Little late night or early morning post however you want to look at it. Trying something new today. I am posting from my phone, where I usually use my computer. Hope everyone is doing well out there and continuing on with their happiness journey.
I was asked today why I think I am a happiness expert? What gives me the right to speak on such a topic like happiness? This is not the first time I have heard these questions, but I thought maybe this would be a great time to answer them again.
I don't think I am an expert on happiness. I think happiness, like beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. You and only you are the one who can decide what happiness is for you. I think that is why so many times we get side tracked on our happiness journey, is because we are always looking for an expert to tell us what makes us happy. I'm not that guy, what I am is one who is willing to share my past tragedies and what steps I took to find my way back, in hopes that it will help someone someday. You must decide what makes you happy, I'm just an expert on me!
What gives me the right to speak on such a topic like happiness? Well if you have found something that works and you don't share it with the world then what kind of person are you? This plan worked for me and I want to share it with anyone willing to listen. I believe it is my duty.
What kind of world would we live in if we all decided not to share anything, let alone happiness. I love to converse with Daymond John through his social media channel. I absolutely love his new book The Power of Broke. That book has helped me and it is on its way to help millions. His story of how he functions with dyslexia, how he just puts it all out there, and how if he reads something wrong so be it, has inspired me. See I have a horrible time with spelling/grammar and usually my writing goes through several proofreaders before I post. Now these guys have other full time jobs and volunteer to help me so they don't catch everything, but it's better than my freestyle attempts. Sometimes waiting on them slows this process down, but Daymond has inspired me to freestyle if the urge hits me and my editors can fix it later. What if he didn't share his story with the world, this blog would be waiting in a file to be proofed and not live? Daymond believes it's his duty to share with the world.
One more quick story. I received a message tonight from an up and coming country music star named Jessie Brown. If you have never heard of her please take the time to look her up. My family and I attended one of her concerts and at that concert her music inspired my daughter. Watching her performance on stage and then Jessie taking the time for a photo op with my kids and my sisters kids proved to my daughter that if you dream it you can achieve it. What if Jessie didn't share her music or her time for a photo? She knows it's her duty, as a stronged willed woman who is living her dream, to share her music/time.
We are all intertwined human beings and everything we do is like a stone in a pond. The ripples that stone causes or not unlike the actions we choose to do. Are we sharing negative ripples or positive ripples? Be the light not the darkness!
#StayPositive #stayhappy
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