Does this sound like you? “I will be happier when I lose 5 pounds?” Or perhaps, ‘When I get a boyfriend, when I get married, when I get a raise, when I graduate school, when I buy a house, when I retire…”
The list can be endless. The reality is that all the above doesn’t
actually make someone happy. We think it
does, but for many we pass right up on the happy factor on our way to
yet another goal.
Consider the concept of
accepting ourselves and being happy with whom we are, right this minute. Yes, a few pounds overweight, credit cards in
the red, the house without the pool and the anything else you could throw in.
Most studies validate that
happy people actually get their happiness from inside themselves and not the
things that can be purchased.
I am not underestimating that
money, great looks, or a perfect body isn’t appealing. What I am trying to say is many of those
people aren’t happy. Hard to believe
because most of those who don’t fall into that category can’t understand why
not.
The reason? They too want to lose 5 more pounds, have
even more money in the bank, and would love to do whatever they feel is out of
their reach.
Try finding the things in
your life that you can be happy about right now. Healthy children? A loving spouse? Your pets?
A job that pays your bills? A bed
to sleep in at night.
Whatever it is for you, think
about what really is important. Or, no
matter what you have, will you spend your life looking for yet one more thing
that prevents you from being happy right at this very moment?
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