The time a friend interrupted my depression to tell me that I could
choose to be happy was the time I became angry and walked away from the
friendship. Eventually, I discovered that choosing to be happy meant
that, if I was willing, I could take off the blinders I had been
wearing. I learned to make room for more light. I found my depression
was a kind of filter that distorted things. I had been seeing eyes as a
source of tears instead of windows to the soul.
As I allowed myself to see more life, I found that there was much
more to see than I had imagined. I had a profound awakening. I saw that
both depression and happiness are decisions we make that create the
conditions in which we live. I also discovered that many of the
decisions were small ones and hardly noticeable. It wasn't until I added
up all my little decisions about life that I discovered I had built a
wall separating me from much of it. I suspect that, at the time,
living behind a wall had some value. I just didn't realize I was doing
so.
Your thoughts are things that create the conditions of your life.
Choose your thoughts wisely, for you are the architect of your
happiness. You are always building walls or gardens, opening or closing
off to life.
Affirmation: Happiness is not something accidental that happens to me. Happiness is the result of my thinking.
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