Stress Less for Happiness

Think of new attitude that makes it easier for you not to be as hard on yourself or the people you work with. You used to have trouble delegating; you can be happy to hand off a piece of a project, and you will not feel compelled to redo other people's work. :)

Happiness

Happiness is a taste of mind and it depends on one's attitude toward life,not on what one has.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People - 1

How do you feel – if through no fault of your own, things change for the worse? Are you going to respond by abandoning your faith in God because of setbacks, tragedies and sorrows in life? Or are you going to trust God no matter what happens with the unshakable attitude that when nothing else is left, you have God. Bible-believing Christians who are not fair-weather believers know deep in their hearts that God is enough for our lives and our future in times of blessings or sufferings.

Many of us do not understand why God allows us to suffer. In deed there are many “why” questions in life. Especially during times of trials, sufferings, and crises in our lives. Many, if not all of us, are tempted a thousand times to ask, “My God, why…? But we should not be disturbed by this situation. It is not a situation that exists only in this modern age. From Biblical story of Job is a story that should be told and retold to our brothers and sisters who are in the midst of sufferings. Job was wealthy man of God who lost his possession, his children and his health. Though he did not understand why God allowed him to suffer, his faith in God remained intact. Job continued to trust God no matter what happened. In the Book of Job in the Old Testament we see Job’s genuine faith had weathered his sufferings. As Job says: “Even if He (God) should kill me, I still will trust in Him.

Letting go of loss and failure – 2

Concerning your “failure” to guide your brother in his marriage and personal life, well, there are certain things that are beyond our control, one of which is one’s free will and thinking. Recall that our Lord could not even prevent Judas Iscariot from betraying Him or that He failed to convert His countrymen so that He wept, in frustration, over Jerusalem!

Someone made the analogy. You can lead a horse to a stream but you cannot force him to drink. How much more with humans? Perhaps you just have to wait until the horse has a thirst for water or, in the case of your brother, until he gets enlightened.

Here’s what St. Bonaventure says: “Do not become upset or impatient at the defects of other, for it would be foolish if upon seeing some fall into a ditch you should throw yourself into another uselessly.”

Don’t give up on one thing: Prayer. St. Monica prayed for the conversion of her son for almost 20 years – and her prayers bore fruit.

If a person does not change, change your attitude towards him. One of the hardest things to do in this world is to change the character of a person As a Chinese proverb goes: “It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river that a person’s character.” So better change yourself or lower you expectations.

When gloomy and negative thoughts pop up in our mind, vanish them. One way of doing it is to keep busy or to fill you mind with happy, optimistic thoughts.