A good friend sent me this article (from www.successandlife.com) so I am reposting it as I love the message, please feel free to comment or forward to others you think may enjoy it.

Everyone is always in pursuit of happiness. Maybe you have traveled far in seeking happiness, believing that it is to be found in the mountains of Tibet, when actually, it is within your reach. Below are some tips that will surely help you develop a happy attitude and see the true meaning of happiness.Realize Your Worth. Realize that you are just as important as any other person around. You are not just a tiny speck in this universe. Having a healthy self confidence and self worth makes you aware of your purpose in life. Once you know your life’s purpose, it will give you a sense of direction, which helps you sort out your life, and would eventually lead to contentment.

Find Contentment. Not settling for less is not a bad thing, but while you are on your journey in reaching your goals, don’t forget to be thankful for what you have now. Counting your blessings helps you to put things in perspective. A lot of people go through life wanting things, not knowing that it’s not the Lexus or the Rolex that will make one happy. See where the important things in life lie: your friends and family.Do the Things You Love. Doing the things you love would be sure to keep you in high spirits. Make it a point to treat yourself to doing the things you enjoy the most. It can be dancing, writing or catching the latest movie. No matter what it is, don’t stop yourself from enjoying life once in a while. Keep in mind that happiness is found in pure things. If your brand of indulgence involves waking up to a hangover or to being jittery and in need of your next “dose,” then you better ask yourself if that is the kind of “happiness” you want for yourself.

Take Time to Help. They say that “He who refreshes others, refreshes himself.” Helping doesn’t necessarily mean giving people stuff. Helping out may be as simple as providing a shoulder to cry on, or squeezing the hand of someone in distress. The best way to be happy is to make others so.Be with Happy People. Being with happy people surely does wonders for you. Being surrounded with lighthearted people helps you absorb their positive energy.Be Optimistic. Keeping a positive attitude towards life is a prime characteristic you must possess to achieve happiness. Teach yourself to be happy. The potential to be happy is in everybody, you just need to know how to bring it out in you. According to Psychologist Martin Seligman, each of us has the power to bring in real joy into our lives. Therefore, it is our choice to be happy or to wallow in loneliness and discontent. Be Thankful. Recognizing the people you have in your life makes you realize just how good life is. Just looking at your family and set of friends and knowing you have them through thick and thin are already reasons enough for you to be happy. You never have to look too far to find the happiness you’re searching for, because it is actually inside you. Your state of mind is the yardstick of just how happy you’ll be.

Live in the Present. If you keep on replaying your past, you will never get to enjoy the present. How can you move forward if you still keep looking back? Forget the painful things that happened in the past. Learn from them, but don’t let them hold you back from happiness.

Love Unconditionally. Nothing beats love in terms of giving joy. But “love” is not restricted to romantic love, it also involves the love of friends and family. Love is a a balm to the wounds of the soul. Unconditional love, they say, is the best kind of love anyone can give or receive. It is the kind of love where you expect nothing in return. Giving love unconditionally is hard, giving man’s bent to be self-centered. But do get altruistic sometimes. When you give, out of the abundance of your heart, when you move from the mental frame of giving instead of getting, it is when you will realize that life is sweet, after all.After all is said and done, remember, happiness is a state of mind.

Again, this is a repost from www.successandlife.com, enjoy!

Ray Higdon
Southwest Florida Twitter Guy

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Ray Higdon
Southwest Florida Twitter guy

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If you didn’t catch it, a few months ago I attended the landmark forum which is a seminar that empowers you in so many different ways but made me realize that I wanted a relationship with my Dad that I hadn’t seen in 13 years and he had never met my two boys (ages 9 and 11). Well, we went up there this past weekend and it was awesome. I have simply created a whole new life by taking action and making it happen and am so happy I did. This morning I wrote him a note about our experiences. Some people may wonder why would I share such an intimate moment on the Internet? Well, because I know my situation is not unique. I know some eyes that may read this are the eyes of someone who also hasn’t made the move to have a relationship with a family member that they wish were in their lives. We all have justifications on why we don’t have a relationship, we can all get buyin from people we talk to on why NOT to have a relationship with someone, but, those are the things that go on and then those people die and then we have lost that chance. I hope these words encourage you to make that move you have been neglecting as I did for 13 years. Namaste!

