Be Happy!

Jesus wants us to share his joy. He made us to be happy. So often we let stress into our lives and so we end up fretting about what we think we should be doing and not doing. Here is something I copied this morning that made me reflect on my own life and my "to do lists"!!

Stress is a Choice
by David Zerfoss Several years ago while listening to my pastor give a Sunday sermon, he spoke about how life is made up of a series of choices. It made me realize that my hectic professional and personal life was of my choosing. Therefore, a life of stress had become my choice.

Many of us hurry through life going from one place to the next, focused on conquering the next mountain, making the next deal, running the next errand, and believing we will never have enough time to do all the things we need to get done. Yet, there is all the time in the world if we just realize that we are the creators of this life we choose to live. That's right. Life is a series of choices and being free from stress is one of those choices.

Whether your business life is overly complicated or your personal life (or both), you have chosen this current system of chaos. The world is a tantalizing swirl of getting the next "fix," tempting us to fit more and more things, people and processes into our lives, personally and professionally. And because we are so busy being busy, it's easy to be lured into the fray, with our lengthy to-do lists. Yet, the greatest achievements have often come from the simplest of ideas and in the simplest forms.

A very wise and holy Religious of the Sacred Heart told me once that "We have all the time there is - twenty-four hours each day. No one has more time than I have. Slow down and enjoy!"