Be a Stockholder in Your Own Happiness

I recently injured my back. Too much training, toppedgood behavior and good luck.
off by the first mow of the season. This, luckily,Happiness is not something to be reached for. It is
gave me the opportunity to take a couple of daysnot something "out there" in the future. It is not
off to rest. In addition to lots of rest, I watched asomething that only the "lucky few" have.
few great movies. One of those was "Be KindIt is not hard, either.
Rewind" with Jack Black and Mos Def. BetweenHappy is something that we already are.
scenes of outrageously funny comedy andOnce we wrap our minds around this idea, all that is
awkwardness, one of the meaningful lines was, "Letleft is to do is:
them be a stockholder in their own happiness!" The1. Take ownership in your process, your journey
characters were talking about allowing the community2. Get the junk out of the way
members take part in creating the "sweded" movies,See what you can do this week to either take
to help them.ownership in your journey. Maybe this means
What a great way to break down the elusive thingaccepting responsibility for your mistakes. Make a
we call happiness: take ownership in your processclear decision. Love your body. Nurture your creative
Ever have one of "those" days? When everythingside. Express your talents in a new way.
goes wrong, and you begin to say to yourself, "WhyThen, take the second step forward by getting the
can't I just be happy?" The problem with happiness isjunk out of your way. Since happiness is already a
that we still wonder why we can't obtain it. There ispart of you, ask yourself, "What is in my way? What
a lot of research out there that helps us understandis blocking my view?" This can be anything from
what being happy is, what it feels like, and how toeliminating physical clutter in your life to evaluating a
find it. Still, we assume that it is something to be had.self-limiting belief.
Something that is magically bestowed upon us for