"Your destiny may already be chosen for you by our Lord, but it's up to you to decide how to make the most of this gift of earthly life. Choose happiness. Choose joy. Choose love. That's all an earthly life is anyway, one big choice composed of several smaller choices." (me)
sounds like something a scholar wrote. not some 26 year old college student. ugh now if only i could abide by my own thoughts.
Today as I was thinking and reflecting I realized something. It may sound simple to you but it was quite the epiphany for myself. the opposite of happiness is unhappiness. not depression. now i'm not unhappy, nor am I depressed. However I could be happier and I think that if I simply acknowledged more of the good than the bad I could feel the happiest I ever have. I have so much to be grateful for and sometimes I take it for granted. It's quite tragic & unfortunate.
So now for the challenge! I challenge you, and myself, every night to tweet, facebook, journal, comment, whatever you fancy... about something you are grateful/thankful for! I will be doing the same. It is very important to write down so that you can later look back at it, reflect on it and see how much you have grown through this one simple challege. This is all coming in conjunction with a new book I am about to read, (1000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp) I'm sure I'll post about it as soon as I start it. I'm giving this challenge 2 months to kickstart being as if this is a very new blog and will take time to launch. In May, I will have a new challenge juxtaposed to this one. I look forward to seeing how many accept this challenge & follow through with it!
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