A-Z on Happiness

*A--Accept Accept others for who they are and for the choices they've made, even if you have difficulty in understanding their beliefs, motives or actions.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--Break Away Break away from everything that stands in the way of what you hope to accomplish with your life.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*C--Create Create a family of friends whom you can share your hopes, dreams, sorrows and happiness with.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*D--Decide Decide that you'll be successful and happy come what may, and good things will find you. The roadblocks are only minor obstacles along the way.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*E--Explore Explore and experiment. The world has much to offer, and you have much to give. And every time you try something new, you'll learn more about yourself.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
F--Forgive Forgive and forget. Grudges only weigh you down and inspire unhappiness and grief. Soar above it, and remember that everyone makes mistakes.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--Grow Leave the childhood monsters behind. They can no longer hurt you or stand in your way.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
H--Hope Hope for the best and never forget that anything is possible as long as you remain dedicated to the task.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*I--Ignore Ignore the negative voice inside your head. Focus instead on your goals and remember your accomplishments. Your past success is only a small inkling of what the future holds.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
J--Journey Journey to new worlds, new possibilities, by remaining open-minded. Try to learn something new every day, and you'll grow.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
K--Know Know that no matter how bad things seem, they'll always get better. The warmth of spring always follows the harshest winter.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*L--Love Let love fill your heart instead of hate. When hate is in your heart, there's room for nothing else, but when love is in your heart, there's room for endless happiness.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
M--Manage Manage your time and your expenses wisely, and you'll suffer less stress and worry. Then you'll be able to focus on the important things in life.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
N--Notice Never ignore the poor, infirm, helpless, weak, or suffering. Offer your assistance when possible, and always your kindness and understanding.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*O--Open Open your eyes and take in all the beauty around you. Even during the worst of times, there's still much to be thankful for.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*P--Play Never forget to have fun along the way. Success means nothing without happiness.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Q--Question Ask many questions, because you're here to learn.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*R--Relax Refuse to let worry and stress rule your life, and remember that things always have a way of working out in the end.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
S--Share Share your talent, skills, knowledge, and time with others. Everything that you invest in others will return to you many times over.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*T--Try Even when your dreams seem impossible to reach, try anyway. You'll be amazed by what you can accomplish. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
U--Use Use your gifts to your best ability. Talent that's wasted has no value. Talent that's used will bring unexpected rewards.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*V--Value Value the friends and family members who've supported and encouraged you, and be there for them as well.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*W--Work Work hard every day to be the best person you can be,but never feel guilty if you fall short of your goals. Every sunrise offers a second chance.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
X--X-Ray Look deep inside the hearts of those around you and you'll see the goodness and beauty within.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Y--Yield Yield to commitment. If you stay on track and remain dedicated, you'll find success at the end of the road.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Z--Zoom Zoom to a happy place when bad memories or sorrow rears its ugly head. Let nothing interfere with your goals. Instead, focus on your abilities, your dreams, and a brighter tomorrow.----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Start

This is the start of penning down my thoughts, you never know where this would take you but you just keep typing. Sometimes we always feel the worl is against us, everything we do or say is jinxed or we end up in a lot of trouble.The fact of the matter is that we all have choices in life. Just like the saying looking at a glass half full or looking at it half empty, we too have a choice to decide how we view our situation in life. We are certainly not getting any younger, so why do we have to live a miserable, depressing life. Continuously, being blogged down by our anxieties and worries. I have got news, why don't we stop for a while and reflect about where we are now and what we would like to be. What is done, is done, no point crying over spilt milk and start focusing on how we could make a better future.

To Like yourself or Not Like yourself, that is the question ?
Not only like yourself but to love yourself. When you like yourself, you can like everyone around you. Be confident and feel confident. It is all about internalizing, coming from within, the power of positive projection. Become this magnet of excitement, radiating and attracting the similar type of people.
To visualize or not to visualize, that is the question ?It is also very important not to do a lip service, or just talk about what you really want in life. Pen it down, add colour and cut pictures of what you want in life. Build a bigger dream but always remember to wake up. Add passion and feelings to what you want. We all have heard the saying, Ask and you shall receive. Place an order of what you really want. A picture paints a thousand words. I call it my vision board, what do I really want.
To be grateful or not be grateful, that is the question ?
Write down all the things you are grateful in life.
I always complain of not having the most ideal pair of shoes till I came across this gentleman with no legs. Sometimes we realize the significance of water, when we are put in a desert. All the people who mean well to you, your well wishes, your parents, spouse, children, newphews, nieces, friends. We grateful for what you have, but that does not stop you from wanting more.

Attitude
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude of life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.
It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.
It will make or break a company… a school…a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change the past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have and that is our attitude…

“I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it.”