Nancee1953
Posted on 05/07/2015. Last edited on 10/02/2026.
I am sharing a message I read recently by Maria Shriver.
My desire is that you enjoy it as much as I have.
“Maria’s Message”
I was shooting a story this week for the Today Show (it airs Monday) on the pursuit of happiness. I interviewed two young guys who set out across the country to talk to the happiest people in the United States. And what they found was pretty simple: They found people who believed in gratitude, who relied on community and who consciously decided to choose happiness.
Choose happiness…
Direct yourself — your mind — towards that goal. I like that because it means that happiness — positive well-being — is actually within our reach. It’s in our power.
That’s huge. Because that means every day we can get up and decide to look at the gloom and the doom or we can redirect our thoughts, shift our outlook, and look towards the good.
As one expert I interviewed (she airs Wednesday) said, “It’s like going to gym. You have to work for it.” Just like you can decide to pursue a healthy body, most of us can chose to pursue healthy thoughts.
On this holiday weekend when we celebrate our independence as a nation, I think celebrating the fact that we have the freedom to chose happiness is also a cause for celebration.
Now, I know millions struggle with depression. Other face sickness that can surely rob us of joy. Every day people confront grief and loss, but what these guys and others found is that very often people who go through really hard times, who face what seem like insurmountable issues, come out the other side and experience joy, and yes, happiness.
They choose it.
A friend of mine said to me not too long ago: “Look, everyone is fighting for happiness and you really do have to fight for it.”
Sure, some lucky people are just born happy. God bless them, but most of us have to fight for it. Most of us have to fight through stuff, and the good news is that most of us can get there if we decide it’s a priority worth fighting for.
Our forefathers and mothers fought for freedom in all areas of their lives and they believed that the pursuit of happiness was worth fighting for as well. I know that being grateful, being part of a community, giving back as much as you can, it all helps push us in the right direction.
But knowing that everyday I get to make my own happiness choice is a gift.
On this holiday, which I’m blessed to be spending with family and friends, I will choose happiness and will be, as always, so grateful to live in the greatest country on Earth.
Thank you to all those who fought to make this land what it is and all that continue to do so. God bless America. Land of the free home of the brave. #PassItForward
With love,
Maria
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responding to Nancee’s thread
Like many men & women… I truly enjoy Maria Shriver… I have recently been enjoying her site very much…
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I particularly enjoy the article you’ve chosen!(smile) It makes some great points…like this one: knowing that everyday I get to make my own happiness choice is a gift
Thank you Nancee for the positive reinforcement… that most all of us need reminding of…on some occasion(:
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BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Nancee1953
Posted on 06/07/2015.
I am so glad you enjoyed it!
highlighting- CHOOSE HAPPINESS
Choose happiness... I wouldn't have it any other way(:
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Nancee1953
Posted on 13/12/2016.
Happiness is a wonderful choice, it is as if we allow our true nature to come out from with in and have a voice and it shouts “Hip Hip Hooray let us celebrate the gift of the day”!!
Nancee1953
Posted on 14/12/2016.
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” Jim Rohn
Nancee1953
Posted on 15/12/2016.
“Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect and the absence of ego.
Love yourself.
Love everyone around you.
Love everyone in the whole world.
Know that your own life is of infinite importance,
as is every other life.”
Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nancee1953
Posted on 16/12/2016.
Happy
Nancee1953
Posted on 17/12/2016.
“All seasons are beautiful
for the person who carries happiness within.” Horace Friess
Nancee1953
Posted on 20/12/2016.
“Happiness is the experience of loving life. Being happy is being in love with that momentary experience. And love is looking at someone or even something and seeing the absolute best in him/her or it. Love is happiness with what you see. So love and happiness really are the same thing…just expressed differently.” Robert McPhillips
Nancee1953
Posted on 22/12/2016.
“Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.” Marie Osmond
Nancee1953
Posted on 23/12/2016.
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” — Audrey Hepburn
Nancee1953
Posted on 25/12/2016. Last edited on 27/12/2016.
“True happiness…arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self.” Joseph Addison
Nancee1953
Posted on 26/12/2016.
