Color Yourself Happy
Posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
by Jay Hopson
Many of us are plagued by self doubt
and feelings of general unhappiness, but we don't have to live that
way. Despite your circumstances, you can be happy if you are willing
to take some steps to make it happen. We are responsible for our own
feelings. It doesn't matter who or what you feel made you unhappy.
The circumstances, or the person(s) you think is responsible has
little to do with how you feel, unless you give them that power.
The first step is to realize that you
have the power to decide what you feel. No one else has that power.
This can be a little intimidating at first, as we take responsibility
for our own feelings, but when you really look into your own heart,
you will know that you have the choice to feel happy or sad. Take a
deep breath and look closely at what you are feeling. If you are
angry or feeling victimized, analyze why that is the case. Chances
are you have some forgiving to do. Releasing your pain and hurt will
allow your emotions to begin to heal.
The true meaning of forgiveness is to
cancel. Cancel the debt you are holding in your mind. In most cases
we need to cancel many debts to ourselves. Forgive your self, in
other words. If there are things in life where you feel you have let
yourself down, cancel those things. They have no power over your
thoughts if you forgive yourself for them. Forgive others and forgive
the circumstances that you are unhappy about. If financial debts are
a problem, forgive yourself for allowing them into your life. Cancel
those debts mentally and allow yourself to feel the forgiveness flow
over you.
Breathe deeply again and start taking
note of all that you do have, rather than what you don't. Allow
yourself to experience gratitude. Gratitude is a major door to
happiness! Now, allow yourself to feel love. If gratitude is the door
to happiness, then love is the key. Feel love for those around you.
If you don't have anyone around you, then feel love for yourself. You
are a creature created in the image of love. Allow that to lead you
through the door into happiness. Fear and doubt detour destiny. Don't
allow them to cloud one moment of your day!
Thanks Jay. I like the concept of forgiveness being viewed as canceling debt. All-around good read. Blessings to you.Thank you for reading Edward. Blessings in return.
Yes,very much helpful on my part,helps me a lot to realize and accept the truth...I am glad I could help. Thanks for reading!
I think we could all use some lessons in forgiveness and have the BEST example to follow if we will. Thanks for writing this one! MarijoI couldn't agree more Marijo... As they used to say in my home state... vote early and often... lol... in this case... forgive early and often!bitterness only tears us up - doesn't hurt the person we are bitter with at all...Marijo
