Happiness Habit

‘The happiness habit is developed by simply practicing happy thinking. Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day. If an unhappiness thought should enter your mind, immediately stop, consciously eject it, and substitute a happiness thought. Every morning before arising, lie relaxed in bed and deliberately drop happy thoughts into your conscious mind. Let a series of pictures pass across your mind of each happy experience you expect to have during the day. Savor their joy. Such thoughts will help cause events to turn out that way.’
Norman Vincent Peale

Happiness Thoughts:
1. Feeling proud of yourself while eating only the food on your healthy eating plan.
2. Exercising and laughing with someone next to you.
3. Eating a delicious healthy meal with good friends.
4. Thinking about all the great accomplishments you have achieved in my your life (i.e. graduated from college, being a loving and supportive wife or husband, great mom or dad to your kids, the time you made a difference in someone’s life, etc.)
5. Talking on the phone with a good friend.
6. Sitting under a big tree and watching the world go by.
7. Watching the birds, squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits play in your backyard.
8. Riding in a car with your young grandchildren and playing monster games.
9. Listening to music and reading a fun novel.
10. Reading happiness memories from your “Happiness Journal.”

Enjoy your happiness day!
As usual, I would love to hear from you. Please let me know how you are proceeding on your journey of life or if you need any support. You can either leave a message on my blog or send me an email at helen@loveyourselfcoaching.net.