Affirmations which can help improve our happiness
Want to build on your ability to feel happy? Use these thoughts every day to counter the negativity.
by: E.B. Johnson
When you’re living through such challenging times, it’s only natural to gravitate toward happiness and those things which bring joy. It’s human. We like to be happy and we like to be around things that make us happy. Not only does it make it feel good, but it’s good for our bodies and our hearts too. Being happy doesn’t always come easy, though. Getting ourselves to that bright spot on the horizon requires switching up the ways we see our lives and the way we see ourselves.
Happiness has to become a choice.
Although we often struggle to realize it, we have an immense amount of free will when it comes to our emotions and how we feel. We choose how we want to react to the world around us. We choose how we want to respond to the people in our lives and the stress we’re presented with on a daily basis. At some point, we have to realize that happiness (too) is something that we can choose. It has to become a choice that we make on a daily basis.
Ultimately, we’re in charge of building lives that bring us some level of satisfaction and happiness.
Learning how to be happy in a world that’s filled with chaos isn’t easy, especially if you’re one of the millions being crushed beneath the chaos. We can find ways to be more positive, though, and this can lead to happier, more enjoyable lives. It all begins with shifting the way we think. We can initiate this shift through the use of affirmations, or positive, intentional thoughts that allow us to change our overall outlook.
Affirmations which can help you boost your happiness.
Increasing our happiness in life and relationships requires first changing the way we think. Joy stems from our perspective and the way in which we experience things. To begin finding more happiness in your life, start by fundamentally changing your thoughts with these affirmations.
I am deserving.
Remind yourself daily how deserving you are of the things you both want and need in this life. You don’t have to prove yourself to anyone, or become a certain person in order to deserve the future that you want. It’s deserved because you exist, and you can get to it by committing to intentional, positive, and mindful action each and every day.
I am open to change.
One of the reasons we most commonly find ourselves plagued with chaos and unhappiness is an inability to adapt to change. We’re creatures of habit, we humans, and we don’t like our routines to be disrupted. Change is always happening, though. Life is impermanent. In order to be happy, we have to be open to change and open to all the opportunities that it brings.
I am grateful for the good things.
Gratitude is a such a powerful tool when it comes to transforming our emotions and the way we see the world. Take a look around your life and look at all the people and the things that you love. Be grateful for those things and allow this gratitude to lift your mood and your outlook. If you are surrounded by love, you have many reasons to be happy in life and yourself.
I never give up.
When we get beaten down by life, it’s hard to look up with any kind of optimism or hopeful expectation. We don’t want to get disappointed again, but that’s what life is. It’s filled with ups and downs, and we have to keep going despite that. Build yourself up by becoming someone who never quits. This enhances our courage and our resilience when it comes to working through the setbacks,
I believe in my abilities.
People who don’t believe in their ability to thrive are rarely happy people. We have to believe in ourselves so that we have the confidence to pursue the things that bring happiness into our lives. Believe in yourself and know that you have the skills and the smarts it takes to get where you want to be. Say, “I believe in my abilities,” and mean it. Know that you are enough and you are capable and strong.
I am full of acceptance.
Our happiness suffers when we fail to accept who we are and what we want from life and our relationships. The more you come to accept what’s going on around you, the more empowered you will become to efficiently change it. Each day, look in the mirror and tell yourself that you are full of acceptance. Accepting things is not allowing them, it’s the first step in committing to change things.
I can change how I feel.
Getting stuck in a negative thought loop is hard to escape. Once you begin to focus on all the bad things happening, all you see is bad in your life. To break out of this, you have to understand the control you have over your own emotions. You can choose how you both feel and react to the world around you. Tell yourself daily that you can change how you feel.
I know what I want.
Do you feel lost? This detachment from self and joy can erode our mood and leave us reeling in a state of negative thought. You need to know what you want in order to go after it. Once you go after it, you’ll begin to feel more and more joy building in your life. Remind yourself that you know what you want. Visualize it, then pursue it with the fullness of your heart.
Putting it all together…
When it all comes down to it, we are the ones who are in control of our emotions. This includes happiness and the way in which we enjoy our relationships and the environment around us. Want to be happier? You have to change the way you think.
Shift from a negative point of view to a positive one by using mindful affirmations. Remind yourself that you matter, and that you are deserving of the things that you want in your life. Reassure yourself and embrace your needs with confidence. Tell yourself that you’re open to change and focus on the things and the people in your life that you’re grateful for. Believe in your abilities. Cultivate a lasting and all-encompassing sense of acceptance and know that you can (and will) change how you feel with mindfulness and action. You know what you want. Embrace it and find happiness by living in line with your values and your truths.
