Hey guys, sorry I forgot to post this earlier

Choosing happiness

Yes, I did say CHOOSING happiness, You CHOOSE if you are going to be happy, in whatever circumstances you are in.

It is super hard to do, I still am not the greatest at it all the time.

Here are some steps to help you

Gratitude

Gratitude helps put God in the picture and makes you happier and takes you out of yourself.

When you’re thinking of others you don’t think about how sad, angry, and “how people are so rude to you”, because you have no room to think of you when you’re thinking of others .

Focus on the positive

Whatever you focus on enlarges and so if you are focusing on the bad you will see more bad in your life even if their is still the same amount of good. If you focus on the positive, that’s what you will notice and see so you see the positive in your life!

Even in your words, especially in your prayers, you should speak positively and not just about yourself but also others and everything, like instead of saying please bless that we don’t hurt ourselves, we should say please help us to stay safe. I don’t know why that works, but it does, it helps.

Primary Answers

We all know the primary answers:

-Read your scriptures

-Say your prayers

-Go to church

But do we really follow these simple steps? I know that I don’t always, when I was younger I was very bad at them all (except going to church, parents made sure of that ;)) because I didn’t really understand the importance them. I just went to church because my parents wanted me to, I would say my prayers without sincerity because I wasn’t sure what to say or I was too tired or I was freezing, and I didn’t read my scriptures i didn’t feel like it applied to me when I was younger because I was little. But I wish i would have started as a kid because it would have been habit then in the process i wouldn’t have to worry about IF i was going to do and have to do it begrudgingly or I could have done it so that it was a habit and could have decided how I was going to study and enjoy it and feel excited and be happy to do it.

Now I can’t say that I am perfect in doing it now, but I can say that I understand why the primary answers are so primary, and the reasons that I should do them and now have a desire to do them.

They are so simple, but are the surest way to lead us to happiness. They give us the spirit which is the only way we can have happiness.

I’m Mormon. I know it, I live it, I love it

Living the gospel brings the spirit and it helps us realize who we are, why we are here and where we want to go. It humbles us, helps us see our weaknesses, and that is when the spirit can teach us and love us and give us the true happiness that we deserve and want!

Real or Fake?

Real happiness lasts alot longer than fake happiness.

Real happiness is lasting and keeps us happy if we choose to let it.

Fake happiness is in the moment and is momentary, it can’t stay with us, in my opinion the reason is that it doesn’t help us become like Heavenly Father and draws us away from the spirit.

Choosing

If we have the spirit we can be happy if we choose it. And if we are choosing the right we can always have the spirit.