Finding Your Happiness - Part 2 of 3

Hi Everyone,  Here is part 2 of the 3 part Happiness series. Though I expect I will talk about happiness more than just 3 times ;-)

As I focus on myself and look for areas to improve I've come across a number of things that just make sense. I ask myself why I didn't think of these things on my own and earlier in my life.  Some of the things I've come to learn are below. It is of course not an all-inclusive list. If it were, this blog post would be VERY VERY LONG.

Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate. You stay much happier when you are NOT focusing on the negative. Continuing to harp and bash on things you hate puts you in a negative state of mind.  We all fall guilty of this behavior but once you become aware of it, change it. Like the late Maya Angelou said "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." That means, now you know better, you now know to stop focusing on what you hate and bashing the negative, so it's time to 'do better'. Focus on the positive and being kind. Then you'll be doing better.

• Be Grateful & Count Your Blessings
• Send Positive Energy into the universe
• Be Kind.  Helping others gives you a great feeling

Creativity Enhances your happiness.  Find your inner creative self. Creativity comes in all kinds of flavors. Most people think "oh, I have to be able to paint; but I can't even draw a stick-figure". WRONG. There are tons of things that are 'creative'  Singing, Sewing, Designing, Paper-crafting, gardening, etc.

A new study finds that happiness and other positive emotions play an even more important role in health than previously reported. Researchers found that when happy people contract a virus, or “catch a cold”, they report fewer symptoms and in fact, are less likely to contract the virus at all.

I challenge you to try to focus on happy and not the negative for a week then see how your situations have improved and how you feel "Happy" again. Then I ask you to come back to this blog post and post a comment to share your findings
Today CHOOSE to be Happy

What is keeping you from HAPPINESS - part 1 of 3

Some days I get mentally exhausted listening to others complain, and I must admit at times I chime in with them. Then I think "Stop It" this is ridiculous.  Why am I so concerned with what someone else is doing, or 'not' doing? I have to redirect myself to prevent me from plummeting into the pits of gossip and complaining; and honestly that's not always easy!

I recently started soul-searching a lot more than I have in the past. I am really enjoying the quotes and inspiration I'm finding on Pinterest. Surprisingly it really helps me get into a frame of mind to really take a look at myself. I know, I know, some of you are thinking "Pinterest" really, that's lame, but actually continually seeing uplifting messages REALLY does work. Follow my Quotes and Inspiration board to get a jump start on finding inspiration that inspires YOU!

Some of the sayings that really motivate me to think are:

SO TRUE

Do you know any Worriers???

This one Cracks me UP

Currently I'm planning on a 3 part series to this topic. I wanted to just give you a few items to think about to start you on the journey of finding and KEEPING your Happiness.  That's a journey that I'm on and I invite you to join me.

What motivates you to take a deeper look at yourself? Leave your response in the comment section below. Follow my blog so you don't miss any of the posts.

What it's all about

Hi - I wanted my first post to be a little background about 'me' and why on earth I think you may want to follow me in my journey through LIFE.

It wasn't until recently, say the last few months, that I really started looking at life and really wondering - what's the purpose, how can I be a better human being, why have I become so self-involved, how can I help others, and so on and so on.

I started pinning lots of great quotes and inspirational items on Pinterest, I'm a junkie now for sure! What I found was the more I searched and really thought about a lot of the GREAT things I was reading was that I could actually CHANGE ME.  The problem isn't everyone else, it's ME and how I "react" to everyone else.

No one can steal my joy, unless I LET them. I've decided to take it back. I did let circumstances of life snatch my joy and now I want it back !!!

I found myself chiming in when the nay-sayers and negative-nellie's at work got on the train of doom and gloom and gossip and bad management, etc.  That was NOT helping my cause.

SO. . .I hope you will follow along as I try to bring uplifting information to you, as well as miscellaneous things I find interesting, or tips & tricks I may learn about Social Media. I expect this blog will morph into what it will be as I continue along.

I hope you will consider following me in this journey and joining in along the way.
Here's to you finding YOUR JOY and Happiness. Life is too beautiful to waste any more time complaining.

Thanks for stopping by,
Chat soon
Terri

OMG - so I just viewed my post and realized I left out a major important note. Why on earth did I name the blog Dream.Strive.Become...well, as I was scrolling through the pins on my Quotes & Inspiration board the other night and ran across one that just hit me. When I saw a pin that said Dream.Strive.Become. I knew instantly that I wanted that to be my focus and name for the blog. I checked it out to make sure I wasn't infringing a copyright saying and discovered that a mother had created this as her motto for the year. It is from her children's school. It has been their motto for several years. Please check out and follow her blog. I certainly plan on it. Click here Landeelu here's Landee's eye-catching graphic that was my inspiration.