“Happiness
is like jam, you can’t spread even a little without getting some on yourself.”
Anonymous
Have
you ever noticed miserable people tend to surround themselves with other
miserable people? Why, you ask? Because it is impossible to remain happy,
joyful, or positive around misery! So, when happy people encounter miserable
people, they FLEE! They might try to share their happiness with them in an
effort to buoy their spirits, but more often than not, it doesn’t work. Misery
really does love company!
Now,
I used to be a miserable person because that’s all I knew. I was also miserable
because of unchecked and unacknowledged emotional issues that presented
challenges I was unprepared to deal with. But that aside, I still had a
decision to make. I needed to decide whether I was going to choose happiness or
stay with the internal misery I’d known for so long. Well, I choose happiness!
I’m not going to give you the sugar-coated version of that process. It was HARD
WORK! It was a constant challenge because I had to rewire my brain and learn a
whole new way to think, react to situations, and plan my thoughts about life in
general deliberately. And it is STILL a process!
However,
through all of this, I learned that happiness can be just as contagious as
misery! I also found that as I shared happiness, it impacted those around me.
And when I’ve been down myself and I decided to try to lift someone else’s
spirits, mine were lifted, too!!! So, today’s quote is actually quite accurate.
It IS impossible to share happiness
without it coming back to you! So, make it point to choose to share happiness
rather than negativity and watch your joy soar!