“Happiness always sneaks in a door you did not think was open “
Anonymous
Nancee1953
Posted on 28/12/2016.
“I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.”
-Richard Bach
Nancee1953
Posted on 28/12/2016.
“If you smile while no one is around you really mean it.”
Unknown
Nancee1953
Posted on 31/12/2016.
“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.” Buddha
Nancee1953
Posted on 02/01/2017.
“All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness
within.” Horace Friess
I choose happiness(:
I Am living a Divine plan
Nancee1953
Posted on 04/01/2017.
LOL me too!!!
Nancee1953
Posted on 05/01/2017.
“Happiness is not something ready made.
It comes from your own actions.” Dalai Lama
Nancee1953
Posted on 13/01/2017.
Nancee1953
Posted on 10/02/2017.
Nancee1953
Posted on 17/02/2017.
iZUHM THA iNFiNiTE
Posted on 28/02/2017.
There’s no such thing as fiction. Our experiences are constructed within our own imagination. What we believe iz possible iz what we’ll experience. The life we’re living now iz only imagined in some of the minds of other infinite parallel versions of you.
iZUHM THA iNFiNiTE
Posted on 08/03/2017.
There’s no such thing as fiction. Our experiences are constructed within our own imagination. What we believe iz possible iz what we’ll experience. The life we’re living now iz only imagined in some of the minds of other infinite parallel versions of you.
Nancee1953
Posted on 14/03/2017.
Nancee1953
Posted on 04/04/2017.
iZUHM THA iNFiNiTE
Posted on 05/04/2017.
There’s no such thing as fiction. Our experiences are constructed within our own imagination. What we believe iz possible iz what we’ll experience. The life we’re living now iz only imagined in some of the minds of other infinite parallel versions of you.
iZUHM THA iNFiNiTE
Posted on 10/04/2017.
There’s no such thing as fiction. Our experiences are constructed within our own imagination. What we believe iz possible iz what we’ll experience. The life we’re living now iz only imagined in some of the minds of other infinite parallel versions of you.
Nancee1953
Posted on 17/04/2017.
Most Benevolent Outcome
Posted on 18/04/2017. Last edited on 04/01/2018.
I Am living a Divine plan
iZUHM THA iNFiNiTE
Posted on 23/04/2017.
There’s no such thing as fiction. Our experiences are constructed within our own imagination. What we believe iz possible iz what we’ll experience. The life we’re living now iz only imagined in some of the minds of other infinite parallel versions of you.
Nancee1953
Posted on 30/04/2017.
Sparkle, Shimmer and Shine being Happy is truly Divine....
Nancee1953
Posted on 10/05/2017.
Nancee1953
Posted on 17/05/2017.
Stillness
Posted on 17/05/2017.
Nancee1953
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Nancee1953
Posted on 30/05/2017.
Nancee1953
Posted on 08/07/2017.
Nancee1953
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Nancee1953
Posted on 26/07/2017. Last edited on 02/05/2019.
CHOOSE HAPPINESS
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TODAY IS A VERY JOYOUS DAY! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
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BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Nancee1953
Posted on 26/07/2017.
Absolutely beautiful!!! Today is my day magnificent in every joyful way
Nancee1953
Posted on 19/08/2017.
Nancee1953
Posted on 25/08/2017.
Nancee1953
Posted on 01/09/2017.
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Nancee1953
Posted on 14/09/2017.
Nancee1953
Posted on 22/09/2017. Last edited on 08/12/2023.
Nancee1953
Posted on 03/10/2017.
Nancee1953
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Nancee1953
Posted on 05/11/2017. Last edited on 06/08/2020.
Nancee1953
Posted on 21/11/2017.
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Nancee1953
Posted on 12/12/2017.
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Nancee1953
Posted on 15/12/2017.
Nancee1953
Posted on 09/01/2018.
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Nancee1953
Posted on 25/11/2018.
Nancee1953
Posted on 10/12/2018. Last edited on 08/12/2023.
Wanted to share this video with you guys. It is about the causes of depression and might be useful for some.
