Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy. – Wayne Dyer
Oh but this is a challenging lesson to learn for kids and adults alike. We strive to make others responsible for our misery and our happiness. Nothing could further from the truth. The things other people do and say do impact us, but HOW we let them impact us is entirely up to us. Nobody, and I mean nobody is repsonisble for your happiness. That is your repsonsibility alone. Accept reponsibility for your own happiness. Open your eyes and look for things to make you happy. Find your happiness. You can do it, it’s all around you. Open your eyes, reach out and take it!
I know, somewhere, someone is reading this and saying “Bull! I try to be happy, but so and so did this, and he is doing that, and all of that is working together to make me miserable.” I’m saying that’s a bunch of bull. Sure there are people whose main goal in life is to make your Wheaties as soggy as humanyly possible. That’s probably what makes them happy. It’s up to you to decide how to react to those people who live to rain on your parade. You can gripe and complain and let their rain fall on you and make you soggy, or you can open that rainbow umbrella and walk on. Better yet, take off your shoes, roll up your pants and start dancing around in the puddles their rain made.
You can do it. You have it in you to be happy. Look inside and figure out what it takes for you to make you happy and do it. Don’t put thati responsibility on anybody else. It’s up to you, and I know you can do it.
