Choose To Be Happy

The good things in life do not create happiness. The good things in life arise from happiness.

If you wish to be happy, then be happy. It really is as simple as that.

There’s no need to wait until you acquire this or achieve that. If you constantly place conditions on happiness, you’ll prevent yourself from experiencing it.

Go ahead and be happy now, today, this very moment. Be happy for no reason at all, and you’ll find that you’re more effective, more productive, more creative and more fulfilled.

Indeed, happiness is a powerful state of mind that is available to you when you allow it to be. The best reason to be happy is because you can.

Being genuinely happy is a powerful way to express your confidence and your expectation that positive things will happen. And when you confidently expect the best, that’s precisely what you get.

Get Going Right Now

Where do you want to be, and when do you want to get there? Can you answer that question for your own life? Can you answer it in rich and specific detail?

Anything in the world is available to you when you make the decision to achieve it. Do you understand and fully comprehend what a powerful opportunity you have?

You can continue wishing, and hoping, and dreaming, and complaining about how unfair it is that other people get all the breaks. Or you can decide exactly what you wish to achieve and then take the necessary actions which will get you there.

Don’t console yourself by thinking you couldn’t possibly do it, because you can do it when you put your mind, your heart, your spirit, your time, effort and commitment into it. You can do it. Dream big dreams. Set ambitious goals. Then go out and make them happen, step by step, day by day, moment by moment.

It happens every day and it can happen for you, when you’re really willing to make it happen. So don’t delay another minute. Get yourself going right now.

The Battlefield

Challenges are the universe’ way of showing us that we are not where we want to be and we deserve so much more, the thought of overcoming these challenges is what gets us up in the morning because we already know what overcoming these challenges will mean to us.

At the beginning of each battle, we never really know how much strength we will need to conquer, it all starts with great belief and faith, we are upbeat about it and our confidence is at its highest. As time goes on and we do not see the results we had imagined at the start, we tend to lose a bit of fight and get drained at the thought of waking up and fighting starts to become daunting. It is normal and you should not despair when that happens, all you have to do is go back to the drawing board and remind yourself why you wanted to overcome this and you will find that strength you had at the beginning to help you continue where you left off and with that begins progress.

When you choose to continue fighting after you have experienced failure, you feel that you are putting a lot at risk because now you know the pain of not succeeding and you never want to go through that again. It is a scary thought, and it is easy to give into that fear and just stop trying in order to protect yourself, however the great disadvantage in this is that you will never know what would have happened had you continued and the thought of not knowing will haunt you a lot worse than any fear you ever had.

Stand up to your fears because they do not have any power over you, they are just there to remind you about the size of the battle you are in, acknowledge them and continue fighting, with each step you take you will notice those fears fading away and being replaced with confidence, they might try to creep back at some point but if you constantly remind yourself of why you are where you are; your confidence in victory will overpower them and eliminate them for good and once they are gone you will know that victory is near.

Once a battle is won, it is very important to not become complacent so that you can hold onto that crown and be able to go for much bigger crowns;  to do that you will need more warriors around you and because you have experienced many battles before, you are in the perfect position to develop your own warriors by helping them overcome their battles, because by doing this, you are not only giving back but you are creating a network of loyal soldiers who can help you tackle and win even bigger battles in future.

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Hope

Hope is motivation’s greatest supply of energy; it is the fuel that gets you going when everything seems to be going against you because hope as a force is far more powerful than any obstacle that you come across and it will continue to drive out any pessimism that dares to come in its way.

For this force of hope to become stronger and to have more substance, it needs partners that can help it to have the desired impact on the end goal and the most important partner of all is faith. Faith keeps hope alive when the odds are stacked against a person because with faith comes belief which then leads to action that can manifest hope into something real.

Hope on its own can only get you so far, however you need to hold onto it as it plays a huge role in finding the strength to act, because acting does not guarantee first time results but if you hold on to hope then you are guaranteed that if you try again and try harder then you will get the results that you want.

Carry hope with you at all times, take it to bed and it will influence your dreams which will improve your attitude when you wake up, take it to work or school and you will find your true purpose for doing what you are currently doing then take it back to where it all began and you will remember why you value it so much and how far it has brought you.

