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Normal 0 Recently, browsing at Barnes and Noble bookstore, Inoticed a number of books about happiness on display. Apparently, hearing havea happy new year hundreds of times in the first few weeks of January is notsufficient to bring it about. As I see it, there are two fundamental truths to beinghappy.Truth 1: We are responsible for our own happiness.I know, that one is always hardto swallow: Why should I have totake responsibility for my own happiness? Why cant it just happen? Like, rightnow, and more often! (On the other hand, would you rather rely on the vagariesof fate to determine when and how much you can be happy?) Accepting this truthis the first, and perhaps most difficult, step.Truth 2: Happiness is a skill. As Buddhist monkMatthieu Ricard, dubbed the happiest man in the world based on MRI imaging ofhis brain while meditating, writes in Happiness:A Guide To Developing Lifes Most Important Skill happiness is somethingto be learned, like playing tennis or reading. Thats empowering, dont youthink? Because it means that, rather than something that just happens,happiness is something I can practice (like my backhand!) and on the dayswhen I just cant seem to get there, its more akin to my tennis game being offthan it is about not being able to find happiness.Still, I often forget these truths when I get caught upin the hectic day-to-day and find myself reverting to the good ol familiarmyths many of us have been conditioned to believe. Myth 1: Once I get what I want, Ill be happy. Thenew sports car, six-figure job and window office, or dream relationship maybring an undeniable excitement and satisfaction into your life but it wont belong before a new desire takes its place. Thats all right, its the humancondition to be in a constant state of wanting. The trick is to savor thefeeling of desire and the process of moving toward its satisfaction -- not toequate it with unhappiness. (Not convinced? You only need pick up the latesttabloid to see celebrities demonstrating how limitless money, adoration andexcitement do not guarantee happiness.)Myth 2: If life werent so hard, Id be happy. Somewhere along the way (probably from watching quick-fix TV sitcoms), wedeveloped the expectation that the default setting of life is easy, and weare taken aback when it isnt. Break-ups, layoffs, injuries these are allbizarre aberrations that arent supposed to happen! During those times whenlife is hard, we tend to think, Okay, as soon as [this difficult thing]passes, then I will be happy. Thegood news: we dont have to put off happiness. The not-so-good news: it takespractice. Its up to us. Just like the tennis fanatic playing infreezing temperatures without a net, we can make a decision to be happyregardless of circumstances to commit to a state of well-being, fully engagedin and living life -- whatever it brings.
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