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A Happy 2012 - Take Personal Responsibility!

If you want to have a happy 2012 then take personal responsibility and make the decision to have a happy and positive year.

Having been involved with research on the very intangible and elusive concept of happiness for many years I have come to the resounding conclusion that happiness is not out there! We all have the ability to be happy and if we don’t feel it then we need to get into the happy habit.

It may not be possible to be happy all the time, however, if we take a more positive view on life then we can wake the happiness within us more often! I love this quote, “Whether you are an optimist or a pessimist might not affect the outcome , it’s just that the optimist has a better time in life!”

Here are a few tips to help you to take personal responsibility for your life and get into the happy habit:

• The first step to happiness is simply to choose to BE happy - You have that choice and opportunity.
• You get out of life what YOU put into it.
• In finding happiness for others, you will find it for yourself.
• Be kinder than you have to be.
• Be tough-minded, but tender-hearted.
• Never pass up the opportunity to tell someone you love them or to rescue a friend in need.
• Love unconditionally. Laugh uncontrollably. Smile endlessly. Live limitlessly.
• Find your sense of purpose and be comfortable in your own skin.
• Remember mistakes aren’t mistakes at all, merely learning experiences - the stepping stones to strength and mastery.
• Anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else - you are the one who ends up getting burned.
• Finding humour in any situation is your ultimate key to happiness.
• You can never truly appreciate the light if it doesn’t ever get dark. If you want to see the rainbows you need to put up with the rain!
• We have 60,000 - 80,000 independent thoughts a day so start to think about what you think about and feed yourself positive thoughts!