Courage to be Happy
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Do you live as if your cup were
half full? How cognizant are you of the fact that what you say is
directly correlated to the outcome you’ll get?
If you continually speak of your
life as if you never feel good, things never turn out right, or nothing
positive comes your way, you’ll more than likely end up being right. In
fact, I’d go so far as to say that it takes courage to be happy. My
great-grandmother Conchetta suffered many indignities and tragedies
throughout her life, yet not a day went by without her announcing that
she felt blessed with abbondanza: abundance.
You can choose to take all of your
experiences and channel them into your own reality show based on fear
and anxiety, or you can think of all difficulties as opportunities for
creating something new. Negativity is like a big black hole with
slippery sides. Once you fall in, it takes a lot of effort to crawl back
up.
Many people like the security of
the darkness. So if you’re down their, you’ll have lots of company.
However, when you decide to come back into the light, the others there
won’t help you. They’re stuck in the quagmire and want you there with
them, too.
It takes a lot of vigilance to be
the guardian of your thoughts, words, and deeds; and you’re often at the
mercy of years of conditioning that make you operate as if you’re on
autopilot. When you use language such as If only, I wish, or I can’t,
you’re dismissing the possibility of today. Why maintain the
familiarity of the past or nurse a fear of the future? You may think
it’s easier to stay in an unhappy relationship or job or maintain habits
that don’t serve you, but ultimately you’ll suffer. In fact, it’s
easier and takes less energy to feel good than it does to feel bad.
“If today were my last day on earth, would I want to do what I’m
about to do today?” Try asking yourself the same question. It might end
up being a huge wake up call.
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