I’m making a decision to be happy. “What?” You ask. “How can you just decide to be happy? Don’t you have things that bother you? Don’t you want to change things? Aren’t there people in your life that drive you crazy?”
Yes, but I’m deciding to be happy anyway. Frustration just doesn’t benefit me and pity-parties aren’t any fun any more. Besides, I’ve met some real happy people and they sure didn’t have perfect lives. Yet they seemed to radiate joy outward no matter what happened. They stood out from the crowd like shining beacons. I saw laugh lines even in their wrinkles. Their smiles reached upward, and the top of their head seemed connected to the universe with a string! That is what I want to be like.
What’s amazing is some of these people were living in thatched huts with mostly fish and coconuts to eat. Some had major health concerns threatening them every day. So I thought about it. There were no common denominators of education, health, or wealth. Their happiness seemed to come So, I asked myself:
“What comes out of our minds? Our thoughts and feelings – and from those we make choices!”
Choice! No matter what happens, the one thing everybody has in life is choice. Maybe we can’t change our situation very easily, but we CAN change our thoughts about that situation – and how we choose to feel about things. You know the saying:
“Is your glass half empty or half full?”
If I focus on the negatives, they zoom in big and black. When I start looking for the positives the negatives seem to fade back. It’s only when I visualize good things happening and set my expectations higher, do those things materialize. I can DECIDE how I’m going to REACT. And I have help to do just that!
––– ♥ My Heart Thoughts to You ♥–––
I know how to live when I am poor and when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of how to live through any kind of situation—when I have enough to eat or when I am hungry, when I have everything I need or when I have nothing. Christ is the one who gives me the strength I need to do whatever I must do. Philippians 4:12-13
This is #4 in my Self-Care Series of blog posts. Feel free to check out the last three!
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- NEWSLETTER DEC. 2025: HOW TO MANIFEST
- HOW TO MAKE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT LAST
- WILDERNESS COURAGE WINS TOP CANADIAN AWARD
- GRIT AND DETERMINATION
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Reblogged this on Slavomir Almajan's Blog.
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I’m honoured that you like this post enough to reblog it! I checked out your blog and love the deep thoughts you share with your readers. Thanks.
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Hi. I really enjoy your emails. Would Love to chat about some things sometime. Silverado
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You can email me at author@thecelestialpropsal.com anytime. Perhaps we can meet for coffee sometime.
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Ah yes… The joy of the Lord, that brings about the peace that surpasses all understanding. That God connection. We must not let anyone or any circumstance quench that joy.
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“The peace that surpasses understanding” – yes, that’s it. I can’t remember where in scripture that quote is. That peace makes me smile from the inside!
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