The first step to creating anything you want in your life, is to decide you want to. Then decide on the course of action you need to take. And then decide to take the first step in that direction. The point is that you get to make these choices all for yourself. You just have … Continue reading Decide
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Delightful
Life just can't be great unless you decide that it is. When you declare that life is simply delightful, then that is what it becomes for you. Hiccups and challenges are always going to pop up, because they come with the whole delightful package. But again, your experience of it all is determined by how … Continue reading Delightful
Joyful Living
Joyful living comes from choosing to be joyful. Not from circumstances. It comes from deciding, despite circumstances, that you can find joy in your life. It won't guarantee that you'll always have joy, forevermore... but it will certainly give you a better shot at an overall joyful life if you decide it for yourself. So, … Continue reading Joyful Living
Amazingly Awesome
The best way to have an amazingly awesome life, is to create it with a whole bunch of amazingly awesome days. And the way to have an amazingly awesome day, is to decide that you will. You may not always succeed. But, the idea of you deciding to have an amazingly awesome day, despite having … Continue reading Amazingly Awesome
Happiness
Happiness is not so tricky. Actually, all it takes is for you to decide you want to be, and then allow it to happen. You don't need anything or anyone to be happy. You don't need certain conditions to be happy. In fact, if you're hanging your happiness on someone, something, or some type of … Continue reading Happiness
Happiness
We all say we want happiness. But, it seems that we don't all realize what it is. Neale Donald Walsch wrote that: "Happiness is a decision, not an experience." He says that: "You can decide to be happy without what you thought you needed in order to be happy, and you will be." It's a … Continue reading Happiness
Decide
In order to achieve anything in life, you have to first decide that you are going to move in a certain direction. Then you just need to proceed towards that end, until you've achieved it. But it's important to always remember that you made the decision in the first place. You had the power to … Continue reading Decide
Decide
Before you can be, do, or have anything in this world, you have to decide that you will be, do, or have it. Once you decide on what you want, you'll get clarity, and then you've just helped yourself get that much closer to it. It's only that you have to decide, you can't leave … Continue reading Decide
Authenticity
There is a lot of talk in the self-development world about authenticity, about being our most authentic self. The thing about that, is we get to decide who we are. We get to choose what we value. But in order to be authentic, we need to get real clear on what we've chosen for ourselves, … Continue reading Authenticity
Happy Life
What if you simply decided that you were going to wake up happy every day? And then, what if you simply stayed that way, no matter what? Could that be the simple secret to a happy life? What would you have to lose by trying it out? Doesn't the idea of happiness sound like it's … Continue reading Happy Life
Decide
You have to make a decision that you are going to love your life. You can't just want it. If you just want to love your life, then you're going to start to settle with being okay with it. And that leads onto a slippery slope then, of mostly being disappointed with it. The whole … Continue reading Decide
Decide
The most elegant, simply profound advice I can think of for living a joyful life, is to decide where you want to go, and then head in that direction. The world will present many obstacles along the way, but if you are clear about where you want to go, then those obstacles can become mere … Continue reading Decide
Simply Splendid
It really can be as simple as deciding each morning that you are in a good mood. Even if you suspect that it might be a little more complicated than that, what's the harm in giving it a try? At the very least you should let go of any upset over yesterday. Don't ruin your … Continue reading Simply Splendid
Decide
Decide what you are going to do to have the life that you want to live, and then do it. Don't just stop at wanting that life. If all you do is stay in the wanting phase, then you end up letting all kinds of noise and outside distractions keep you from ever achieving it. … Continue reading Decide