Be happy

"Be happy, it is one way to be wise."

- Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, French novelist

Things to reflect:

How happy do I choose to be?

What contributes to my happiness?

Consider happiness today.

Choose to be happier today.

Road to happiness

"The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it -- every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have."
- John D. Rockefeller III, philanthropist

Things to reflect:

How closely have I followed this road?
What do i do at an intersection?
What interests me?
What do I do well?

Choice

The minute you choose to do what you really want to do it's a different kind of life.
- Buckminster Fuller, Inventor and Philosopher

Things to reflect:

What do I really want to do?
Am I doing what I choose?
If not, what is keeping me from it?

Peace

"A primary method for gaining a mind full of peace is to practice emptying the mind."
- Norman Vincent Peale, minister and author

Things to reflect:

What is filling my mind?
How do i get rid of those filling up my mind?

Enthusiasm‏

"All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."
- Charles Kingsley, author

Things to reflect:

What am I enthusiastic about?

How enthusiastic am I?

What other means can i obtain happiness?

Leading to happiness

"The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate,your mind from worry.
Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine.Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised."

- Norman Vincent Peale, minister and author

Things to ponder:

Which of these things will I try this week?

How soon will I start?

How can I enjoy giving?

The rose garden

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

- Dale Carnegie, Author

Things to reflect:

Where is my magical rose garden?
Does it really exist?
Have I noticed the roses around me today?
What can I do to focus on today, instead of 'waiting to live'?

Attachment

The cow is not mine, I do not feel sad when it was lost.
There is no attachment of desire to the cow.
The cow is mine, I feel sad when it was lost.
There is attachment of desire to the cow.
Unhappiness arises from attachment to our desire,
lose the attachment, discover happiness

Extract from a discipline of Buddha.

Things to reflect:

-How attached am I to my desire?
- How can I detach my desire to discover happiness?

Transmute negativite into positive

View a negative experience in your life like you'd look at a photo negative.
A single negative can create an unlimited number of positive prints.

- Gerhard Gschwandtner, Founder of Sales Power Magazine

Things to reflect:

What can i learn from my negative experience?
How will I view my next negative experience?
Do i get knock down by negative experience?
How can I create positive prints from my negative?

Happy today!

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself:
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
- Groucho Marx, Entertainer

Things to reflect:

What do I say to myself when I wake up?
Are they thoughts that will contribute to a great day?
How am I going to remove the negativity?