12 Reasons Not To Wait To Be Happy, But To Choose To Be

February 21, 2016 | Posted at 3:05 am | by Bridgett (Follow User)

You don’t have to wait to be happy. Instead, you can let go of your anger, worry, anxiety, and everything else that it not allowing you to be happy. Realize you can choose to be happy at any moment, because:
 

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1. Happiness is all around you.


“If you are waiting for someone else to make you happy, you’re missing out. Smile because you can. Choose happiness. Be the change you want to see in the world. Be happy with who you are now, and let your positivity inspire your journey into tomorrow. Happiness is often found when and where you decide to seek it. If you look for happiness within the opportunities you have, you will eventually find it. But if you constantly look for something else, unfortunately, you’ll find that too.” ~Unknown
 

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2. Happiness is more than what you have.


“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”~Charles Spurgeon
 

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3. Happiness is what you decide for yourself.


“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”~Abraham Lincoln

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4. Happiness can be found in your actions.


“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
 

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5. Happiness is not based on your situation.


“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.”~Martha Washington
 

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6. Happiness is simply being.


“If you want to be happy, be.”~Leo Tolstoy
 

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7. Happiness is something only you can accept for yourself.


“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”~George Orwell
 

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8. Happiness connects with your thoughts.


“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”~Marcus Aurelius
 

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9. Happiness is often found in the little things.


“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”~Henry Ward Beecher
 

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10. Happiness can be felt through showing compassion.


“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”~Dalai Lama
 

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11. Happiness frees you.


“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”~Ovid
 

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12. Happiness is contagious.


“An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.”~Lydia M. Child