Value your present by creating your happiness every moment.

Be happy every chance you get.

How easy this will be depends entirely on you.

You can choose to be happy.

Right here. Right now.

There are so many things you can be thankful for.

That alone is enough reason to be happy.

Expand your view of life.

Delete the bad.

Absorb all that is good.

Give up everything that is not working in your life.

Bad habits. Self-serving attitudes.  Ingratitude.

Drama. Resentment. Anger.

Bad memories. Negative thoughts. Vile words.

Let go of the toxic people who poison your life.

Take in everything that will nourish your spirit.

Form good habits. Reach out to others. Be grateful.

Laugh. Let go. Be happy.

Create good memories. Think good thoughts. Speak encouragingly.

BE, HAVE AND DO LOVE.

Open your heart to the amazing people who bless your soul.

You already know all of this.

All you’ve got to do is remember.

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This is the most powerful word that should guide your life everyday.

When the pain of the past haunts you or when the fear of the future comes to you, shake them off, close your eyes and say: “NOW.”

It’s almost like a forceful mantra that brings you back to reality, the only real thing there is — the present moment.

The past is gone, the future is yet to happen and you don’t hold them in your hands. Dwelling or focusing on what has happened or what is yet to happen just wastes the possibility of the present moment.

The only thing you can ever hold in your hands is the present moment.

The only thing you can ever do is make something happen now.

Whenever the tough times hit or when you find yourself in a challenging situation, keep in mind the three choices that you have (and this means, you always have a choice in everything):

- get out of the situation
- change the situation
- or accept the situation for what it is.

Realize that the main cause of your pain is resistance to what is.

Remember that when you fight life, you always end up losing.

Of course, it’s always easier to be in pain, to cry and feel sorry for yourself for all the things that happened in the past.

It’s even easier to get engrossed in dreams of things that you want to happen in some far – off time you are not sure when.

Either way, you are trapped and nothing changes.

It maybe hard to change a situation and even harder to get out of it.

It feels like change takes so much effort than dwelling or dreaming.

More than that, it demands that you get out of your comfort zone, maybe even dare you to do something you’ve never done before or face the possibility of getting hurt.

It may also feel like the hardest thing to do would have to be to accept.

You may think that accepting, in a way, feels like surrender or defeat.

And your ego never likes to be defeated.

It always has to be right. It always has to win.

But when you decide to accept all the things that had happened in your life and you surrendered to what is happening now, you realize that you have not lost. You have won over your pain.

With acceptance, you gained peace.

You became at peace with yourself.

With acceptance, you gained understanding.

You began to see your life situation in another perspective.

With acceptance, you gained faith.

You believe that everything is as it should be.

Everyday, try to focus yourself in the now, change the things you can change and accept those that you can’t.

Tempting as it is, try not to dream of some remote fulfillment in the future. Remind yourself that there’s no point in being happy someday.

Instead choose to be happy today.

Yes, happiness is a choice.

When you look for happiness now, when you gratefully accept every moment, you’ll see life for what it truly is…

A present.

When you’ve been through so much pain, you reach a point when you just want to stop hurting.

And start living again.

When that moment comes, you feel free to start over.

You become wiser.

Stronger.

You learn to forgive others.

More than that, you learn to forgive yourself.

In the end you realize, life is much too precious…

to waste

…dwelling in the past,

…nurturing pain,

…keeping grudges,

…and harboring anger.

Instead you make that choice to spend your days…

…valuing the present moment

…striving for healing

…letting go

…and loving.

In the end, you know that no matter what other people may say or think…

what matters is you know your self-worth.

In the end, you discover who your real friends are.

The ones who truly know, understand, accept and love you for all that you are.

In the end, you re-learn to value your family.

The ones who truly love you… unconditionally.

In the end, you appreciate once again the gift of endless laughter, warm hugs and sloppy kisses that only your little ones can give.

The ones whom you can sacrifice for just so they can live.

In the end, you feel the true meaning of love…

and you know the one whom you give it to.

The one who gives his heart and soul to you.

When life gives you a second chance to find your way…

you take a step toward that path and brush all your fears away.

In the end, you begin to understand that life may not be perfect…

but it could be wonderful and so much more…

because now you know… what and who you are living for.