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Written by:
Josh Taylor
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 5:53 PM
Recording of Full Lesson: I Choose To Be Happy.mp3
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The Fifth Decision for Success ~ I Choose To Be Happy
“Our very lives are fashioned by choice. First we make our choices, then our choices make us.”
Anne Frank
Conditioning… We are living in a world conditioned to be UN-HAPPY and SHOW IT…
Paul said… Acts 26:2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
How can you remind yourself to be happy
What are your happy triggers? List 3 things.
1) A dog chasing it’s tail
2) An old friend that always made you laugh?
3) A particularly funny experience in your life?
Re-living Php 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Someone asked once – how can being happy really make a difference in your life?
ARE YOU KDDING ME?
Who would you rather spend time with – someone who is always crabby or Happy?
Who would you hire? Do you think it might make a difference in your getting a JOB?
A Grateful Heart (make a list of 100 things you are THANKFUL for – start with 10 below)
extend list to 200 for extra credit
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You’ll always WIN if you fight your ungratefulness with a spirit of GRATITUDE…
A little bit on Anne Frank – Died at age 15 a few weeks before the concentration camp was liberated by British Soldiers
CINDY WROTE – FEAR EATS HOPE…
Showed the world that even in the worst of conditions – a human soul can thrive, develop and spread Joy.
The Gift of a smile –
GIVE IT – practice it.. use it while you speak –
One major miracle that you can produce – is to smile 1st –
Story of the QUEEN OF SHEBAH
1Ki 10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
The Fifth Decision for Success ~ I Choose To Be Happy
affirmation adapted from Andy Andrews book The Travelers Gift
Today I will choose to be happy.
Psalms 118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Beginning this very moment, I am a happy person, for I now truly understand the concept of happiness. Few others before me have been able to grasp the truth of the physical law that enables one to live happily every day. I know now that happiness is not an emotional phantom floating in and out of my life. Happiness is a choice. Happiness is the end result of certain thoughts and activities, which actually bring about a chemical reaction in my body. This reaction results in a euphoria, which, while elusive to some, is totally under my control.
Today I will choose to be happy. I will greet each day with laughter.
Within moments of waking up each morning, I will laugh, chuckle and/or smile for seven seconds. After even such a small period of time, excitement has begun to flow through my bloodstream. I feel different. I am different! I am enthusiastic about the day. I am alert to its possibilities. I am happy!
Laughter is an outward expression of enthusiasm, and I know that enthusiasm is the fuel that moves the world. I laugh throughout the day. I laugh when I am alone, and I laugh while in conversation with others. People are drawn to me because I have laughter in my heart. The world belongs to the enthusiastic, for people will follow them anywhere!
Today I will choose to be happy. I will smile at every person I meet.
My smile has become my calling card. It is, after all, the most potent weapon I possess. My smile has the strength to forge bonds, break ice, and calm storms. I will use my smile constantly. Because of my smile, the people with whom I come in contact on a daily basis will choose to further my causes and follow my leadership. I will always smile first. That particular display of a good attitude will tell others what I expect in return.
My smile is the key to my emotional makeup. A wise man once said, “I do not sing because I am happy; I am happy because I sing!” When I choose to smile, I become the master of my emotions.
Discouragement, despair, frustration, and fear will always wither when confronted by my smile. The power of who I am is displayed when I smile.
Today I will choose to be happy. I am the possessor of a grateful spirit.
In the past, I have found discouragement in particular situations, until I compared the condition of my life to others less fortunate. Just as a fresh breeze cleans smoke from the air, so does a grateful spirit remove the cloud of despair. It is impossible for the seeds of depression to take root in a thankful heart.
My God has bestowed upon me many gifts, and for these I will remember to be grateful. Too many times I have offered up the prayers of a beggar, always asking for more and forgetting my thanks. I do not wish to be seen as a greedy child, unappreciative and disrespectful. I am grateful for sight and sound and breath. If ever in my life there is a pouring out of blessings beyond that, then I will be grateful for the miracle of abundance.
I will greet each day with laughter. I will smile at every person I meet. I am the possessor of a grateful spirit.
My creator has woven into my innermost being the Joy of Heaven –
I know what the Apostle Paul knew, when he said in, Acts 26, verse 2, “I Think Myself Happy” –
Knowing that happiness is not predicated upon the circumstances surrounding me –Happiness is the Decided disposition of my HEART.
I know that Happiness is a choice - So, today I choose to be happy.
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