Dad,
Thank you for having me and my kids come into your life and thanks for all the time you spent with us. If we don’t give up our past we are just doomed to live our lives now according to things that happened long ago versus living in the present and creating new possibilities with the moments that are with us now. Forgiveness is giving up on the idea that the past could have been any different and I am glad I learned that and at an age where I still had the opportunity to create a new life with you and the family up north that this weekend reminded me I missed so much. Thank you for being open to a new relationship with me and my boys. They had a blast up there and twice on the way back Ethan said he missed his Grandpa Ray. You are a great man and one I am proud to call my father. I am sorry it took this long to reach out to you and the family but happy that it happened without it taking someone dying. For anyone to regret any part of their past is to witness a lack or limitation in their current self and all the things that I have gone through have made me who I am and I love myself! I am happy with my life and the choices I make everyday and I thank you for all you have done and am so excited to a new chapter in my life with you and the family up North included in it. Keep in touch and perhaps you want to practice Wii baseball some more in our absence so Ethan doesn’t embarrass you again!

Love you, your son,
Ray

Ray Higdon
Southwest Florida Twitter Guy

Dad, me and the boys

If you are interested in the Landmark forum and in SWFL, you may want to attend the free event we are doing with the landmark forum on August 5th, click below
Southwest Florida Events

I have had a lot of people tell me how they enjoy what I write and the different quotes I use and perspectives I share on thinking abundantly so I have created a facebook page called Abundant Thinking. You can join this abundant thinking page by clicking the links below.

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The more abundant thinking you have, the less you stress about lack, limitation, competition, and all those other bad vibration items. Increase your abundant thinking today!

Ray Higdon
Fort Myers Coach

You know, today I am doing something that I am going to make it a happen to do more often and that is to express gratitude. As a Fort Myers Coach I get to help a lot of people. I asked myself a long time ago, and I encourage you to ask yourself this question as well, “What would I do with my time whether it paid or not” and then followed that up with “If I had all the money in the world, what would I then do if money no longer mattered”. And that is why I love being a Fort Myers Coach. I am so grateful to have somehow been placed in a position where I get to help people. I recently wrote an email that said I help people selfishly and someone wrote me back and said, I think you meant to say selflessly. No, I actually did mean selfishly as the thing that makes me feel better than anything else in the world is knowing that I am helping someone so selfishly is the word!

I am so grateful to have so many wonderful people around me. I smile so much more now than I ever have. I am so grateful that I have such wonderful friends around me and that I walk with the knowledge that the universe is conspiring FOR my good and well-being. I love being able to teach people new ideas, perhaps get them out of their limited thinking. I love the church I go to, the center for spiritual living in Cape Coral. If you are into spirituality and not churchianity or religiousosity, then you would love this church. Reverend Emile has been very good to me and I am so grateful to have found it.

I am so thankful for my past. Sure, like everyone on this planet, I have had my ups and downs but I now realize they were all perfectly orchestrated to allow me to become the me that I am today. Forgiveness is giving up on the idea that the past could have been any different and I know that everything that ever happened to me was in perfect order. I am so grateful that I have so much freedom in my life. Great things happen to me everyday and I appreciate each and every blessing.

This weekend I really really understood that we are all one. We are all connected. For me to show angst, jealousy or hatred toward another person would be me having that feeling toward something about myself. I love what Michael Beckwith says and that is “No one can carve themselves out of my heart”

Peace and Blessings!

Ray Higdon
Fort Myers Coach/Fort Myers Entrepreneur

As a Fort Myers Speaker, I get to travel around the country and speak on different topics. I was recently in Los Angeles for a seminar called profiting from your passion. Being a Fort Myers Speaker, it is important to me to be constantly learning new techniques to help my audiences. When in Los Angeles I met a doctor named Dr Jake who is a PHD in metaphysics. We became friends and he invited to come to Chicago to attend a workshop on spirituality. I am blogging from Chicago right now and after spending 12 hours yesterday talking about unleashing our potential, I am ready to come back to Fort Myers and help my audiences unleash their potential. I am honored to be a Fort Myers Speaker and love being able to share messages.

On May 24th I am doing a workshop on the Law of Attraction and it is free! Check it out here:
Cape Coral Law of Attraction Event

Ray