Cultivate Cheerfulness and Live to Give

In Awaken the Giant Within, p. 267, Anthony Robbins says:

“Being cheerful means you’re incredibly intelligent because you know that if you live life in a state of pleasure–one that’s so intense that you transmit a sense of joy to those around you–you can have the impact to meet virtually any challenge that comes your way.”

Anthony (“Tony”) goes on to say that by cultivating cheerfulness you will not encounter so much negative emotion or pain in your life. Later, p. 268, he says, “The secret to living is giving.” And he continues to say:

“There’s no richer emotion I know of in life than the sense that who you are as a person, something you’ve said or done, has added to more than just your own life, that somehow it has enhanced life’s experience for someone you care about, or maybe someone you don’t even know.”

So, let’s all “transmit a sense of joy” to everyone around us and lift up those who are down around us as we give of ourselves. Let us all leave the world at the end of each day better than we found it at the beginning of the day as we give to those in need.

“Pay it forward!” each day as we are a friend to and help those around us. Someone helped you–many times. Share with others in need. A smile, a kind word, a few minutes of your time cost you nothing, but it can mean the world to someone around you who is in a dark place and desperately in need of help.