Hippiegirl
Posted on 02/05/2019.
thanks for sharing this SRWE ,very helpful and informative .I love this programe and have seen this author on Ted talks
going to look out for his book as it may help myself and may daughter
In response to Smart_Routines_With_Enthusiasm's post: hello, welcome back!
In response to flowergirl's post:
sounds like an interesting video. 2 saying check it out...
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BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Mr Brightside
Posted on 25/06/2019.
The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by ~ Guatama Buddha
Anything that anyone gives attention to, becomes true
In response to Fly me to the moon's post:
wonderful intention of the heart -for each day!
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
“Why do I always know in advance today is going to work out so well in the best of ways?”
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
"Don't try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. God opens millions of flowers everyday without forcing their buds" ~ Rajneesh
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Nancee1953
Posted on 26/11/2019.
In response to Nancee1953's post:
Beautiful thread Nancee!! I enjoyed reading all of the posts!
Thank you!!
“Radical Acceptance is the ability to face hardships with greater love and deeper awareness.
Contemplation shapes radical acceptance as a way to choose love and peace over anger and despair.
Begin by finding this within ourselves before helping others.
I Am living a Divine plan
Nancee1953
Posted on 09/08/2020.
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Poppy
Posted on 24/03/2021.
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_100845
Words are like seeds. When you write them out, they grow into your dreams and spark the imagination of others.
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
♡ ˚ choosing well
Posted on 14/05/2021.
In response to Poppy's post:
love this!Thank you Poppy
And now for today's (one of them...anyway... today's affirmation:
→ Everyday I remember that I am whole and complete and I radiate unconditional love to the whole world around me.
MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE,
THE POSSIBLE EASY,
AND THE EASY ELEGANT
MOSHE FELDENKRAIS
Whatever is – Thank You !
My well-being is encased in love&peace and thrives in this atmosphere
♡ ˚ choosing well
Posted on 08/04/2022.
MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE,
THE POSSIBLE EASY,
AND THE EASY ELEGANT
MOSHE FELDENKRAIS
Whatever is – Thank You !
My well-being is encased in love&peace and thrives in this atmosphere
Mr Brightside
Posted on 17/02/2023.
In response to Nancee1953's post:
Anything that anyone gives attention to, becomes true
♡ ˚ choosing well
Posted on 20/02/2023.
In response to Mr Brightside's post:
Well done!
MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE,
THE POSSIBLE EASY,
AND THE EASY ELEGANT
MOSHE FELDENKRAIS
Whatever is – Thank You !
My well-being is encased in love&peace and thrives in this atmosphere
Poppy
Posted on 20/02/2023.
posted earlier, but bears repeating-
Most folks are as
happy as they make
up their minds to
be.
Abraham Lincoln
Words are like seeds. When you write them out, they grow into your dreams and spark the imagination of others.
♡ ˚ choosing well
Posted on 21/02/2023. Last edited on 22/02/2023.
In response to Poppy's post:
so much truth in this!
thank you for reposting !
Yes, it did/ does bear reposting ☀️
Today is a great day to choose Happiness
MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE,
THE POSSIBLE EASY,
AND THE EASY ELEGANT
MOSHE FELDENKRAIS
Whatever is – Thank You !
My well-being is encased in love&peace and thrives in this atmosphere
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
https://m.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8O2hJSdeGJGus7bfQhQQ0zbTpX358hKJ
(Might have to start it from beginning )
little rap music that deserved recognition on Choosing Happiness
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Affirmation:
I deserve to feel great each day.
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
Fun 🤩 thread 😍
WHAT I REALLY NEED IS ALWAYS PROVIDED FOR
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
music Happy
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
I AM the disciplined master of my internal world and that translates into wealth internally and externally.
My heart is a beautiful
heart and only contains beauty. ✧
→ I am happy when I wake up.
→ I AM positive experience.
→ I know now that I am here to be happy
→ I am always at the right place at the right time, thinking the right thing for the right reason
→ LifeisEasier.
→ I will enjoy this.
→ This will make it better and easier.
→ Now I have a better way.
→ I REMAIN: wonderfully inspired and the details which could prosper from my attention contain balance and flow.
→ My nutrition is optimal
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
BE YOU
I am refreshingly rejuvenated by every thought I think and every feeling I allow
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi
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