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Release Your Burdens

Many of the little things that cause you continuing frustration can be greatly reduced or eliminated. It’s simply a matter of taking the time and making the effort to do so.

The small frustrations are usually the easiest to get rid of. Because they are small, though, you may not have made it a priority to deal with them.

Remember, however, that the small frustrations add up quickly. When combined together, they can impose a major burden on your time and your life.

So make the choice to unburden yourself from them, one by one. Devote some time to ridding yourself of many of those little frustrations that can add together to drag you down.

At first glance, it may seem like a waste to spend an hour or two dealing with something that normally sets you back only a few minutes each day. Yet if you can save yourself those few minutes, day after day, month after month, it can add up to an enormous amount of time.

And by freeing yourself from more and more small frustrations, you free your mind and your spirit to focus on the positive, meaningful things. Find ways to unburden yourself from the little frustrations, and you’ll find opportunities to add greatly to the richness of life.

Surprise Yourself

Some of the most interesting and valuable experiences are the ones you don’t expect. Surprises can bring into your life good things you never knew were there.

It’s comfortable to stick with the same old routine, but comfort is overrated. Choose to regularly jump out of that routine, and get yourself in situations where you can be surprised.

Learn to look forward to the difficult, the unusual and the unknown. When you’re not sure what you’ll find, you’re more likely to find something that will bring new richness to your life.

You are superbly able to be curious, innovative and adaptable, so make use of those powerful abilities. Step out of the comfortable box that houses everything you already know, and enjoy exploring unfamiliar territory.

If you were a typical child, you loved surprises. Make it a point to get some of that magic back.

Go where you can surprise yourself. And experience firsthand just how fascinating and rich your life can be.

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The Essence Of Time

The concept of time is an illusion to many; a lot of people cannot describe time to you without referring to their watches. Time can build or destroy dreams depending on how you interpret it because that ultimately determines how it is used.

Procrastination is one of time’s worst enemies; because it tricks people into thinking that they have plenty of time while eating up that “plenty” of time at the same time. We have all had our share of fun with this enemy of time; ever had to study for an exam; exercise or complete an assignment and you told yourself that you will do it tomorrow? Funny how some of those tomorrows turned into other tomorrows until tomorrow is the due date then everything is done in a rush which leads to average, below or no returns at all because we end up not being bothered anymore.

It is very important that time is used wisely because time treats you exactly how you treat it; if you respect and obey the call to get things done; then time will reward you with more time to perfect what you need to do; however if you waste it and keep putting things off that you know need your immediate attention; then time will just fly and leave you behind.

The great thing about time though, is that it does not discriminate; every single human being on earth has the exact amount of time every day. 24 hours or 1440 minutes or 86400 seconds; however way you choose to look at it; that is the exact amount of time we are all given on a daily basis to accomplish whatever it is we want to accomplish for that day; which means no one has an unfair advantage when it comes to time, the only difference is that those that use it wisely seem to have more of it because they account for every second of every minute and plan their lives accordingly.

Unlike procrastination; planning is time’s best friend because planning simply shows time the most respect. When you plan your day by means of writing down exactly what you would like to do and when, your day has some sort of a flow to it and with each task you accomplish gives you more motivation to complete the next one and so forth. This will send a message to time that you are worthy of it and when time feels appreciated; it rewards us with the results that we are looking for.

At this moment think back to a time when you used time wisely and did what you had to do when you had to do it; I bet it felt good right? And you were proud of yourself and went to bed feeling more confident and relaxed which lead to a very peaceful sleep? 

The essence of time is all about the kind of relationship you have with time, if you disregard it, then it will just leave you behind and you will feel like there is no progress in your life but the best thing about it is that, if you choose to appreciate, respect and use it wisely, then it will take you with and allow you to adapt with it through any situation you are faced with.

From this day forth, let us work on perfecting our relationship with time; if we know something needs to be done, do not postpone it for tomorrow because somewhere in the world; it is tomorrow so it might as well be done now. 

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