Be Happy - The Master Shift [1]

I remember at Sunday school I was given a little card with the words ‘be happy’ … but there was no explanation of what that really meant.

I tried all sorts of ways to ‘be happy.’

I thought I would be happy if I could just make my parents proud of me. I thought I would be happy if I could keep my partner happy. I also thought I would find happiness if I never upset any one ever again, and if I avoided being hurt. In short if I could just say, do and be perfect I would be happy.

But the problem with these theories was that I was making myself responsible for everyone else’s happiness and assuming they would do the same for me. Well they didn’t! Imagine how disappointed I was when the rest of the world didn’t go out of its way to be nice to me in return!

Then one day I had an epiphany. I realised that happiness doesn’t come from living up to other people’s expectations, hopes, wants, and morals. Happiness could only come from inside me by living up to my own, expectations, hopes and wants and, most importantly, forgiving myself when I don’t.

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