This is a story Linda Schwader, my sister and business partner, told me this weekend. I thought it was a great way to kick off a series of articles on finding happiness. Come
back for more in this nine part series on choosing happiness.

This weekend I was shopping for clothes for my oldest daughter, Alex, with my 10-year old son, Reece, in tow. Within a short time, he was ready to be done with shopping. He said to me, “Mom, I’m not having any fun shopping. Let’s go.”

I told him that we weren’t leaving until we had finished looking for what Alex needed. He replied that if I wanted him to be happy, it was best that we leave right away. I saw this as a good opportunity for me to explain to him how he can choose to be happy; that how he feels isn’t based on what me or someone else does, but from his own intention and behavior.

In their book, How We Choose to Be Happy:

The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People–Their Secrets, Their Stories, Rick Foster & Greg Hicks show how all people can incorporate 9 choices into their lives to create a personal experience of happiness.

The first choice is Intention, the most hidden and powerful choice we make in everything we do.

They write, “The intention to be happy is a mindset that propels us toward living as happily as we can, predisposing us to make each day as joyful and significant as it can be.

It’s the point at which we stop responding unconsciously and actively decide we want to be happy. We make a promise to ourselves, a commitment to happiness that becomes our
compass, guiding the decisions we make and the actions we take.”

Happy people don’t necessarily make happiness a goal. But they do make it an intention in everything they do, no matter what their circumstances in life. Foster and Hicks
give example after example of people who have survived untold horrors, yet choose to be happy despite the setbacks they have faced.

As they remind us, if you don’t intend to make happiness a choice, you have unconsciously made a different choice.

When I explained this to Reece, he decided he would rather be happy, especially since it was his choice. So, make it your choice. You’ll be amazed at how that one intention will begin to change your life.

About the Author:

Marilyn Schwader and Linda Schwader are successful entrepreneurs with a passion for helping people remove their daily struggle for money so that they can focus on the change they want to be in the world. To receive a
15-minute consultation on building your own home based business, visit http://www.manifestprosperitynow.com

If you’d like to be happier — who wouldn’t? — the first step may be to challenge your own views about happiness.

Maybe you think that to be happier, you need more than you have now — more freedom, more money, more love … fill in the blank. Or maybe you’ve convinced yourself that this is as good as it gets.

Such beliefs may be more myth than fact. Although a myth usually contains a kernel of truth, it can also sprout and grow, spreading seeds of doubt that can ultimately crowd out your own growth.

Here are six common myths about happiness that may actually be downsizing your happiness. The truth may set you free for a happier life, starting right now.

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On first look, The Law of Obedience made me want to run in
the other direction. The word obey makes me think of a
list of rules and regulations that a body must follow
whether he likes it or not. Someone else makes the rules,
I have to follow them. This is a bunch of crap, right? I
guess I’m a bit of a rebel.

Well, once again, in the learning of all these 11 Forgotten
Laws, I see how a small change in perspective can change
your whole point of view. Seeing things in a different way
can open up whole new worlds. The Law of Attraction is all
about perspective. When you really know these laws and
begin to apply them to your daily routine, your results may
just blow your mind.

What if, instead of using the word obey, we use the word
harmony? This is the way Bob Proctor explains. Instead of
obeying the law, live in harmony with the law. Go with the
flow, don’t fight it. Understanding the rules and playing
the game of life within these guidelines can make your life
evolve into a true work of art.

There are certain rules in gardening. You must plant at
the right time of year, plant in good soil, water and
fertilize. If you break these rules, will you get a good
crop? Not likely. In order for your garden to be
successful, you must obey the laws of nature. You must
plant in harmony with nature’s laws to receive nature’s
abundance.

We can all agree that we need laws in our cities so that we
can maintain an orderly, structured society. Without our
laws society would be in chaos. Without traffic laws our
streets would be a mess. There needs to be some set of
laws to govern our cities and our streets to maintain order.

It is the same in life. Obey, or live in harmony, with
these laws of life and you can expect an abundant outcome.
Use the knowledge provided by these 11 Forgotten Laws to
live your life the way it was meant to be lived. Success,
joy, peace and happiness can be part of your daily life.
Working in harmony with the Law of Attraction can improve
our lives in ways we never before imagined.

Working within these laws can help us to achieve more than
we have ever thought possible.

About the Author:

Obey the Laws and recieve all the abundance life has to
offer. Please go to http://Secretsof11ForgottenLaws.com
or visit my blog at
http://SecretsofLawofAttraction.blogspot.com/
Thanks!!

