Five Easy Things You Can Do Every Day to Feel Happy
 
Number 1:  Speak Daily Affirmations. With all the negativity surrounding the pandemic, the economy, and racial injustice, pulling you down, how do you stay positive? By proclaiming the positive. What do you believe about yourself that is affirming? Are you strong? Are you capable? Are you determined to win regardless of the obstacles? When you speak what you affirm out loud, it positively affects your emotions. It creates a feeling of confidence and happiness. Write out your affirmations and begin your day with at least twenty.
 
Number 2: Give. Giving is one of the most potent happiness-creating actions of all times. What do you have that you can give? Offering a word of encouragement, a helping hand where needed, a big tip to a server, or a surprise cup of coffee to a co-worker can create wonderful feelings of selflessness.
 
Number 3: Accomplish Something Early. Do you ever get to the end of the day and wonder what you achieved? To combat this uneasy feeling, plan the night before what you absolutely must complete the following day. After your affirmations, put on your blinders, forget everyone else’s agenda and get it done. The rest of the day will be built on a feeling of accomplishment.
 
Number 4: Take A Dark Chocolate Break. Dark chocolate triggers walls in your blood vessels to relax, which lowers blood pressure and improves circulation. It also contains magnesium, a mineral shown to help alleviate fatigue and depression. As if that weren’t enough, dark chocolate enacts a sense of euphoria.
 
Number 5: Quit. Quitting at a specific time each day gives your mind a place to stop. It also frees up space for the little things in life, like talking to your spouse and introducing yourself to your kids. One of the keys to a happier life is to be proactive about your welfare. Take back control and do what is in the best interest of your mental well-being.  
 
 
From the article: 5 Ridiculously Easy Things You Can Do Every Day to Feel Happy by Matt Fore – July 5, 2016 – SUCCESS Magazine

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What prize are you working to win?

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” - Helen Keller
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What lessons is life trying to teach you?
 

Lee Trevino, one of the all-time money winners in professional golf, is one of Denis Waitley's heroes. In his book Seeds of Greatness (Pocket Books), Waitley tells us why he feels this way about Trevino.
On that fateful day, when he and two other professional golfers were hit by lightning, he was heard to say after getting up from the ground: "Wow, I'll get my act together!" When a physician told him he shouldn't play in the U.S. Open because his flu might get worse, his reply was: "Might get better...might even win." (He came in second.)
As a boy, Trevino had been a caddy in San Antonio, Texas; he speaks fondly of his financial position then: "We were so poor when I was a boy...if my mother threw the dog a bone, and the bone had any meat on it, the dog would have to call for a 'fair catch.'"
When asked how he thought he would do in the Canadian Open, he quipped: "Are you kidding, that's my tournament!" That year an inebriated spectator who was desperate to get Trevino's autograph jumped into the water hazard on the final hole and started swimming across the pond toward the green. It was obvious to everyone that he was in no condition to make it. Lee Trevino stopped studying the break of the green for his putt, strolled down to the water, pulled the drunk out, gave him a soggy autograph, ran back up to the green, and sank his putt to win his third Canadian Open in four years.
Some people think Trevion is lucky. You and I know better. Luck lies at the intersection of preparation and opportunity. Since opportunity is always available, the individuals who are especially prepared always seem to win or reach their goals. The people who are unprepared rationalize their failure as a "run of bad luck," while labeling the winners as "lucky." Lee Trevino is one of those "lucky" individuals who is among the best-prepared golfers ever to play the game, with a strong faith beyond himself. He is the most incurable optimist I have ever met.

From: Leadership...with a human touch, November 18, 1997, Pages 10-12        
    

“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” - Will Rogers
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What is the impression you are giving to others?

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” - J. K. Rowling
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What are you building your life upon? 

“The lure of the distant and difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.” - John Burroughs
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Where are your opportunities located? 

“One of the most difficult tasks in life is removing someone from your heart.” - LaFleur
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Who should you be removing from your heart?

“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” - Caroline Myss
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What do you do to heal your soul?