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A Story – My StoryTHE HAPPINESS HABIT
My mom says mine was the hardest of her pregnancies.
BIG baby. LONG labor. WRONG gender. My mom cried when she saw me.
No, I do not hold it against her …
okay, maybe just
sometimes ;)
I am one of 4 girls – number 3.
Not the oldest, not the youngest, smack in between.
“In-between” makes BAD branding
Never the best, not quite the worst … always mediocre …
Quite appropriately, I had a very mediocre life for a while
I can tell you, mediocrity
sucks!
Mediocrity was exhausting. And any attention felt like consolation.
“No,no … you are good
too”
“You are great at
other things” …
So I shunned mediocrity and attention …
“Okay, I think I will just stay in my room and try to be better
than ME ;) “
And I let my life take a nose dive for a few years, at least socially
“Why is she in her room ALL the time???”
Was not the best decision, but at least it wasn’t so boring anymore
Did I already say
mediocrity is boring???
And I enjoyed being left alone
I liked anti-social, it gave me the space
My FIRO-B indicates zero
Inclusion Wanted and Expressed!
To grow and understand myself
Turned out I was a LOT more understanding with myself than the world was
Music, journaling, dreams and poetry
I got to know me …
And live with the “me” …
Still boring, still anti-social and still loving it …
I wasn’t as miserable as it seemed.
I had started to LOVE myself, remember?
As I dug myself out of the deepest “abyss” in my life
You have heard THAT part before ;)
And then a few things happened -
Life became more about the journey, not the destination
I will NEVER reach my goal if I do not enjoy the process
first.
And I took my decisions and was wholly responsible for them
A LOT less complicated
that way!
And I was in total control of my happiness from then on ….
And all of a sudden, being social was not so bad …
Once I stopped expecting the world to understand me
Once I stopped blaming myself for the misery of other people …
Happiness became a habit
It was easy too
Happiness was just about figuring what my biggest needs are
And fulfilling them
The need to explore became my biggest driver
And the journey towards “something” became my life force.
I love sharing and helping …and people love to share and get help from the happy ones …
The happier I was, the happier the people in my life were …
My passion became my energy – always there to share …
Happiness sure became a habit.
Life is not all about me, but then it is largely about me.
Being selfless is about being selfish .... about a few basic things …
Understanding what makes me happy enough to be able to give
For me, it is about finding my next big purpose and going for it …
A purpose, a passion … a source of my energy.
www.Geekdance.com
Where the story continues …
make happiness a habit – and you will have a lot to be happy about!