Think of the aspect of you that is always connected and aware of your inner light and beauty, the part that is attuned to All That Is. When you are in the flow and aware of your divine nature, you will naturally feel awash with love and joy. This is when you are dialed in for allowing your results to arrive.

But, being in the world, by its very nature, is about experiencing challenges and opportunities to learn and expand. So, we are often faced with experiences that bring up frustration, disappointment and more. These situations are actually the source of the expansion of the Universe! By experiencing what we don’t want, we become clearer about what we do want, we imagine and explore and new thoughts create new things in the world.

This is why we are here, to be creators and designers of wonderful expansion in the world. So, the secret is to decide that the uncomfortable experiences are welcome. Of course, this is not always our first inclination. You can use the challenge as a jumping off point for feeling better, though.

By knowing what you don’t want, you can allow yourself to move your attention to what you do want. This is easiest if you start to recognize how you are feeling. Know that if you are having uncomfortable feelings, your thoughts can be gently nudged toward feelings that feel a little better. Gentle nudges work better than trying to go from a very low, unpleasant feeling to one that is very high. It is easy to move from hope to excitement. It would not be so easy to move from despair to excitement. Law of attraction is going to find similar vibrations to where you are currently vibrating. Inching a long by reaching for a thought that brings a little relief is the best way to improve your vibration.

How do you know if you are in the flow or not? You can tell by how you feel.

If you feel irritated, frustrated, angry, sad, discouraged, you may be focusing on what you don’t have, rather than what you have asked for. Usually it is difficult to tell just be naming the feeling. Anger can feel great, if you’ve been feeling sad, but not so great, if you have been feeling hopeful. That’s why “relief” is such a good indicator.

Sloppy thinking is when you notice that your thoughts don’t lead to gradually improved emotions and then you don’t do anything to change them. Of course, there aren’t any thoughts that are inherently bad. They are part of your response to the experiences you have in the world. What you do with the thoughts is the key. To continue to focus on thoughts that keep you feeling the same uncomfortable feelings is what I call sloppy thinking.

To release yourself from a habit of sloppy thinking:

• Ask yourself if you are enjoying this thought
• Ask yourself if you keep repeating the same thoughts that you don’t enjoy
• Ask yourself what thought would feel just a little better
• Choose a new thought that you can easily embrace, one that lifts your emotions to create a sense of relief.

It doesn’t matter what others think of you or your thoughts or feelings. What matters is that you experience relief. The law of attraction is always at work in our lives. Choose thoughts that make you feel better; that raise your vibration. You will naturally begin to attract like minded folks.

Slowly melt it away! When you’ve struggled with something for a long time, your focus is on what you don’t like. This builds resistance. And with resistance you actually create more of what you don’t want. You’ve probably heard the adage “what you resist persists”. And I am sure that you have experienced tension, anger and frustration and seen how they build, creating more and more resistance. When you have resolved to change something in your life, it is not helpful to push against it.

So what can you do? Resistance can be released gently and gradually. Instead of focusing on what you don’t want or can’t have, you focus on what you do want. Whenever you notice that you might have gotten sloppy in your thoughts, you can notice resistance and reach for a feeling of relief by changing your focus to something that feels just a little better.

Feel the resistance melt away as you turn your attention to better feeling thoughts. Your deliberate effort to find an improved vibration will open the door to more of what you desire because you will be releasing resistance and allowing yourself to connect with your own high vibrations.

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Laurie Stolmaker is an experienced counselor, educator, and Law of Attraction coach with a private practice based in Santa Rosa, CA. She specializes in helping people uncover and unleash the joy that is their natural birthright and loves creating fun ways for folks to have lives of success, joy and ease. Claim your free recording, “Unleash Your Success” to joy-start your day, and your free Ebook at =>
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What do you see?

Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of people going about their business. Some are really happy, others are doing only what’s asked of them, and the rest just hang on to what’s
happening around them without much cause for celebration.

Let’s look even closer.

Can you imagine what might be the source for all the variation we see in how people deal with their day to day life? That’s exactly the question that rose up in my mind, “What about life makes people feel so vastly differently on the inside?”

Here’s how it looked to me. No matter who you are, how you live, or where you live, you hold an inner image of the person you are, and no matter what level of success you’ve found in your life so far that view of yourself is adjusted to conform.

That very personal image is what seems to matter most when assessing the inner quality of your life, and it’s commonly suggested that this inner image is also the secret blueprint for everything that eventually happens in your life.

Research on the topic is abundant regarding how our attitude for life affects the nature of the world immediately around us. Few people ever think about how that image might be used to change their attitude and perhaps enhance the life they live.

