Choose to be Happy--CDR’s 10 Keys to Happiness by: Cecil D Rowlett Jr.

Albert Einstein stated that the definition of insanity “was doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.” If you are not happy with the results your life is producing, then don’t be satisfied with being complacent with those outcomes. Don’t settle for a mediocre life of unhappiness; make the choice to instate some change in your life. You and only you are the captain of this vessel we call life. Refrain from being one of those people who believes it is always someone else’s fault why you are unhappy. Take ownership and control of your life and instate the changes that will lead you to the path of happiness. There are so many external factors in our lives that are poised to detour us off of our journey of happiness. We have no time, nor room for the internal ones. We must clear our minds, eliminating the negativity and replacing it with the positive. The first step is realigning our priorities to focus less on the big picture and more on the pixels of life.

We must learn to take time to smell the roses and enjoy the simple things in life. It is all up to us. We are in control and we have the power to be happy. We just have to choose to be happy. Happiness like life is a journey; sometimes it comes easy and at other times it will seem to be a hopeless fight; a struggle against all odds. Happiness is simple. Find out who you are, cling to those simple things that bring a smile to your face, and choose to repeat those on a daily basis and on an hourly basis if you can. Believe in yourself that you are worthy of happiness and remind yourself of that every day when you awake and every night before you close your eyes. Repeat after me, “I choose to be happy. I choose to take time to bathe in the glory of the simple things in life. I choose to eliminate those factors that cause my unhappiness and replace them with those factors that make me happy. I choose to take control of my life and change the path that I am on so that my journey from here on out will be filled with more happiness. I choose to immerse myself in the glory of happiness and I understand that I and only I, am the cause of my happiness and/or my unhappiness.”