{"id":421,"date":"2009-02-17T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/?p=421"},"modified":"2009-02-17T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T15:00:12","slug":"being-happy-is-a-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/happiness\/2009\/02\/17\/being-happy-is-a-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"Being happy is a habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s article <a href=\"http:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/happiness\/2009\/02\/15\/returning-to-happiness-after-loss-or-crisis-recovering\/\">Returning to happiness after loss or crisis<\/a> I listed some practical steps that lead to recovery and returning to being your usual happy self.<\/p>\n<p>After living exceptional experiences it&#8217;s inevitable to return to normal life and routines, and being happy is a way of life and can be a habit if you choose it to be. Affirmative prayer and programming your mind can help you turn happiness into a habit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mind touched by faith works miracles in your life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Confidence in your own power and sublime trust in the assistance of the powers of the universe will bring you happiness that stays. <\/strong>Choose to be happy by working on your mental patterns and following the call of your heart.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used many affirmative prayers to repeat everyday that I find beautifully simple. Try making this the first thought when you awake and repeat this several times during your day:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I choose happiness today,<\/p>\n<p>I choose peace,<\/p>\n<p>I choose succes.<\/p>\n<p>Love and joy brighten up my entire day.<\/p>\n<p>For these blessings I am thankful<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Exercise makes the master. Exercise bringing the best and highest in you, put it into action everyday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Trust the guidance of the divine cell of God contained in your mind,<\/p>\n<p>allow yourself to be inspired by the Spirit of Truth in your heart,<\/p>\n<p>be conscious that your Guardian Angels bring you into situations where decision-making is vital.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>It is in hard times where you have the opportunity to show what you are made of, and your Angels see to it that you make the best out of this opportunity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even when you find no strength to go on, and I know it can get hard, goodness that comes out of you heals you and others and it fills your heart with sublime joy.<\/p>\n<p>Some people feel anger towards life because of their so-called fate or take revenge at others because things went bad; this only empowers the lowest in human kind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You see, events are a result of mental structures and not the cause.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Letting go, moving on, being constructive or fair, forgiving, discovering your inner strengths and augmenting your self-worth imply a great deal of personal character and mental power in hard times; but training these muscles can and will bring back the feeling of happiness. <strong>Working on yourself can give you a feeling of accomplishment that is a balsam for your soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sincerely desire to be happy and happiness will follow; divine guidance of the universal powers lay before you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you want to read more about how your mind can make happiness a habit, read <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">The Power of Your Subconscious Mind<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=mindspiritmot-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0553583182\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> from Dr. Josef Murphy; you&#8217;ll be happy you did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s article Returning to happiness after loss or crisis I listed some practical steps that lead to recovery and returning to being your usual happy self. After living exceptional experiences it&#8217;s inevitable to return to normal life and routines, and being happy is a way of life and can be a habit if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[25,28,41,27,37,38,44],"class_list":["post-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happiness","tag-conflict","tag-god","tag-goodness","tag-guardian-angels","tag-self-development","tag-spiritual-growth","tag-universal-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindspiritmotion.com\/wp_admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}