Read my friend Mark Mansons Purpose and Self-Knowledge manifesto yesterday (grab it free here - markmanson.net/self-knowledge) I loved this one section so much, I wanted to share it with you: We don’t always control what happens to us. But we always control a) how we interpret what happens to us, and b) how we respond to what happens to us. Therefore, whether we consciously recognize it or not, we are always responsible for our experiences. Choosing to not consciously interpret events in our lives is still an interpretation of the events of our lives. Choosing to not respond to the events in our lives is still a response to the events of our lives. HOW TRUE IS THIS. Personally, I have a long history of choosing misery -- whether conscious or not. I think on some level, I *needed* it to feel worthy or purposeful, even when it wasnt serving me. And here are 11 ways that I started taking control of my happiness, turning around my interpretation of events and making my perspective work for me
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:30:00 +0000
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