Choosing Happiness
Happy Tuesday friends!
About a month or so ago I went to this yoga class with a friend & boy oh boy did our sweet sweet instructor speak to me. I just had to share this little piece of advice as I think everyone needs to hear it!!
She began telling us a story about how she used to have a yoga studio in New York and how she and her family have now moved to Nashville. She said she found herself that week really missing the community that she had in New York. She missed her friendships and everything she had built there. She then began to tell us how as humans we fall into this hole of sadness, anxiety, anger, loneliness, or frustration. We sit in it. We let this run our days. She then said you know we can have many different feelings at once, what is most important is what we let drive our day. We can be sad and miss something, but we can also be really happy with our lives right now. We might be annoyed with a situation at work or with a friend, but we can choose joy over annoyance.
I needed to hear this! I am someone who lets the littlest things ruin my day. I just let my thoughts overpower my brain sometimes, with negativity. According to the National Science Foundation, an average person has about 12,000-60,000 thoughts per day. 80% of those are negative. I have a hard time believing that it is a whole 80%!!! Let’s rewire our brains friends.
Yes, life gets hard and there will be frustrating and sad things that pop up in our everyday lives. But it is our choice on what we let drive. Happiness over being pissed off. Joy over sadness. One of my best friends and I call each other quite often and just rant to each other if something happened that day. In this case, she called me telling me how she got her feelings hurt. I told her about what my yoga instructor said… and said, “Okay we are going to be 25% frustrated, but 75% happy!”
Last week I had two flat tires right when I got to the gym. Instead of throwing a pity party (which is what I would have normally done), I chose calmness over freaking out. Just wanted to share this little piece of advice in hopes that it spoke to you as much as it did for me. Hope y’all have a wonderful week!
