Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First - Episode 187/To Enjoy Being Happy, Stop Depending On People
Monday 19th March 2018
Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First
Hello and welcome to
#MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 187
Title: To Enjoy Being Happy, Stop Depending On People
"The
trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for
you."
Think about that quote for a moment, and ask
yourself: What does my happiness feel like?
Severally, I've to examine the relationship
between happiness and hardship.
Hardship
feels easy to define—a season of financial struggle, a time of personal loss, a
period of life marked by troubles—as the source of ongoing frustration in our
lives.
But
happiness? What exactly is the emotion we call happiness and why do we crave it
so badly?
When trying to define happiness, it’s tempting
to adopt the “I’ll know it when I see it” mindset.
I have no
doubt that you will—but I challenge you to dig a bit deeper. Take just a moment
to write down 2–3 specific (and simple) actions you know make you feel happy.
These are the actions I have written down: For
me, my happiness comes primarily from scheduled time I dedicate to self-care
(journaling, meditating, exercising, etc.), time spent with my loved ones, and
time spent on work I deem important. Spending quality time on my own
well-being, and then subsequently being present with my family, brings me great
joy.
I also
find that I am flush with happiness after I’ve conquered a long blog post or
read a heartfelt email reply from one of our "Online Business Mastery"
course participants.
But here’s the real secret to
happiness: what makes me happy may not make you happy.
Perhaps
your true happiness comes from the smiles you provoke on the faces around you,
or maybe you find happiness at the end of a long hike up a mountain.
Where you
find joy is not as important as understanding how you find it.
Once you have an idea about what generally makes
you happy, challenge yourself to define the obstacles in your life—the
struggles standing between you and happiness.
Defining
our obstacles gives them clarity, and it helps us chart the path to conquering
them.
And the
same principle holds true for proactively creating more happiness too: in defining specific actions that drive our
happiness, we learn to build those activities into our daily lives.
That's
the key—determining the daily actions (rituals) that allow you to overcome the
obstacles in your path.
In other words, when you know how to get to
happiness one small step at a time, you can then ritualize it into your life
and make it a regular part of each day.
So, if you’ve been making a daily habit of looking
to others for what makes YOU happy, it’s time to give that up!
Take time
instead to define happiness for yourself, and figure out what's getting in your
way.
Don’t
worry about what anyone else thinks should make you happy.
I may
find happiness in my writing, but that doesn’t mean that you need to be a
writer to be happy.
Shut out
all the judgmental and well-meaning voices—and listen to yourself today.
Don’t
worry if your definition of happiness seems incomplete either—embracing
happiness is an ongoing process.
But, as I'm sure you are aware, all of this is
oftentimes much easier said than done.
Defining and building the right daily rituals to
support your happiness takes guidance and practice.
Until I come your way
again, this is #MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst
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