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Am I Happy?


Dare to be HAPPY!

The truth you speak has no past and no future. It is, and that’s all it

needs to be.” Richard Bach – Illusions

 “I my purpose is to live my life in a way that will make me happy!”

 Go on – say it again!

 “I my purpose is to live my life in a way that will make me happy!”

Does this statement make you feel empowered or insecure?

 Consider the following questions;

  • How many times have we been told to do something because others cant?

  • Will suffering disease yourself alleviate the disease of others?

  • By starving yourself will you fill the bellies of the world’s starving?

  • Will going to war stop all future wars?

  • By experiencing misery, suffering, pain, grief yourself, will you prevent another experiencing these negative emotions?

 Now consider for a moment that a healthy doctor adds more value to his patient than a sick

doctor, a well nourished farmer can feed more starving people than one

suffering from malnutrition, a wealthy person can give more to charity

than someone battling to survive.

It therefore follows that a happy person is able to spread more joy than a sad person.

 Remember that you cannot give what you do not have, so by becoming happy, stable, secure, fulfilled, focused and prosperous in your own right you create time and resources which in the future you can share with others. Is this not a wonderful way to create wellness in all aspects of you life and then help others create it too?

 Take some time this week to be happy, to talk to a stranger, compliment someone, just allow yourself to be you for a moment each day and see how your world will change!

 Go on try it – I dare you to be happy!

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