“The Pursuit of Happiness”
It was late at night.
I was laying on the couch watching, “The Pursuit of Happiness”, and there was a particular line that caught my attention.
The line was, “Maybe happiness is something that we can only purse and maybe we can actually never have it.”
I couldn’t help, but click the rewind button once ... twice ... three times, just so I could hear that particular line over and over again.
Hearing those words, “Maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it,” made me think, “How do I define happiness?”
It was difficult to think of one specific moment that defined that term, as I had experienced so many, and in so many different ways.
There was the time when I shared a laugh with a close friend and we giggled until our belly’s ached ... there was the time I felt connected to my tribe in the purest form…there was the time I had my very own bedroom with a bed in it, there was the time when I was swimming in the ice cold lake with not a care in the world…there are countless times that I have experienced happiness.
All of these happy moments have made me realize that I can experience happiness at any given moment if I choose to look at it that way.
I don’t have to wait.
I can choose to be happy along my journey at any time, regardless of the circumstances.
No set of events can take that choice away from me, not even during the most challenging times.
Do you believe you can choose to be happy?
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Oleg Lougheed is the host of the Overcoming Odds Podcast, where you get a glimpse into the stories of individuals who have overcome adversity, suffering, and struggle in achieving their personal success.
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4 年I agree, we can choose to be happy regardless of our circumstances! I have done this by picking out the advantages in tough situations. So, even if the whole situation isn't pleasant, more than likely there are little things that one can pick out that are good and hold on to those little things to feel happy.
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5 年So as the cork in the water stay steady during the tubulences of life . Navigate through the ups and downs......
Certificate in Support Coordination at Rutgers University
5 年True . The mere fact that we can choose our outlook or responses to fluctuations in life again reinstills in my mind the cork perspective that life is like floating on the ocean as a cork floating with the ups and downs of life. The mind is maleably. chiseled in an instant. The main truth is that we have to replace a negative outlook with a positive one. Therefore choose to be happy.
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5 年Absolutely.