You Deserve to Be Happy... Even When Life Sucks

You deserve to be happy, not because you’re perfect but because you are.

Happiness isn’t a reward. It’s not something only perfect people get to have.

It’s something every individual has the opportunity to grasp.

You Deserve to Be Happy

not because you’re perfect but because you are.

You see, happiness has much more to do with contentment in life than anything else.

Each person… even you can reach out their hand and grab the “HAPPY” they desire. It’s right there just asking to be found.

You Deserve to Be Happy

not because you’re perfect but because you are.

Happiness is the sunshine after the rain. The smell of crisp cucumbers fresh from the pot, on the deck, in your tiny piece of oasis on Earth.

It’s the soft fuzzies of your blanket rubbing against your face as you watch your favorite movie.

Why is Happiness Important

Happiness is important because happy spurs more happy.

Happy creates. It creates an environment of positivity, and that positivity grows confidence. Confidence blooms dreams, and dreams ask for goals.

Goals wake us up in the morning. They inspire us, and they keep us moving. Forward movement encourages us and allows us to see progress.

Progress… not perfection makes us look in the mirror and smile.

We are a beautiful work in progress and that should make us happy.

Tips to Create Your Own Happiness

1 – Remember that everyone has the opportunity for happiness… even when life is hard.

2 – Look in the mirror and forgive yourself. Be your best advocate.

3 – Surround yourself with people who make you smile. If you don’t know anyone, intentionally set one night aside each week to leave your comfort zone and make a friend… or two!

4 – Be present in this moment. Stop where you are, and find one wonderful thing to be happy about; one thing you’re thankful for.

5 – Get moving! Move your body. Go for a walk, dance, sing… move. It’s exhilarating.

6 – Watch a happy movie or listen to a happy song.

7 – Give. Giving changes your heart. Complete one act of kindness each week and see your happiness radar go through the roof.

Favorite Happiness Quotes

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
Denis Waitley

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
Tom Bodett

What I found was that joy really wasn’t something I was to be going after. It was a byproduct and it existed even in the hardest of situations; even when I was sad.
Rachel Blado

If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
Chinese Proverb

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.
Douglas Jerrold

Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.
Walt Disney

All of the happy in the world won’t fill us if we’re sitting in the hollow places of this world. Rather, we are to abide fully in Christ.
Rachel Blado

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
Jonathan Safran Foer

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
Mark Twain

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Carl Jung