Faith
How do we remain Happy? I have been reading the Happiness Project, which is a great read, however, it seems that everyone is out there to answer that question of what makes us ultimately happy. It's easy to pick out the quick fixes, or the short term happiness...for me ice cream or chocolate chip cookies seem to always to the trick ;)...but its more of the long fix? What makes us, us, what makes us be inspired, content, and in love with life? According to the happiness project, Gretchen Rubin writes that we can be happy if we work on "being ourselves" instead of someone else. For example, she always wanted a hobby, she wanted one of the great hobbies that her friends have. Unfortunately, they didn't stick. This was because they weren't "her". Someone may love to read, while someone else thinks that it takes too much work. I would like to think that I am always "myself"...however, I know that this is not true. We usually put our true selves aside and try to be "someone else". So what I like to spend and afternoon watching old movies and baking...why do I always feel guilty about that, right? We shouldn't, but in the US, if your not winning, your losing, and we can't get behind! This week I am going to pray that I can work on being more "Chelsea" and be perfectly fine with it :)
xoxo Chelsea
