"Tell everyone you know:
"My happiness depends on me, so you're off the hook." And then
demonstrate it. Be happy, no matter what they're doing. Practice feeling good,
no matter what. And before you know it, you will not give anyone else responsibility
for the way you feel-and then, you'll love them all. Because the only reason
you don't love them, is because you're using them as your excuse to not feel
good."
- Esther Abraham-Hicks
This seems like such a simple
principle, yet it is so difficult to actually live by. Don’t we often think
that our happiness depends on someone else? If I only had that loving partner,
a reliable best friend, more compassionate parents etc., then I could be happy!
Or we think the situation we are in causes our unhappiness. If only I had my
dream job, won the lottery, got that promotion etc., then I would be truly happy!
It’s so much easier to blame others or the situation!
The truth is that we have to
love ourselves and we have to make ourselves happy. If you took full responsibility
for your own happiness, what would you do today?
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