Fiona the hippo (Cincinnati Zoo) has ENERGY. I mean, look at those hops! 😍
6 Toxic Beliefs That Prevent You From Reaching True Happiness
Here are the six toxic behaviors that are preventing you from reaching true happiness:
1. “I don’t have what I need to be happy.”
Happiness doesn’t come from stuff, but it can come from appreciating your stuff. Appreciation and gratitude leads directly to happiness. What are you grateful for?
2. “I’m just not good enough.”
Yes you are. Knock that off.
3. “I can never heal.”
People hurt us, it’s true. You’re lucky to get through this life without any kind of heart break. But hey, you absolutely can heal, you just never will if you keep telling yourself that you can’t.
4. “I must be in control.”
I used to be this way. Badly. I always had to be in control of things. Heck, sometimes I can still be that way. But all it did was cause grief and worry.
It’s not worth it to try to control everything. Take responsibility, but don’t fight to control.
5. “This is personal.”
Almost nothing is personal. These days it seems like everyone just aches to be offended, and if it doesn’t outrage you, it’s not worth the time.
That’s a rough way to live. Realize that nothing is ever truly personal and you’ll be happier.
6. “I must be liked by everyone.”
This one is especially silly. The opinions of others don’t weigh on you at all. You are who you are and should embrace that. Not everyone is going to like you and okay.
My Self-Isolation Quarantine Diary:
🦸♀️ Day 1 – I Can Do This!! Got enough food and wine to last a month!
🍷 Day 2 – Opening my 8th bottle of Wine. I fear wine supplies might not last! 😳
🍓 Day 3 – Strawberries: Some have 210 seeds, some have 235 seeds. Who Knew?? 🤷♀️
🤣 Day 4 – 8:00pm. Removed my Day Pajamas and put on my Night Pajamas.
🍹Day 5 – Today, I tried to make Hand Sanitizer. It came out as Jello Shots!! 🤪
🤩 Day 6 – I get to take the garbage out. I’m SO excited, I can’t decide what to wear!
🥳 Day 7 – Laughing way too much at my own jokes!!
🥴 Day 8 – Went to a new restaurant called “The Kitchen”. You have to gather all the ingredients and make your own meal… I have NO clue how this place is still in business!!
🍸 Day 9 – I put liquor bottles in every room. Tonight, I’m getting all dressed up and going Bar hopping. 💃
🕷 Day 10 – Struck up a conversation with a spider today. Seems nice. He’s a Web Designer. 🕸
🙄 Day 11 – Isolation is hard. I swear my fridge just said, “What the hell do you want now?” 😳
Day 12 – I realized why dogs get so excited about something moving outside, going for walks or car rides. I think I just barked at a squirrel. 🐿
🍷Day 13 – If you keep a glass of wine in each hand, you can’t accidently touch your face.🍷
🐦Day 14 – Watched the birds fight over a worm. The Cardinals lead the Blue Jays 3–1.
🍳🍲 Day 15 – Anybody else feel like they’ve cooked dinner about 395 times?! 🥴
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During lunch at work, I ate 3 plates of beans (which I know I shouldn’t)
Margie GrandeFebruary 22, 2019
During lunch at work, I ate 3 plates of beans (which I know I shouldn’t). When I got home, my husband seemed excited to see me and exclaimed delightedly, “Darling I have a surprise for dinner tonight.” He then blindfolded me and led me to my chair at the dinner table. I took a seat and just as he was about to remove my blindfold, the telephone rang. He made me promise not to touch the blindfold until he returned and went to answer the call.
The beans I had consumed were still affecting me and the pressure was becoming unbearable, so while my husband was out of the room I seized the opportunity, shifted my weight to one leg and let one go.
It was not only loud, but it smelled like a fertilizer truck running over a skunk in front of a garbage dump! I took my napkin from my lap and fanned the air around me vigorously. Then, shifting to the other leg, I ripped off three more. The stink was worse than cooked cabbage. Keeping my ears carefully tuned to the conversation in the other room, I went on releasing atomic bombs like this for another few minutes. The pleasure was indescribable!
Eventually the telephone farewells signaled the end of my freedom, so I quickly fanned the air a few more times with my napkin, placed it on my lap and folded my hands back on it feeling very relieved and pleased with myself.
My face must have been the picture of innocence when my husband returned, apologizing for taking so long.
He asked me if I had peaked through the blindfold, and I assured him I had not.
At this point, he removed the blindfold, and twelve dinner guests seated around the table, with their hands to their noses, chorused, “Happy Birthday!” 🎂
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