[AffirmationstoDe-Stress] MORNING COFFEE

What is REAL Happiness AND Where to Find it   by Jane Powell  "A sure fire way to obtain happiness is to bring happiness to someone else."   Most of us don't really give much thought to happiness. We just know whether we feel happy or not. If you're not happy, you may go searching for it. You may think happiness will come with material things or relationships. Often it doesn't.   If you feel that people react negatively or offensively to things that you do and say, it may be that you share your troubles with others too often. After a while people begin to avoid you, and that makes unhappiness worse.   Lasting happiness comes from sharing your positive attitude with others. The more you share the more you will get it in return. Happiness also comes from serving others, like finding little ways to make others happy.   SURROUND YOURSELF WITH ENCOURAGERS Simeon Ford, the proprietor of the old Grand Union Hotel in New York, said, "You don't need to know anything about a hotel to run one. You just open up and the customers tell you how to run it." That must be true of other businesses, too. I heard of a newspaper editor who called in her assistant and handed him a stack of papers. "These are suggestions sent in by subscribers on how to run our paper. Make sure you carry them out," she said. He did. He carried them out and dropped them in the trash bin. Many people are quick to suggest, and quicker to criticize. When asked why she was always so critical, one woman said, "I guess I just have a knack for seeing other people's faults!" (There's a gift she could hide under a bushel.) Criticizers are not hard to find. What the world needs are good encouragers. Not more people to find fault, but people to point out strengths and encourage us to excel. The most successful people look for positive qualities. They see potential where others see failure. And they encourage success in others. Mark Twain put it like this: "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too, can become great." Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less. Steve Goodier   Right here   You are right where you should be at this moment. Now it is time to move on to what is next.   Whether your life up to this point has been easy or whether it has been difficult, you are here just the same. And your destiny does not care about your past.   There are plenty of reasons why you find yourself here at this time. What matter much more, though, are the reasons you now have for moving forward.   As good as they have been, your triumphs of the past are now little more than pleasant memories. As painful as they once were, your past failures are now behind you.   Do you realize how completely free you are at this very moment? Do you understand that the main thing holding you back is your belief that something is holding you back?   Today is your opportunity to fully taste that freedom and to finally get beyond the limits you've imposed on yourself. Reach inside, touch your most compelling purpose, and bring your best possibilities to life.   Ralph Marston       - Dear Readers, " Morning Coffee " is a labor of love and meant to be shared with others to spread encouragement and inspiration. If you share, please be kind and give credit where credit is due and copy and paste or forward with Page Header and contact information included. Thank you , " Morning Coffee" Created, and maintained by: Dizzyrizzy2U@aol.com GrandmaGail2BC@aol.com Copyright © 1996 -2013 " Morning Coffee" all rights reserved. To subscribe or unsubscribe send an email to the following email addresses. Subscribe: YourMorningCoffee-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: YourMorningCoffee-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com