thoughtkick:
“If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can’t just wait to see what kind of day you’ll have. You have to decide what kind of day you’ll have.”
— Joel Osteen

happiness is a result

of focus

a choice made

to focus

on all that is good in your life

all that you have

to be thankful for

a spiritual posture

an attitude

of gratitude

so consistently chosen

that it forms a heart

of contentment and joy

blossomwithbri:

“𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

― 𝘌𝘤𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘸: 𝘈 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵

fear and anxiety

living in the past

living out of the past

trap us so easily

move, learn, grow

run the labyrinth

of choices

find the dead ends quickly

eliminate the suboptimal choices

while others are still stuck at the entrance

in indecision

it starts and ends

with owning yourself

your feelings, your experience

no one makes you mad

no one makes you happy

your thoughts lead to your feelings

conscious, acknowledged, or not

change your thinking and

you change your feelings

let your feelings tell you

there’s something to accept

something to understand

something to respond to

rationally, effectively

don’t get in them

don’t chase the rabbits

find the attachment

and sever it, let it go

remanence-of-love:

pour into each other

from your own supply

without attachment

to their supply

of attention or validation

you create

your own happiness

as well as

your own unhappiness

learn and choose

change is the only constant

process the pain, accept it

seek to gain understanding

so you can make better choices

daisiesnextdoor-deactivated2021:

90% of life is completely beyond your control

circumstances, nature, choices others make

8% you may be able to influence over time

2% is under your control: you and how you function

focus on what you can control

compassionatereminders:

Other people don’t get to treat you badly just because they’re suffering and you don’t get to treat other people badly just because you’re suffering. We all have a responsibility not to take our pain out on others, no matter how hard what we’re going through is.

we justify

our own toxicity

when we get

in our feelings

understand your feelings

trace the thoughts

that led to them

but do not trust them

to take you

anywhere good

recoveryquotes:

“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”

— William James

decide you will continue

until you find what makes it worth living

for you