Be Happy And Stay
Motivated In Your Life
by
Amanda Maseko
One of the better things
ever said is - 'The only thing in life that will always remain the same is
change', and in our life we have the power to make the necessary changes if we
want to. Even if we find ourselves in an unbearable situation we can always find
solace in the knowledge that it too would change.
To be happy is relatively
easy, just decide to be a happy person. Abraham Lincoln observed that most
people for most of the time can choose how happy or stressed, how relaxed or
troubled, how bright or dull their outlook to be. The choice is simple really,
choose to be happy.
Ways to stay motivated
News is stressful. Get less
of it. Some people just can't start their day without their daily dose of news.
Try and think about it, 99% of the news we hear or read is bad news. Starting
the day with bad news does not seem to be a sensible thing to do.
Express your feelings,
affections, friendship and passion to people around you. They will most likely
reciprocate your actions. Try not to keep pent up anger of frustrations, this is
bad for your health. Instead find ways of expressing them in a way that will not
cause more injury or hurt to anyone.
Working hard brings
tremendous personal satisfaction. It gives a feeling of being competent in
finishing our tasks. Accomplishments are necessary for all of us, they give us a
sense of value. Work on things that you feel worthy of your time.
These are the few simple
things you can do everyday to be happy.
Innovation in life
Don't listen to what other
people say. Follow the beat of your own drum. Allowing for the input of other
people will only bring cacophony to the music you are trying to make. If you
have an original idea, don't waste your time and effort trying to make people
understand. They won't. And the help you will probably get comes in the form of
negative feedback. If all those geniuses listened to their peers, we would
probably still be living in the middle ages.
Exercise or take a walk. Run
a mile or two. Send all those endorphins coursing through your veins. Exercising
certainly clears and relaxes your mind and allows for anything to pop up.
Don't hide behind nifty
gadgets or tools. You don't need the most expensive set of paints to produce a
masterpiece. The same way with writing, you don't need some expensive fountain
pen and really smooth paper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the
first book of the Harry Potter Series on bits of tissue. So what if you've got
an expensive SLR camera if you're a crappy photographer? Who cares if you've got
a blinging laptop if you can't write at all? The artist actually reduces the
number of tools he has as he gets better at his craft: he knows what works and
what doesn't.
Life is what you make it. So
stay motivated at all times and avoid negativity.
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