Optimist is not the same as Happy

November 22nd, 2011

One can be optimistic and still struggle with being happy.  An optimist is someone who sees that life is full of hard things and challenges and yet feels that there is always something to learn from these hard times and set out to find the lesson.   Yes, they are often happy because of the way they look at life but they embrace the experience of the good, bad and ugly and feel each accompanying feeling as a right of passage to the learning experience.  Often an optimistic out look is something one is born with- although it can be learned.  However, Happiness is a choice and no matter what your nature you must accept the responsibility for your own happiness.  Yes you can even learn how to be happy in the middle of despair.  It is not easy and it takes focus and work to uncover what really makes you happy and then build it into your life.    More to come…………

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