This article "15 Things to Give Up to be Happy" is awful. I've seen it multiple times over the internet, I'm not really sure who's the real source behind it anymore... I think this is a really awful article because 1) it's really negative (stop this, stop that, don't be this, don't be that - no one responds well to negative commands!) and 2) it makes happiness a destination, a goal. When in reality, people who are happy don't actually TRY to be happy. Trying to be happy is the opposite of being happy! It's so frustrating....
Ok breathe...
Be zen...
So, according to me, this is the way the article should go:
Ok breathe...
Be zen...
So, according to me, this is the way the article should go:
1) Accept that you are sometimes wrong.
2) Let situations, people and things be as they are. You can only control yourself. Relax and go with the flow.
3) Take responsibility of your life. You are the only person who can control your actions and make changes to your life and your personality.
4) Believe in yourself. Keep a positive outlook on yourself. You are beautiful and you are loved.
5) Believe in yourself. You can do anything! The sky is the limit!
6) Your point of view and your emotions are controled by you only. Turn your complaints off, you dont need to be upset if you dont want to be!
7) Let them be. Let other people live their own journeys. Everyone wants love and happiness; we're all looking for the same thing, so let them find it at their own rate and in their own way.
8) Be yourself - and that's what will impress others!
9) Accept chabge. Change is ok. Know that there is always something good that comes out of change.
10) Be open minded to new experiences and welcome learning. You will be better for it.
11) Just do it! Fear is in your head. Think of it as strength and courage.
12) Just do it! Excuses are lies in your head. Excuses are a waste of precious time. You only have one life.
13) Live in the present. Take a breather and live for right now. How do you feel right now and how would you rather feel right now. Be the best you at this given moment. Forget the past and the future, its not worth losing time over something that doesn't exist.
14) Be at peace, be zen, be tolerant, be serene. That is how you let go.
15) Be you and be yourself. Listen to yourself, your mind, your body, your heart. Live your life to the fullest.
And honestly, these guidelines have already helped me on numerous occasions and have already started to transform me into a better me. Whereas that other article? Makes me want to crawl into a ball in the corner.
Love, K
