It’s easy too.
Notice I didn’t say being “happy” is easy, because it might not be.
But “happier” is always within our grasp.
We go through the world, and we experience things.
Those things are good, bad, terrible, surprising, wonderful, shocking, infuriating, or a great relief.
To all these things we can have a range of reactions.
Regardless of the thing that’s happened, we can then make our experience, and the experience of those around us, a bit better or a bit worse by how we react.
Within that spectrum, “happier” is always possible.
It helps, of course, to notice the things that systematically drag us up or down.
My reactivity and judgment drag me down.
Curiosity stabilizes me and sometimes makes me smile.
Gratitude always helps.
So those are the things I’m paying attention to right now.
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