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let me ask you something when was the
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last time you truly felt happy not the
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kind of happiness that comes from buying
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something new or hearing a compliment
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but the kind that feels like peace in
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your chest here's the thing they don't
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tell you about happiness it's not a
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Finish Line it's not a place you arrive
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at once you have the perfect job the
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perfect partner or the perfect life it's
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something you have to create every
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single day even when things aren't
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perfect you know what one of the biggest
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lies about happiness is that it's
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something outside of you that if you
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just work hard enough earn enough or
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find the right person you'll finally be
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happy but the truth happiness is never
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out there it's always been in here
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inside you think about it how many times
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have you chased something thinking when
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I get this I'll be happy and then you
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get it and the excitement Fades that's
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because happiness isn't in the getting
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it's in the appreciating here's a life
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lesson no one shares enough the fastest
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way to happiness is gratitude not the
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kind where you force yourself to say I'm
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thankful for my house my job my family
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but the kind where you stop in a quiet
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moment and realize wow this cup of
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coffee in my hand the sunrise I get to
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watch these little moments they're
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everything and let's talk about letting
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go because this might be the hardest
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lesson of all sometimes we hold on to
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things that steal our happiness
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resentment toxic relationships
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unrealistic expectations we think
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holding on gives us control but it just
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makes us heavier letting go go isn't
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weakness it's Freedom do you know the
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people who seem the happiest it's not
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because they've never been hurt it's
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because they've chosen to focus on what
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they can control their mindset their
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attitude their ability to find joy in
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the little things and here's a secret if
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you're always waiting for something to
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make you happy you'll be waiting forever
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happiness is a choice not a destination
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it's choosing to laugh at yourself when
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things go wrong it's choosing to dance
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in the rain instead of waiting for the
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storm to pass you don't need to have
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everything figured out to be happy you
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just need to stop chasing Perfection and
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start embracing progress so here's a
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challenge for you take a moment today to
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pause and ask yourself what am I
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overlooking that's already good in my
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life maybe it's a friend who always
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texts you back maybe it's your health
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maybe it's the fact that you've made it
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through every hard day you've ever had
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happiness isn't about having more it's
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about needing less it's about realizing
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that even in the messiness of life
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there's Beauty to be found let's make a
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pack you and me let's stop waiting for
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happiness to come from something or
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someone else let's create it ourselves
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one small moment at a time what's one
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thing you're grateful for right now drop
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it in the comments below and if this hit
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home for you share it with someone who
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could use a reminder to slow down and
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find their own happiness today
