Net Miles Of Smiles

Finding Your Joy
Be Happy Every Single Day

Our lives are rich with potential sources of happiness, but sometimes we become victims of negative thinking because we believe that focusing on all that has gone wrong will provide us with the motivation we need to face the challenges of survival. When we choose to focus on what makes us happy, however, a shift occurs in the fabric of our existence. Finding something to be happy about every single day can help this shift take place. The vantage points from which we view the world are brought into balance, and we can see that being alive truly is a gift to be savored. There is always something we can be happy about—it is simply up to us to identify it.

On one day, we may find happiness in a momentous, life-changing event such as a marriage or the birth of a child. On another day, the happiness we experience may be a product of our appreciation of a particularly well-brewed cup of tea or the way the sun shines on a leaf. If we discover that we literally cannot call to mind a single joyful element of existence, we should examine the cause of the blockage standing between us and experiencing happiness. Keeping a happiness journal is a wonderful way to catalog the happiness unfolding all around us so that joy has myriad opportunities to manifest itself in our lives. Writing about the emotions we experience while contemplating joy may give us insight into the factors compelling us to resist it.

Happiness may not always come easily into your life. You have likely been conditioned to believe that the proper response to unmet expectations is one of sadness, anger, guilt, or fear. To make joy a fixture in your existence, you must first accept that it is within your power to choose happiness over unhappiness every single day. Then, each time you discover some new source of happiness, the notion that the world is a happy place will find its way more deeply into your heart. On this day, find one thing to be happy about and let it fill your heart.

What do you think?

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“Happiness cannot be traveled to,
owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience
of living every minute
with love, grace and gratitude.”

~Denis Waitley

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The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
When the wicked came against me
To eat up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war should rise against me,
In this I will be confident (Psalm 27:1-3).

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Discover the Power of Discipline

Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is
not an act but a habit.” How true that is! If we make good habits,
they invariably make us.

In the fall of 1996, I received a phone call from an unforgettable
young man. He introduced himself as Matt Ghaffari, and went on to
tell me that a few months earlier he had won the silver medal in
Greco-Roman wrestling during the 1996 Summer Olympics. He said he
wanted to stop by while he was in Chicago, and I said, “No problem.
I’d like to meet you.”

A few hours later my receptionist called saying my guest had
arrived. I walked to the lobby and there he was….6’4” tall and 286
pounds of solid muscle. He had a huge smile on his face as we
walked back to my office.

When we sat down he said, “Mr. Anderson, I’ve come to thank you
because you and your company have made a difference in my life.”
Then he reached into his left pocket and pulled out a green felt
cloth, which he then opened. And there it was, his silver medal. It
was beautiful! Then he reached into his right pocket and emptied
the contents onto my desk. Amid his change was one of the brass
medallions that we had created at Successories® with the words
“Expect To Win”.

He said, “Mr. Anderson, I’ve had that medallion in my pocket every
day for three years. For the past four years I’ve worked ten hours
a day, six days a week to train my body to be an Olympic champion.
But I knew the difference in winning and losing was not going to be
training my body; it was going to be training my mind to think
positive, powerful thoughts…to believe I could do it. And the
products you’ve created at Successories® have helped me to think
like a champion. For the last three years, once a month, I would go
into your store in Cleveland and purchase either a book, a tape, a
poster, or something to reinforce a positive attitude.”

You see, winners like Matt Ghaffari are never complacent. That is
why they’re winners. They understand the power of discipline. They
understand one of my favorite laws in life – you cannot get what
you’ve never had unless you’re willing to do what you’ve never
done.

Are you willing to make the sacrifices required to make your dreams
come true?

To Life,

Mac Anderson
Founder, Simple Truths

P.S. Have a wonderful weekend!

P.P.S.
If you haven’t seen the three minute
inspirational movie you can visit
www.simpletruths.com

Prepare to be inspired!

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“There is no greater joy, nor greater reward
than to make a
fundamental difference in someone’s life.”
- Sister Mary Rose McGeady

ASPIRE TO INSPIRE BEFORE YOU EXPIRE!

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“Happiness comes of the capacity
to feel deeply,
to enjoy simply,
to think freely,
to risk life,
to be needed.”

~Storm Jameson

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