Mary’s Minute
“If you want others to be
happy, practice compassion; if you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
~ Mary Stewbeck
“Choose to be happy. It is a way of being wise.”
~ Colette
I am quick to
talk about the power of mind over matter and willing ourselves to act or feel
in a certain way. I believe that we can
choose our attitude and that being happy is a choice. I recently read an article from Washington Post that pointed out that it
is not always that simple. The article
suggested that we need to accept and own our feelings. Sometimes sad or bad things happen, and we
need to process those feelings rather than simply discounting them and willing
ourselves to be happy. It made me
consider thinking of happiness as something more than just a choice, but as a
way of life. If happiness is not as
simple of a choice as I have always claimed, we still have control over it
through our actions. Actions lead to
happiness, and the surest way to be happy is to help others. Happiness can seem like a selfish feeling,
but the truth is that true happiness is always connected to others.
I still believe
that happiness is a choice, but I am seeing the route to it being a little
different than simply choosing the feeling.
The choice is not in choosing our emotion, but in choosing actions that
lead to happiness.
Have
a great week!
Mary
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