Happiness Is...
Me, Myself & I
Friendship
Times they are a Changing
Hard Stuff
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I am about as happy as I make up my mind to be. -Abraham Lincoln
Happiness can be a decision. If we choose it, we can feel it.
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My "self" is not something I find, it is something I create. -Thomas Szasz
You can't "find" yourself somewhere. You are what you make yourself to be.
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To have a friend, I practice being a friend. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can only make a friend if you are a friend to others.
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There is nothing permanent except change. -Heraclitus
Change is always happening. That's the only thing that doesn't change!
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Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. -W. Clement Stone
Give an example of this....
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The best way to cheer myself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Making others happy can make me happy.
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I am not afraid to admit mistakes. This is how I learn.
Making a mistake gives you the opportunity to learn from that mistake.
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A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. -Jim Morrison
Friends accept you as you are....they don't expect you to be somebody else.
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Life is one big transition. -Willie Stargell Bonus: What is a transition?
We go from one thing to the next, all the time. Transitions are times of moving from one thing to the next - the ending of something and beginning of another.
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The greatest remedy for anger is delay. -Lucius Annaeus Seneca Bonus: give an example of how to do this.
If I wait to respond to something when I'm angry, I'll be less angry when I respond. Bonus: count to 10, breath, walk away....
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. -Dalai Lama What is compassion?
Compassion is the ability to feel for others and offer support. This helps others to feel happy.
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No one can make me feel inferior without my consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt
I can only be insulted, or feel inferior, if I CHOOSE to feel insulted or inferior.
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Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. -Helen Keller Bonus: Who is Helen Keller?
Having a friend in a time of need can be better than celebrating something all alone. Helen Keller was a blind and deaf person who became a great teacher.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves. -Viktor E. Frankl
We have two options when we don't like something: 1. change the thing we don't like or 2. change how I see it / deal with it.
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Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them. -Marilyn French Bonus: Give an example
If we know why we are afraid of something, we learn more about ourselves. Example: I'm afraid of the dark might mean I'm afraid of not knowing something....
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Giving generates happiness more than receiving.
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My greatest strength is to recognize what I don't know and ask a few questions. -Peter Drucker
Being able to admit you don't know something and willing to ask or find the answers, is a mark of strength, not weakness.
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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. -Walter Winchell
Friends don't leave when things get hard. They stick around.
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Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. -George Bernard Shaw
If we don't move forward, we are staying still = no change. This includes how we think. Changing our mind about something = changing how we think = progress.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. -Saadi Bonus: Give an example
I can't be happy without knowing what sadness feels like. An example might be the yin yang symbol / positive and negative qualities....
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Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. -William E. Gladstone
Happiness comes from liking what you have instead of wanting or getting more. Giving what you have (and are) to others, creates happiness in others and yourself.
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Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. -Drew Barrymore
What is considered a weakness can also be a strength. Such as "I get too angry" (weakness) = "I care a lot" (strength). Name one of yours!
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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. -Albert Camus
Don't ask me to lead you. Don't ask me to follow you. Be at my side as an equal. That's friendship.
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Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis
Changing how I look at something, changes things. Give an example.....
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. -Buddha Bonus: give an example.
When I hang onto anger (refusing to let it go) about someone, I'm the one who gets hurt the most.
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