Unhappy By Default
Have you ever bought into the “I’ll be happy when…” attitude? Sadly, I have far to often in my life. You see, I was unhappy by default.
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- I had failed to act more on the things in life that made me happy and defaulted to the every day and mundane.
- I neglected to notice the blessings in my life, but rather, I paid more attention to the negatives and the things my life lacked.
- I failed to act in ways that generated happiness. Sure I was very active in life, and I was doing a lot of things I love. But I failed to play an “active role” in creating happiness. I failed to deliberately look for happiness.
“It requires some effort to achieve a happy outlook on life, and most people don’t make it.”
— Gregg Easterbrook
Happy on Purpose
Thankfully I decided to be Happy On Purpose! I realized that happiness wasn’t something that could only be attained only after I achieved “this” or I achieved “that.” Rather…
happiness is something that has always existed and I just needed to choose to tap into happiness.
I purposely looked for the blessings in life. I paid more attention to life’s little blessings and learned that as a whole they really add up to one great blessing.
- I paid more attention to the laughter of children verses the tears.
- I paid more attention to the songs of the bird vs. the sound of the sirens.
- I paid more attention to the beauty of the skies vs. the trash among the viaducts.
At the same time…
I choose…
- to see the joy in the sirens – help was available!
- to marvel at the wonderful healing power of tears.
- and choose to notice the abundance represented in the trash caught it the viaducts.
I realized that being happy doesn’t mean that you don’t have unhappy moments, and even unhappy days. It is a choice to know that despite life’s twists and turns life is fundamentally great.
Are You Unhappy By Default or Happy On Purpose? You Decide!
- Are You Willing to Be Happy on Purpose?
- What Can You Do to Tap Into the Abundance of Happiness that Already Exists?
- Are You Paying Attention to the Abundance of Blessings?
- Are you unhappy by default?
- What are you doing to create more happiness in your life?
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Posted on Posted on May 28, 2010 under the following category: Create Happiness
Some of the Topics Covered In This Article Are: Attitude • Focus • Get Rid of Excuses • Limiting Beliefs
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Thanks Leisa, I loved this article.
Happiness is an internal emotion. Many people believe that if they become wealthy or buy a house, they will be happy. While these things are important and they do help, but the true happiness comes from the inside.
Great article
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Dia,
I am so glad you enjoyed the article.
So many people I know have reached their goals with the sad realization of “now what?” They base their happiness on the achievement of goals and forget to enjoy the process of life.
The achievement of goals should make us feel great inside, but enjoying the creative process, finding joy in the mundane, and such is, as you said, internal.
Being happy on purpose. That’s one of my main mantras in life lately but only if I thought like this in my 20s. Everything affected my state of happiness and I was in a pendulum state of exhaustion from all the switches back and forth….Great approach to happiness; I can’t agree more with you.
Farnosh – you’re right. The constant fluctuations in emotions can be so exhausting. That’s exactly how I was too. Choosing to be happy seems so much more natural for our soul that it is amazing that more people don’t do it.