Happy: Finding joy in every day and letting go of perfect

look around you, smell the coffee in the cup next to you, feel the clothes against your skin, look out of the window at the birds flying in the sky and be in the NOW.

That’s why these good times ARE so special – it’s because they have an expiration date.

Be ready for the good and bad times with open arms, knowing they’ll exist and then expire.

kids live in the moment, enjoying each fun pastime then moving onto the next one. Now time seems to whizz by because we are constantly looking ahead.

In the present, our minds are clearer and not crammed tight with past and future anxieties.

It shouldn’t take cancer or in fact any shitty disease to make you realise how precious and wonderful life is; how being happy matters; how all the small meaningless shit doesn’t.

I’ve bitched about people to feel accepted in certain circles. I’ve gone along with others’ opinions so as not to rock the boat.

Follow what you believe to be true and it will always lead you back to that place of happiness and light.

If we don’t want people to make snap judgements about us, then we shouldn’t make snap judgements about them.

Rather than view what they are doing as wrong, I think it’s better to try and see it from their viewpoint.

We all get a slight kick from pointing out other people’s mistakes in life,

Doing what truly floats your boat will always allow you to be the most authentic version of YOU and in turn feel a lot happier in life.

Being free to make choices is what makes life exciting.

Having choice is the ultimate freedom, but sometimes we forget we have it, especially when life is tough and change and choice seem to go out of the window.

One amazing example of the power of choice is recognizing that we can choose HOW to react to situations.

the way we react to any given situation may feel subconscious or like a reflex, but in fact we can choose how to react: in a positive way, a negative way, or not at all.

If my house is a mess I feel disorientated and OUT of control.

I can backtrack and work out where this rage is truly located and I can step outside the fire pit, and react differently.

I can backtrack and work out where this rage is truly located and I can step outside the fire pit, and react differently. This doesn’t mean I can extinguish the fury immediately, but I’m getting there.

I see now that getting angry is my choice, so when I can, I choose not to let it rule me.