We Are Responsible For Finding Happiness

We are responsible for finding happiness. Most of us could have a long list of reasons why no one could expect us to be happy (the ordeals we've all been through), but life is short and the secret to living life to its full flower is finding people, places and activities that bring us joy. A smart first step in the direction of happiness is to stop activities that can not possibly bring us joy. One activity that is always a futile dead end is finding the faults in others. We can discover every "fault" in a friend or loved one and it won't make us one bit happier. It will quite possibly aggravate us and make us less happy. So why do we bother? Unless we are a paid therapist who has been explicitly hired to examine the blind spots of others, other people's habits are none of our business. The Bible suggests that we remove the log from our own eye before we fret about removing the speck from your brother's. 

Appreciating our own gifts will make us happy. Take an inventory of your gifts and dream about ways to grow them. Know your own worth and move away from anyone who does not respect it. Take an inventory of your own inevitable human weaknesses and consciously devise ways of improving yourself in those areas. We all have them. We have to accept the responsibility for improving the one person we have the power to improve-- ourselves. What can you let go of this week that is no longer helping you grow into a stronger, better person? Let go and move forward. Successful people do not waste their time looking at what others are doing. They're busy reaching for their own happiness.