As I performed my daily ritual browsing Oprah Winfrey's website, an article about achieving 30 days of happiness caught my attention. I looked further into the subject which revealed that Oprah is challenging her audience to keep a happiness journal which focuses on recording the happiest moment of the day. I thought about this and was inspired to rise to the challenge and focus on the things that make me smile and make me feel happy throughout the day.
I love to write - especially about my feelings and have noticed throughout the years that I write mostly about the bad days and the moments of unhappiness, anger, pessimism, and worry. If one were to read my journal, they would probably assume that I lived the worst life ever and was a depressed individual walking the earth. Don't get me wrong - writing about those not so great moments helped me feel better because I got the chance to vent my feelings without having to deal with criticism or to be patronized. I just find it ironic that I don't take the time to jot down the happy moments!
I too will join Oprah and the rest of her fans and begin to write about the happy moments and focus on the ones that make me smile, rather than resonate on the uneventful, unhappy moments that find a way to smother my happiness.
With that being said - I 'forward' the challenge to you and dare you to think about the happy moments as well as record them to see what a difference it can make in your life when you force yourself to think about the positive rather than the opposite.
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