What Are You Doing Today To Enhance Your Happiness

Today is today.  Tomorrow is tomorrow.  "Is what I'm doing today leading me to a happier life," should be your mantra.  "I'll deal with that tomorrow," is putting your head in the sand.  Making today the best day of your life should be your goal.

When you wake up in the morning do you think about what you could do that day to enhance your happiness?  Do you wake up in the morning and think about all the negative things that might happen that day?  If the answer is the former - you get it.  If the answer is the latter - read on.

If you think you have some or most control what is going to happen today - you get it.  If you think you have no control of what is going to happen today - you will never be a happy person.  The fact is you do have some or most control of what is going to happen today if you are willing to take the action required to control your day.

Here are just a few examples (please challenge yourself to think of examples that are real to you):

You wake up in the morning and think about your day.  "I'm not going to eat breakfast today because I think I'm gaining weight.  I have this no fun high stress job I have to spend eight hours enduring. I have no plans tonight so I'll go home get some take-out, watch some TV and go to bed."

Now, take that same situation and start out your day this way: 

"I going to eat a small breakfast today because I'm going out to a great lunch with one of my co-workers.  I'm gain a little weight, but I have it under control.  I never have and never will let it become a problem.  My job is not the best and it does have a lot of stress, but it does pay me a decent wage that I'm using to save for a new car.  I've been looking for a better job and I know that if I keep looking and speaking to people, something will pop up.  I don't have anything going tonight so I'm just going to look forward to pizza.  I treat myself to pizza once in awhile because it makes me happy.  After dinner I can't wait to watch my favorite TV shows.

In both examples it's the same day with the same issues, but one person sees this day as a negative and another sees that day as a positive.  It's like the pony story; "two kids go home from school.  When they get to the living room, they see a pile of shit in the middle of the floor.  One kid says: "Oh no, mom is going to think I put it here and she is going to ground me."  The other kids says: "wow, dad bought us a pony."  Which kid are you?

You have control of your thoughts.  You have more control of your actions than you think.  You can decide to think of today as a negative or a positive.  Positive thoughts will help you become a happier person. Negative thoughts will drag you deeper into the abyss. 

Be honest with yourself.  Look at the way you see your life.  Decide what kind of person you want to be.  Nobody who is sane wants to be unhappy.  Nobody who is sane wants to have a bad day.  believe it or not, your day can be a happy day if your mind sees the positive in that day instead of the negative.

Don't think you can do this any time you want.  "I'm going to think positive tomorrow doesn't work."  You must start today.  It's a brain exercise that must to be reinforced every day.  The more you think this way (every day) the easier it becomes.  Believe me when I say, by doing so, someday you will wake up and see the day as positive without thinking about it.

Please start today - you deserve it.