Don’t Worry; Be Happy — Rewrite The Way You Think And Feel

Posted on September 2, 2009 
Filed Under Effective Thinking, It's all about Happiness

You don’t have to be unhappy. Happiness is truly a choice; it is a choice of thoughts and perceptions. If you think happy thoughts, you will be happy. If you think sad thoughts, you will be sad. If you think angry thoughts, you will be angry. If you think worrisome thoughts, you will experience anxiety and worry. You choose your thoughts. You can only think one thought at a time, so your choice of thoughts determines whether you are happy, sad, angry, etc…

The wisest men throughout history have always reminded us that we are the product of our thoughts. “As you thinketh,” said Jesus, “so it is done to you.” Not a Christian? No problem. Buddha said, “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.” Gandhi, along with prophets, priests, monks, and icons from every other religion have echoed this same wisdom — in every culture and religion on the planet. You simply have to think about it and learn to apply it in your own life.

Not religious or spiritual? No problem. Henry Ford said, “If you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right either way!” And we’ve all heard saying such as, “It’s the thought that counts,” or “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” You choose your thoughts and your thoughts determine how you feel and what you do. It is simple — whether we like it or not. You can carry on as if other people and their actions determine how you think and feel; but your lack of understanding or focus doesn’t change natural law.

So get with the program. If you’re unhappy, you now only have yourself to blame. Before you read this, you may have been able to blame others; but now that you’ve heard this, you are responsible for your thoughts and emotions. Even if you don’t believe this, it still falls on you to investigate any possibility that you could be controlling the way you feel and act by the way you control — or fail to control — your thought processes. It may seem difficult at first — mental laziness is indeed a difficult habit to break — but you can choose your thoughts.

So, if you’re prone to worry, anger, unhappiness, and other negative or depressing emotions, take an honest inventory of your thoughts and beliefs. You can add to, or delete from, this list any thoughts you chose to — just like the programs in a computer. I guarantee that, if you are chronically unhappy and stressed out, your thoughts are chronically unhappy and stressful. Make a conscious effort every day to rewrite the way you think; and, before you know it, you’ll change the way you feel. Change your mind; change your life. It really is your choice.

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