you think.

Do you recall watching “boy meet girl” movies? Titanic

would be a famous example. As the boy and girl struggle

through thick and thin, you hoped and prayed the whole

time that everything would work out even in the outcome

of imminent doom. We gulped and dried our tears as the

curtains came down.

We cry at these movies because at our deepest level, we care.

We hurt. There is an inner core in all of us which is simply

beautiful. When we see the plight of the starving around

the globe on t.v., we ache for them. We all care. Accept

that you have these capacities to love and emphatise and be

HUMAN.

Recognise your own worth and constantly remind

yourself that you deserved to be treated well!

• To learn to walk, we must risk falling over.

• To make a dollar, we must risk losing it.

• In loving and caring, we risk breaking our hearts.

• Getting a job is a risk. Crossing the road is a risk. Eating

in the restaurant is a risk. Starting a family is a risk.

• Life is a risk. Winners take more risk than losers.

That is why they win so much. Necessarily

then, winners lose more than losers, but they are

playing so often that their wins add up.

We have a choice between

living and merely existing.

COMPLIMENTS

Ever notice how good you feel when you

give a compliment?

Even if people are awkward in receiving

them, they appreciate them.

When we make it a habit to GIVE genuine

compliments, we’ll always be looking out

for the good in people.

Two Happiness TrapsWe postpone our happiness - “ I’ll be

happy when....”( When the house is paid

off, when we go to Phuket, Bali, or

Hawaii, when I find a better job...)

We look back to the past and say, “If I

have known today was going to be so

awful, I would have been happy yesterday.”

HAPPINESS is not a when - Happiness is

a now.

Work!Lots of people will tell you , “I’ll be happier

if my job was easier.” But when work gets

easier, they quit, and look for another

challenge.

The truth is, we love challenge. Let’s stop

kidding ourselves! Nearly every job is

repetitious.

Often, the secret to enjoying a job is not

to change your job but to change your

attitude.

Law of ProgressEverything has ups and downs - nothing travels

in straight lines. This applies to your own

progress in any project. Keep your eye on

your target, keep putting in the effort and you

reach your target despite the ups and downs.

Successful people realise that they reach their

goals by continuously correcting. We get off

course, correct, and get back on course.

Ships do it. Rockets and missiles do it.

Correct. Correct. Correct.

The key to happiness is not that

you never get upset, frustrated

or irritated.

It is how quickly you decide to

snap out of it.

Learning from ChildrenSpend time with children. Learn more about

laughter, spontaneity, curiosity, acceptance, r

esilience, trust, determination, and your

imagination.

They are here to teach us!

Happiness is not dependent on your

circumstances or your bank balance.

Happiness is a daily decision.

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