CHOICES = HAPPINESS

Happiness....we all want to be happy! Don't we?

That is something we definitely can all agree on!

Have you heard the phrase...Happiness is a choice?

Everyone has heard that saying and I actually don't agree with it!

If we could simply CHOOSE to BE HAPPY...we would all choose happiness...in a heartbeat!

Yet so many people are unhappy.

We cannot CHOOSE to be HAPPY, but rather we become happy because we make right choices for ourselves and others, consistently and regularly as part of having a GOOD character.

This combined with simple gratitude for what we do have in our life! There is always something or someone we can be grateful for.

Happiness is the result of consistent right choices towards your own pathway and also a result of how you treat other people along that path.

To establish a life that brings joy to your SELF and to others can only be achieved by treating others as you would like to be treated.

Happiness is an inside job...100%

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When we are confronted with a situation which requires an action, decision or choice from us...our response to that situation is where we need to decide whether we will do the right thing or the wrong thing.

Being deceptive in anyway will affect the way you feel about your SELF.

For example, there's a job promotion coming up and it's between you and one other person.

Would you take steps to dis-honor your co-worker by spreading falsehoods about them or try to dissuade your boss from taking them seriously?

Would you approach another person and ask them to put in a good word for you or try to bribe your way into a favorable position?

It doesn't matter what happens to us...It's ALL about what happens in us!

Its about whether you will CHOOSE to BE sneaky, insincere, covert and/or passive aggressive...or whether you will choose to BE calm, accepting, loving, and a good sport.

Maybe you feel you've worked harder or that you're a super competitive person and so excuse yourself from your behavior...BUT you will always know within your SELF that you received a promotion by discrediting another.

Here's the issue with that...YOU are never going to experience satisfaction or happiness within your promotion because YOU know what YOU did to BE in that position.

Your SELF knows who you really are on the inside...and how we feel about ourselves is directly related to how we treat others. Happiness is the byproduct or the result of a life well lived.

Your heart and attitude matter.

An easy way to help you choose correctly, maintaining a great relationship with your SELF, thus experiencing a sense of well-being...is to always ask yourself this question.

• Would I want this said or done to me?

The 'treat others the way you want to be treated' rule in life is irrevocable and it really doesn't matter what they did to you...YOU have decided you will not do it to them.

You have decided whom you shall BE in life!

The truth always comes out in the end and you get to choose what side of truth you will stand.