Live Joy

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. ~ Socrates

Whether you are in depression or simply trying to enjoy life a little more, turning your mind into a more positive state is a great idea. We all need to look at things in a more positive way. Fact of life is there are things all around us that work on pulling us down like gravity and aging. It's the way we choose to look at circumstances and events that impact us.

If we focus on our shortcomings, then we tend to become depressed or negative such as when we get angry or resentful and start blaming. This causes more anger and resentment and even self hatred. Or take for example the couple that has an argument, one brings up something from the past and starts blaming the other person. This only perpetuates our pain. We must get beyond our pain in order to live joy and happiness.

Has something like this happened to you? Whenever something like this happens, stop yourself and rethink how you really feel and why. Dissipating the negative will allow your positive energy to flow and you will find more peace, joy and happiness flowing through you.

Rediscover love within you. It is a key to mind healing. You must love yourself before you can love others. So finding the love within you helps you find the love for others. I have seen many a person transformed by love. It is a basic need of all humankind; maybe all creatures need love too. I don't care how big a bully or mean they may appear, they are trying to hide their feelings of inadequacy and need for love. They have been deprived so many times in the past that they feel they can never be loved. Are you that bully? Try finding a spark of love from within.

Don't be afraid of being alone with yourself to help you find that love from within. You can't move forward until you do. Are you sabotaging yourself? Spend a few minutes each day with the love from inside you, experiencing love, peace and joy.

Think about how you would feel if you had a friend over for dinner that you had taken a great deal of time to prepare. If all they did was complain, you would be hurt, wouldn't you?

It's the same with you. If all you do is complain about your life and criticize, the person inside you is hurting. The person you hurt most is yourself. The person inside you is dying. Is that what you want?

Turn yourself around. Live in the beauty of today. . .this very moment. All possibilities lie before you. You have the right to choose any of them. All your hopes and dreams lie before you and you can have them if you want. You have to choose to live joy, peace and happiness. No one can do it for you. Which one do you wish to live you life?

You can look at obstacles as stumbling blocks or stepping stones. Either way you are right. It's the same with a different outcome. It's just a matter of the way we choose to look at life's events and circumstances. Which one do you choose?

Isn't it time that you live the abundant life. . .live joy, peace and happiness? Make the most of whatever time you have. You are worth it.