A process of individual attitude adjustment is exactly what I suggest as the method for how you might find the better you. This process involves a number of personal assessments
and of course follow-up actions.

Everywhere you look in life, you’ll see that if you want to improve something and make it quite a bit different, you need to consider how that series of tasks might be completed over a period of time.

In its simplest terms, you determine what’s not working, identify what changes are needed, and then focus on doing only those things that bring you the results you want. For me, that’s really how simple life can be, if you work each day to get you there and then to keep you there.

To find the better you, you’ll want to gather your thoughts and apply them in a more global sense. This methodology allows you to focus on changes needed in one area while feeling confident that achieving those short term goals are contributing to your overall life success.

In the process to find the better you, I’ve identified areas that for most people seem not to be working as well as they’d like, at least most of the time. They include such things as mood swings, anxiety and panic attacks, addictions, procrastination, constant stressors, and
intense headaches.

The first couple steps you’ll take are expected to minimize the areas affecting you the most, including your inner image, and eliminate them if at all possible. This involves identifying what’s not working, and then you’ll be pursuing techniques intended to deal with them once and for all.

Those change processes ought to include focus into such life areas as managing your metabolism, understanding how your thoughts affect your life, stress management programs, eliminating toxins from your body, and ways of enhancing your nightly sleep inventory.

When these processes are completed, it’s time to move your life into places where excellence is the only choice you’ll make for what rules your daily life.

In the final “what’s working” phase, you’ll explore techniques for finding your life passion, look at getting organized and using time management effectively, set life goals that actually work for you, and position yourself for living a much different and happier life.

The techniques used to find the better you might over time become your own personal road map for finally living the life you’ve always wanted. Of course, your own efforts are
what actually determines the success you eventually make happen in your life.

Learning to find the better you is seldom an easy journey, when the challenges of daily life seem to block you at every turn. Having reliable resources around you to support
and guide you along the way might be worth looking for.

Only you know how tough your life situation can get at times.

The economy goes into the tank. Jobs head south with little hope of ever coming back to your town. That new program to help out seems to exclude you. Sadly, these are times that
demand you seek other strategies to support and enhance your life.

Perhaps, it’s time for you to consider your next move.

Are you pleased with the direction you are heading? Do you have personal challenges that misdirect your energy? Do you just need a little more detail about how to finally take
control of your life?

The human mind is awesome in what it can create when proper measures are applied. So much awaits those who break free of their old limiting patterns. Contemplate a moment for
yourself if you’re finally ready for making real changes in your life.

About the Author:

David O’Neal is an entrepreneur and ebook author and
focuses on issues affecting us in very private ways. His
site offers help for getting past what’s not working in
your life, using processes that bring you change easily,
and exploring ways for you to stay ahead in the game of
life. If you seek more yet can’t seem to find it, you must
visit his site to see if he’s discovered answers that might
work for you.
http://www.findthebetteryou.com

I found myself on the phone the other day with a friend that has been having problems – but the problems have been going on and on and on. As I was listening and trying to help her find a solution, I realized it was never going to happen. The problems were originally business based that is where I originally came in but flowed into every aspect of their lives.

The sad part of this story is that the product that was developed by these two extremely bright – amazing people should have made them millionaires several times over.

They even had endorsements and licensing from several world leaders in their industry and had put everything on the line to produce a product they believed in.

Why then you ask, had they not seen the success they should have?

Because they could not seem to see beyond what they had been doing from the beginning. The ebb and flow of idea’s and thinking out of the box was not there and egos were in the way. It was more about who was right and who was wrong, and so it goes.

Have you wondered why when you do things the same way over and over you get the same results?

It is amazing to me how people just keep doing what they are doing and don’t change anything yet are stumped when they get the same thing over and over…

Of course if it isn’t working, and you keep doing the same thing bumping your head against the wall, over and over again – how do you think it will work tomorrow or the next day – you need to change what you are doing or it will never work!

What needs to change, if you are not seeing the benchmarks in your business that you need to see or if you have hit a brick wall complaining will not help.

Think about it – if things are that bad are you willing to change a few things?

It is pretty simple when you think about it, something as simple as a bad attitude will ruin a relationship and a business.

Take an honest look at yourself is it your negative way of acting and thinking that is poisoning the water, be honest with yourself – stinkin thinkin will get you know where fast!

A person once told me:

“When you point a finger at someone else there are four more fingers pointing back at you”.

How true a statement if there ever was one!

I will be finding articles as well as write a few of my own – come one come all! lets celebrate life and what make us successful…