“Happiness is
something that you are and it comes from the way you think.”
Dr. Wayne Dyer
Dr. Wayne Dyer
As I think about those words, the truth in that statement is
huge. I have decided that in my life
positivity must reign supreme over all choices I make. It is a choice to be happy, folks. In order to be happy in our lives we must choose to be
without judgment of others/situations/feelings:
observe without judgment, accept, understand, forgive, empathize,
love. This has been a long journey for
me, and it is not an easy task to accomplish.
We may never individually be able to attain pure happiness or bliss, but
the choice to be happy is a perfect process in itself. I am not perfect. I am not made of titanium like the
Terminator. I am human. This is what makes me who I am and sometimes
makes others uncomfortable with my giddiness, excitement, happiness, and
positivity.
Scientists and
doctors have studied it, but the explanation of how we form thoughts or from
what source we come is still a mystery.
Thoughts are created by us as individuals, and we all have the choice to
respond to outside stimuli in whatever way we wish.
“What we think about expands.”
This is another quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer who has brought
much clarity to me in this path that I am on spiritually, physically,
emotionally, and musically. I have not
been successful all the time with choosing the most positive way to respond to
outside stimuli coming at me from all sides.
I sometimes react emotionally in a negative way, and this has affected
me conversely in a much more powerful way than I ever thought it could at
certain points along my life’s journey.
We can choose to be miserable or to be motivated. We can choose to love or to hate. We can choose to judge or to accept. Listen
to the words that people say—they are
based on thoughts. The energy that
surrounds you when you speak or think a certain way has an effect upon those
who associate themselves with you. What
kind of effect would you like to have upon your friends, family members, or
those who are closest to you?
“You alone choose your emotional state each day. No one can make you
feel any different than you choose to feel on any day. Therefore take full
responsibility for the emotional states that you choose to embrace each day.”
I have made my choice to live a child-like existence of
bewilderment. Picture in your mind the
eyes of a child walking down Main Street USA at Disney World for the first
time. It’s almost the same for me on a
daily basis!! I am in awe of amazing occurrences
in my life. They come to me on a daily
basis in this business that I have chosen (singing and teaching of singing) and
in my daily fitness adventures: a
creative thought, laughter, interesting turn of a phrase (verbally), amazingly
beautiful sounds from voice students, creating art, being silly, a breath of
cool air on an extremely humid run, being giddy…I have stopped apologizing for
any of it.
I am a happy person
for many reasons because I choose this.
I choose to be positive, I choose to uplift, I choose to encourage, I
choose to laugh, I choose to love, I choose to fill my life with levity, I
choose to motivate. I choose this
existence, and it sure beats the alternative of being grouchy, judgmental,
frustrated, stressed, driven, anxious, or negative. Dr. Dyer has taught me to observe what is
going on around me, to make notice of it, and to deal with the stimuli the best
way I can within my abilities at any given moment in time.
At what point do we lose the unconditional happiness that
resides within children? It most likely
comes with life responsibility and the pressures of success in career, family,
finances, schooling. These are real
concerns, but why have we lost, as a society, that joy? I choose joy.
I choose happiness. Is it that
simple? Well, there are many variables,
but the constant is you. It is your choice,
your existence, your journey.
Now, choose to live happy and GETCHUSOMMADAT!. Until next time, people, get outside, swim,
bike, and RUN HAPPY!
