The Source Code of Happiness

It is interesting to look at language, it is the source code of your thinking and your thinking has a huge effect on your perception of life. Often times when we change our language we change our experience. As my mentoring clients know I can be a stickler for using language correctly to support our experience and interpretation of life.One of these language keys is… (blank) made me happy.This is sloppy language. Every time we say this we externalize our happiness.As long as we believe that happiness comes from outside, from changes in our circumstances, possessions, money, relationships, children, bosses, employees, health, … We get a little farther from the true source of happiness.Every time we say… (blank) made me happy. We rehearse this belief in our mind.The converse is true too; when we say (blank) is making me unhappy, we are also reinforcing this belief.What is true is that… because of (blank) we are deciding to be happy or unhappy. A decision is a choice, once you put it in these terms you give freedom to your happiness; it is now at your command.Watch for this language in yourself either verbally or inside your mind, catch and correct yourself at every opportunity.