21 Habits of Happy People
1. Appreciate Life - “Be thankful that you wake up alive each morning. Develop a childlike sense of wonder towards life. Focus on the beauty of every living thing. Make the most of each day. Don’t take anything for granted. Don’t sweat the small stuff.”
There was a time in my twenties where I saw the beauty in everything. I couldn’t eat a grape without marveling at how the skin looked as if it had been painted by the most agile of hands. Sunsets, music, movies with heart warming stories were abundant with reasons to wonder at the beauty around me. Then I forgot.
I didn’t completely forget to be in wonder but I started moving my focus away from that. As I sit here I am forced to examine what happened. How did I forget to appreciate everything in the world around me when I did it so effortlessly before? One part ambition driven by a need to fill an inner void. Another part envy of people who appeared to have more than I had. Jealousy, insecurity, ego all crept in and changed my perspective. My rose colored glasses got all fogged up!
Luckily life game me an opportunity to reclaim myself. My kids came along. My life threw such incredible challenges at me that I that to change something. So I made some choices; those baby step choices I was talking about yesterday. I wake up happy. I love, I wonder and I give thanks every day.
Namaste!
Bianca
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you! All photos by Bianca Pittoors unless noted otherwise.
1. Appreciate Life - “Be thankful that you wake up alive each morning. Develop a childlike sense of wonder towards life. Focus on the beauty of every living thing. Make the most of each day. Don’t take anything for granted. Don’t sweat the small stuff.”
There was a time in my twenties where I saw the beauty in everything. I couldn’t eat a grape without marveling at how the skin looked as if it had been painted by the most agile of hands. Sunsets, music, movies with heart warming stories were abundant with reasons to wonder at the beauty around me. Then I forgot.
I didn’t completely forget to be in wonder but I started moving my focus away from that. As I sit here I am forced to examine what happened. How did I forget to appreciate everything in the world around me when I did it so effortlessly before? One part ambition driven by a need to fill an inner void. Another part envy of people who appeared to have more than I had. Jealousy, insecurity, ego all crept in and changed my perspective. My rose colored glasses got all fogged up!
Luckily life game me an opportunity to reclaim myself. My kids came along. My life threw such incredible challenges at me that I that to change something. So I made some choices; those baby step choices I was talking about yesterday. I wake up happy. I love, I wonder and I give thanks every day.
Namaste!
Bianca
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you! All photos by Bianca Pittoors unless noted otherwise.
