'No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change' Barbara de Angelis
Deep down I think we all know this to be true. The hard fact is that we tend to blame our unhappiness on others, but in truth we are the custodians of our own happiness. The way we react to events, how we ourselves perceive the world, that is the source of our happiness.
Of course that's all well and good, but maybe the filter through which we perceive the world has been muddied as we've aged, tarnished by a thousand events or disappointments, warped by cynicism. What then? Is it too late to correct it?
No. I don't believe it is. I think it's more a matter of finding a new, more optimistic way of seeing the world - and that's what this whole exercise is about, finding that perspective.
This will be the cornerstone of my happiness equation:
No one is in control of your happiness but you
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Early days . . .
Hello world,
I've been thinking a lot lately about happiness, about the times in my life I have been happy, but mainly about the fact that I'm not happy right now. It seems to me that happiness is a lot like air - you only notice it when it's absent! I hope by writing this down it will enable me to look at the problem objectively and also provide a sort of catharsis, a release of the junk I've accumulated in my mind over the last couple of years.
As you're spending your precious time reading this, I'll promise you 2 things:
1. This will not be a downbeat moanfest. Wallowing in our unhappiness gets us nowhere and I won't have it. The time has come to be upbeat.
2. I will be honest.
3. I will learn to count.
So here's the plan. Throughout history many people, cultures and religions have given their take on happiness, on what it is that can make us happy. My plan is to research these solutions and test them out, to take what works and discard what doesn't. To find the key. My happiness equation.
It has to be out there somewhere, right?
I've been thinking a lot lately about happiness, about the times in my life I have been happy, but mainly about the fact that I'm not happy right now. It seems to me that happiness is a lot like air - you only notice it when it's absent! I hope by writing this down it will enable me to look at the problem objectively and also provide a sort of catharsis, a release of the junk I've accumulated in my mind over the last couple of years.
As you're spending your precious time reading this, I'll promise you 2 things:
1. This will not be a downbeat moanfest. Wallowing in our unhappiness gets us nowhere and I won't have it. The time has come to be upbeat.
2. I will be honest.
3. I will learn to count.
So here's the plan. Throughout history many people, cultures and religions have given their take on happiness, on what it is that can make us happy. My plan is to research these solutions and test them out, to take what works and discard what doesn't. To find the key. My happiness equation.
It has to be out there somewhere, right?
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