Are You Happy?

“Are you happy?” He asked, as I administered his next dose of chemotherapy…
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The question caught me off guard.
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He was the one sitting in the chair getting a life changing treatment & he genuinely wanted to know if I was happy.
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I looked at him, smiled & said “yes” from the bottom of my heart.
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“Are you happy?” I asked back. Unsure if I should’ve asked it, given his state.
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He looked at me in my eyes and said
“yes.
Every single day I CHOOSE to be happy.
I CHOOSE it.” He emphasized.
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Happiness isn’t something that’s thrust upon us, it is something that is manifested deep within our minds by OUR actions-not anyone else’s nor our circumstances.
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His words will stick with me forever & help to remind me that every single day we have the choice to decide for ourselves if our life is what we want it to be-NOT our outside circumstances.
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YES, I am a macro weight-loss expert.
YES, I can absolutely get you to your health & body goals.
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But if you don’t work on your mindset every single day for the reasons behind WHY you want to achieve anything-
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Choosing your goals, choosing your long term happiness, choosing to make every single day work FOR YOU-
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Then you will always feel stuck.
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Ask yourself today:
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“What do I need to let go of today, in order to move forward?”
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And then start working through those things, today, right now.
Because you never know how much time you have left so why waste your precious moments being unhappy?
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Comment below or leave an emoji if you’re going to MAKE today be great 🙋🏼‍♀️💕