If more people in the world were happy, there would be less murder and mayhem and more peace and prosperity.
If more people were happy, the world would be a better place.
A happy world starts with happy people. It starts with you and me. We have a duty to the world, to our families, and to ourselves, to be happy. To infect our neighbors with our happiness, so they can do the same.
Let’s create a worldwide epidemic of happiness, shall we?
And so we have a plan. Our ongoing task is to find happiness in everything we do. To look at and think about things that make us happy, and avoid things that don’t.
Indeed, our thoughts are the only way to become happy. Dale Carnegie said, “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”
If you’re not happy, change your thoughts. Stop thinking about what’s missing or wrong and start thinking about what could be.
When you see evil, recognize it and call it out. Protect yourself from it and take action to defeat it. But don’t dwell on it. Don’t let it consume you. Don’t let it stop you from being happy.
Over the years, I have become quite good at compartmentalizing my thoughts. If a negative thought enters my mind, or when I hear someone say something negative, I say “cancel” and let go of any emotions attached to it. For good measure, I often replace that negative thought with its positive counterpart.
We become what we think about. I want to make sure I think about what I want, not what I don’t want, and what I want is to be happy.
