“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace within the storm.”

I was reading up on the net and I stub bled upon this article By: Molly Stranahan.

For those of you don't know Molly Stanahan is a Psy.D., who uses a synthesis of life’s teachings, including her training and personal and professional experiences, to help people make choices that lead to happier, healthier, more-fulfilling lives. She received a doctorate in psychology from Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology in 1996.

She has defined 25 resolutions to attain happiness and they are so true.. I am just highlighting the steps she has written about. For further details do read http://soulfulliving.com/learned_so_far.htm

1. I will make happiness a worthy goal, for achieving it is entirely within my power.
2. I will use my feelings to tell me when things aren’t working for me.
3. I will let go of what I cannot change: other people, the past, the future.
4. I will focus on what I can change--my thoughts, beliefs, expectations, and behavior, which will change how I feel.
5. I will appreciate the moment.
6. I will focus on what I have so that I experience abundance, remembering that unhappy people focus on what they want, and they feel deprived.
7. I will be grateful.
8. I will believe that all people are equally valuable and worthy by virtue of being human, and that makes me valuable and worthy.
9. I will accept others as they are: valuable, love able, unique and worthwhile.
10. I will stop assuming I know what others think and feel.
11. I will not judge others (or myself) because it is harsh and destructive.
12. I will let go of my Shoulds.
13. I will remember that other people’s actions are almost always about them, not about me.
14. I will communicate, ask questions and listen.
15. I will be curious.
16. I will lower my expectations.
17. I will remember that “being human” means being imperfect and making mistakes. And that’s all right.
18. I will take chances. I will be bold and take a stand.
19. I will live my values.
20. I will remind myself that “I don’t know” is a good answer.
21. I will listen to my body.
22. I will remember to breathe. Really breathe.
23. I will get enough sleep.
24. I will remember that if I ask for what I want and accept what I receive, I will get what I need.
25. “Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace within the storm.” I will live by this motto.

HAPPY LIVING :)