Happiness is a state of mind, not a situational result. Carpe Diem

I’ve touched on Bad Days. I’ve touched on how we all have them. We all hate them. We all need LESS of them.

I’ve also touched on how I don’t have bad days.

I vaguely remember having this conversation with a professor of mine decades ago in college.

How do you know what light is, if you’ve never experienced dark? Isn’t the absence of darkness = light?

How do you know what just is, if you’ve never experienced unjust? Isn’t the  absence of unjust = just?

What is good? Isn’t the opposite of evil?

Yeah, I’m stretching my definitions a bit. But in general, we often define a thing or things by their opposites.

So if we all know what a BAD day is, what is a good day? (For you that is)

Does a good day have to be stress free? Nothing is out of sort for you? Nothing upsets you. Nothing veers from the plan of the day? Everything is in alignment, the sun and the moon and stars are perfectly in sync for you that day?

Probably not.

I often think of two things at the beginning of my morning before the pulse of the day is underway. And then remind myself of these throughout my day.

1. I cannot control the uncontrollable.

2. It’s my choice.

Life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it.

You know what a bad day is. You know what can make your good day become bad. A bad day is simply a BAD reaction multiplied and repeated throughout your day. Remember,  a bad day is simply the opposite of a good day. Think about what makes your day a GOOD day, and repeat the habit. Repeat the state of mind. Repeat, and reap what you sow.

Enjoy this roller coaster we call life. It will have it’s ups. It will have it’s downs. It’s the journey, not the destination that makes the ride worthwhile.

Carpe Diem

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